HEALTH & FITNESS
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Pre-ordering the starvation of people with dementia
My 95-year-old mother has severe dementia. The disease has robbed her of the ability to do so many things she used to fully appreciate in her life: plant her tomato and cucumber seeds in the garden and lovingly nurture them through the summer; read the Reader’s Digest from cover to …
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Diocese notes Mental Health Awareness Month
In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, The Evangelist sat down with Harley McDevitt, head of pastoral care for the Albany Diocese, to discuss the Diocese’s recent and forthcoming initiatives to help local Catholics better their state of mental health.
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How do Catholics treat families living with mental health issues?
The families of those who have been diagnosed with a mental health problem often suffer in silence. The stigma attached to having a major depressive disorder, an anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, addiction or any mental health diagnosis is huge. The surprising thing is that these families sit next to …
MEDICAL AID IN DYING ACT
Assisted suicide legislation has fatal flaws
The legal flaws in the so-called “Medical Aid in Dying Act” assisted suicide legislation pose real dangers to the public and to vulnerable patients. In our view, there is no way to fix this legislation, and we will oppose any bill that would legalize physician-assisted suicide.
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Older adults and healthy living
"The workshop helped to put me back in charge of my life and I feel great. I only wish I had done this sooner!"
MITO HOPE
Adirondack parish supports family with health issues
Cathy LaFond Evans hasn't always understood mitochondrial disease. "That's one of the reasons I do what I do," she says.
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HEALTH AND FITNESS
A special section on boosting nutrition, slowing pollution, increasing prayer and more
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month
There are many things we celebrate during May: First Communions, Mother's Day, Memorial Day. There is one topic we probably are not talking about: May is Mental Health Awareness month.
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A biblical path to good health
"A fool gives vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control" (Prv 29:11).
DIOCESAN EFFORT
'13 Reasons Why' TV series sparks creation of mental health committee
What began as a way to address the media furor around the Netflix television series "13 Reasons Why" has ended with the formation of a mental health awareness committee for the Albany Diocese.
MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK
Reflections and resources for dealing with mental illnesses....
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Health and fitness
A special Health & Fitness section includes a column on stopping domestic violence, a feature on parish gardens, a profile of a Hancock parishioner who has opened her home to persons with disabilities, and the story of a Little Falls teen with cancer who inspires her whole community.
ST. CATHERINE'S CENTER
Mobile unit brings health careto homeless families in Albany
A new partnership between St. Catherine's Center for Children in Albany and the Whitney M. Young Jr. Health Center is bringing health care right where it's most needed, using a kind of doctor's office on wheels.
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