Medicine - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/tag/medicine/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Mon, 07 Apr 2025 13:52:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 9 African American Inventors Who Changed the World https://bahaiteachings.org/african-american-inventions-that-changed-the-world/ https://bahaiteachings.org/african-american-inventions-that-changed-the-world/#comments Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=75649 If I asked you to name five famous Black people, living or deceased, who would you come up with? I asked this same question in an interactive presentation I gave...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/african-american-inventions-that-changed-the-world/feed/ 3 UN World Health Day: Health for All https://bahaiteachings.org/un-world-health-day-health-for-all/ https://bahaiteachings.org/un-world-health-day-health-for-all/#respond Sun, 07 Apr 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=80194 Many Baha’is work in the healthcare field, and today Baha’i physicians, nurses, researchers, teachers, and health workers – and indeed all the world’s Baha’is – will observe U.N. World Health...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/un-world-health-day-health-for-all/feed/ 0 Dr. George Washington Carver: Inventor and Baha’i Advocate https://bahaiteachings.org/dr-george-washington-carver-inventor-bahai-advocate/ https://bahaiteachings.org/dr-george-washington-carver-inventor-bahai-advocate/#comments Fri, 16 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=83429 Dr. George Washington Carver was one of the most famous African Americans of his time.  Although he was born into slavery, he later made history as an extraordinary inventor, agricultural...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/dr-george-washington-carver-inventor-bahai-advocate/feed/ 2 How to Reduce Black Maternal Mortality in the U.S. https://bahaiteachings.org/how-reduce-black-maternal-mortality-in-the-u-s/ https://bahaiteachings.org/how-reduce-black-maternal-mortality-in-the-u-s/#comments Fri, 19 May 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=80636 The 2021 maternal mortality rate in the United States was more than 10 times the estimated rates of many other high-income countries, including Australia, Austria, Israel, and Japan. The U.S....

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/black-maternal-mortality-racism-childbirth/feed/ 0 Why the Lessons of COVID-19 Give Me Hope for Global Unity https://bahaiteachings.org/why-lessons-covid-give-hope-global-unity/ https://bahaiteachings.org/why-lessons-covid-give-hope-global-unity/#comments Sat, 19 Dec 2020 16:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=66763 When I was a child, my parents taught me that the goal of my faith, the Baha’i Faith, was the oneness of humanity, and my primary duty was to serve...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/why-lessons-covid-give-hope-global-unity/feed/ 5 Creating Collective Well-Being by Decolonizing Your Mind https://bahaiteachings.org/creating-collective-well-being-decolonizing-your-mind/ https://bahaiteachings.org/creating-collective-well-being-decolonizing-your-mind/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2020 12:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=66045 “Anything that has to do with institutionalized oppression, I want to think of it in this way…that we’re spiritual beings and we’re living in a material realm.”  That’s the perspective...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/healthcare-professionals-see-distinctive-role-community-during-pandemic/feed/ 0 How Unity Can Help Countries Respond to Coronavirus https://bahaiteachings.org/what-the-u-s-got-wrong-about-the-pandemic/ https://bahaiteachings.org/what-the-u-s-got-wrong-about-the-pandemic/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2020 15:31:47 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=62161 It’s a real conundrum: the United States of America, one of the world’s most prosperous countries, with arguably the most advanced health care system anywhere, seems to be losing the...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/what-the-u-s-got-wrong-about-the-pandemic/feed/ 5 Supporting Our Brave Doctors and Nurses on the Frontlines https://bahaiteachings.org/supporting-our-brave-doctors-and-nurses-on-the-frontlines/ https://bahaiteachings.org/supporting-our-brave-doctors-and-nurses-on-the-frontlines/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2020 14:04:10 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=54901 For anyone who thinks that concern over the coronavirus comes from exaggeration in the media or various governments, just talk to a doctor or nurse serving on the front lines...

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