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"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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Sept. 26, 2009
Blog: Runners provide life lessons for all
By Edward T. Creagan, M.D.
The Rift Valley is a narrow ribbon of geography stretching more than 3,000 miles throughout East Africa, encompassing Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.
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It's home to the greatest concentration of world class distance runners in history. Because of the tremendous success of these runners, who have dominated distance running, they have been exhaustively studied.
I'm struck by how these athletes train. Their strategies can benefit athlete and non-athlete alike:
- Keep it simple. Many runners will leave their villages to go to training camps where they can stay focused and not be bombarded by family and business demands.
- Work together. Runners train and work together as a group. The group provides support and encouragement.
- Take time out. Intense training is punctuated by rest and recuperation. Intuitively, these runners understand that sleep-deprivation not only impacts our physical performance but also our psychological and spiritual well being.
What else can we learn from these athletes so that we can finish the races in our lives?
2 comments posted
October 7, 2009 4:45 a.m.
There is truly a lesson in this to learn about single minded focus and tenacity. Sincerity, commitment and dedication are the cornerstonres of any job well accomplished. Too often in life our goals get diluted by several factors. However we should never lose sight of our targets and keep them always in the range of our vision. Success is not just measured by the goals you achieve but also by how they are achieved.
- Priyadarshini
September 29, 2009 8:34 p.m.
It in our society is difficult at times to find all the variables that encompass that of the long distance runner, however, their ideas can be shared as you mentioned. I find if I meet with women of similar ages who have experienced similar life challenges, I feel supported and renewed by them. This strength I get from them, I can take to other parts of my life, family and children who are My Distance Challengers. I hope others will take the time to connect and meet the challenge that life gives them, whatever it may be, and like the mararthon runners of Africa, see life as a doable experience when we combine efforts.
- Meg
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