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Edward T. Creagan, M.D.
Edward Creagan, M.D.
"The magic of the electronic village is transforming health information. The mouse and keyboard have extended the stethoscope to the 500 million people now online." — Dr. Edward Creagan
The power of the medium inspires Dr. Edward Creagan as he searches for ways to share Mayo Clinic's vast resources with the general public.
Dr. Creagan, a Newark, N.J., native, is board certified in internal medicine, medical oncology, and hospice medicine and palliative care. He has been with Mayo Clinic since 1973 and in 1999 was president of the staff of Mayo Clinic.
Dr. Creagan, a professor of medical oncology at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, was honored in 1995 with the John and Roma Rouse Professor of Humanism in Medicine Award and in 1992 with the Distinguished Mayo Clinician Award, Mayo's highest recognition. He has been recognized with the American Cancer Society Professorship of Clinical Oncology.
He describes his areas of special interest as "wellness as a bio-psycho-social-spiritual-financial model" and fitness, mind-body connection, aging and burnout.
Dr. Creagan has been an associate medical editor with Mayo Clinic's health information websites and has edited publications and CD-ROMs and reviewed articles.
"We the team of (the website) provide reliable, easy-to-understand health and wellness information so that each of us can have productive, meaningful lives," he says.
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March 9, 2011
What's more important than your health?
By Edward T. Creagan, M.D.
Reading the blog comments, I'm reminded that everyone struggles with the same sorts of issues — relationships, meaning, purpose, health and wellness.
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If the stress in your life is more than you can cope with, get help right away.
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I particularly noted several recent entries about how people choose to spend their time. When you spend more time on your lawn or picking out a car than you do taking care of your health, your priorities are probably out of whack.
Anyone who has struggled with illness or any type of health setback knows one searing truth: If you're in pain, if you're unsettled in spirit and if your health fails, everything else drops away. And so does your chance to use your gifts and skills to make this world a better place.
What better reason could there be for taking care of your health?
6 comments posted
April 17, 2012 5:49 a.m.
It totally eddpnes on the type of insurance and the type of pill you are getting .but I'd say $20-40 a month. I am on Seasonal and it's only costs me $20 for the 3 months of pills. So it eddpnes, but it's not going to be a lot.
- Aticaly
March 29, 2011 12:23 a.m.
So, everyone struggles. How does one pull himself up after sleep deprivation and destructive decision making?
- Liz
March 16, 2011 6:11 a.m.
I'm particularly surprised at the rate which stress kill people in my country Nigeria. I'm writing a book to help people in this area.
- ene
March 15, 2011 1:00 p.m.
The last paragraph is the most important one.
- Barbara
March 14, 2011 9:13 a.m.
Qigong—Chinese mind/body exercises--helped me immensely in my successful battles with four bouts of supposedly terminal bone lymphoma cancer in the early nineties. I practiced standing post meditation, one of the most powerful forms of qigong--as an adjunct to chemotherapy, which is how it should always be used. Qigong kept me strong in many ways: it calmed my mind--taking me out of the fight-or-flight syndrome, which pumps adrenal hormones into the system that could interfere with healing. The deep abdominal breathing pumped my lymphatic system—a vital component of the immune system. In addition, qigong energized and strengthened my body at a time when I couldn't do Western exercise such as weight-lifting or jogging--the chemo was too fatiguing. And it empowered my will and reinforced it every day with regular practice. In other words, I contributed to the healing process, instead of just depending solely on the chemo and the doctors. Clear 15 years and still practicing!
- Bob
March 10, 2011 8:32 p.m.
No other reason, your health is all you got!
- Bryan
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