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Edward T. Creagan, M.D.
Edward T. 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 Web sites and has edited publications and CD-ROMs and reviewed articles.
"We the team of (the Web site) 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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Oct. 11, 2008
Take care of yourself and each other to weather perilous times
By Edward T. Creagan, M.D.
We are humbled each day by the insight, the courage, and the perseverance shown by you, our community. Yes, we do learn from each other.
These are perilous economic times. Markets around the world are unraveling. Comfortable retirement plans are dissolving. Some financial analysts comment that many of us have lost at least a third of our portfolio value. But this is not simply a question of numbers. It is a question of lives and dignity. Let me explain.
One of our colleagues had relied upon 403(b) investments to provide a comfortable retirement for his aging mother. An appropriate rest home had been picked out with excellent resources. The mother was looking forward to this transition. Now, however, all plans are on hold and where she may go is unclear. Just think about the anguish of that situation.
Many of us have little insight into this financial crisis and why it occurred and I for one do not have any financial expertise, so what do we do? What we can do is focus on what we can control. In other words, if we take care of ourselves, recognize a "higher power however we may call that power," and recognize that there are global financial events over which we have no control, perhaps the days will be less fretful.
I am certain that to some extent these financial upheavals occurred in the past, but in the days prior to globalization and the Internet, most of us were not aware of them. I monitor my accounts, but certainly do not become completely fanatical and log on several times a day. It is not good for my health.
Some wise individuals have stated that attitude creates reality. As we think, so we become. To be appropriately optimistic, to seek out the counsel of family and friends, and to take care of ourselves will help each of us weather these perilous times.
Is there anything that I am missing?
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