No matter what is happening in life or in the world - war, natural disaster, poor health, pain, the death of loved ones - if existence is filled with art, music and literature, life will be fulfilling, a joy.
Any threat to the health and safety of a child in any school or classroom is unacceptable.
Public health and safety are my highest priorities.
Oregonians expect the state to prioritize the health and well-being of them and their families.
Together with open conversations and greater understanding, we can ensure that attitudes for mental health change and children receive the support they deserve.
A child's mental health is just as important as their physical health and deserves the same quality of support.
I often get asked why I decided to spend time highlighting the mental health of children.
Since beginning my work in areas like addiction, for example, I have seen time and time again that the roots of poor mental health in adulthood are almost always present in unresolved childhood challenges.
Sadly, for some mothers, this experience can be made so much harder due to challenges with our very mental health.
Many of the original New Deal programs required heavy manual labor. WPA workers built hundreds of schools, health clinics, roads, park facilities, and community centers. Much of what we now call our 'infrastructure' - highways, buildings, power plants, etc. - is here thanks to thousands of WPA workers.
I'm involved with health care/medical supply delivery to Africa and started a non-profit organization to bring supplies to Congo.
We have by far the most expensive health system in the world. We spend 50 percent more per person than the next most costly nation. Americans spend more on health care than housing or food.
Global health issues remind us - perhaps more than any other issue - that we are all children of the same extended family.
In many ways, human health is the great global connector.
If we get our self-esteem from superficial places, from our popularity, appearance, business success, financial situation, health, any of these, we will be disappointed, because no one can guarantee that we'll have them tomorrow.
One of the things we need to do is address mental health care as an integral part of primary care. People often aren't able to navigate a separate system, so you see successful models where a primary care physician is able to identify, diagnose, and concurrently help people get mental health treatment who have mental health issues.
Maybe you're not going to be able to pass sweeping health care reform in your first year in Congress. But you can help someone with a social security settlement that's going to change their life... That's pretty cool.
Should the high court be able to roll back state health regulations whose efficacy was at least debatable? If your answer is yes, logical consistency should encourage you to apply this same logic to the court's consideration of state-level gun control.
Mental health and physical health are one in the same for me - they go hand in hand. If you aren't physically healthy, you won't be mentally healthy either - and vice versa. The mind and body is connected and when one is off, the other suffers as well.
Looking at affordable health care, I think it is important that we look not only at prescription drugs, but also make sure that there is a major focus on health care.
I'll tell you what I'm grateful for, and that's the clarity of understanding that the most important things in life are health, family and friends, and the time to spend on them.
The world cannot continue to build larger health care systems where you just sit around and wait for people to get sick.
If Facebook owns social, if LinkedIn owns business, who owns your health?
My personal goals are to be happy, healthy and to be surrounded by loved ones.
I have nightmares that I'm going to wake up, and everyone's driving a Prius and living in a condo, and we're all getting health insurance.
The moment you design the post of a HR manager in the police, your whole outlook towards your team changes. You designate an official to look after their health, their professional needs, their preparedness and motivation, which in most cases becomes quintessential.
A bright future for the nation depends on the health and prosperity of rural America.
In the midst of these hard times it is our good health and good sleep that are enjoyable.
Mental health really is a search to be happy, I think that's what people want in life - and if you're happy you're winning.
If you don't think your anxiety, depression, sadness and stress impact your physical health, think again. All of these emotions trigger chemical reactions in your body, which can lead to inflammation and a weakened immune system. Learn how to cope, sweet friend. There will always be dark days.
The torch relay is an excellent embodiment of all that the Olympic Games have come to symbolise - a celebration of the human spirit. Personally to me, it represents striving to be the best in whatever we do, never giving up despite the odds, and a commitment to health and fitness.
I think we do better as a country when we go step by step toward a goal, and the goal in this case should be reducing health care costs.
High blood pressure is a major health crisis in the black community.
For whatever reason, maybe it's because of my story, but people associate Livestrong with exercise and physical fitness, health and lifestyle choices like that.
If your access to health care involves your leaving work and driving somewhere and parking and waiting for a long time, that's not going to promote healthiness.
I am actually in poor health due to chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome, and my ability to work is greatly diminished right now, so I have to get better before I can start another big project.
Everyone reacts to things differently but just identifying in your own life, what works, seeing what doesn't, is as important for to you to talk about your own mental health.
People who are always taking care of their health are like misers, who are hoarding a treasure which they have never spirit enough to enjoy.
Exercise is essential for good health. But we can't exercise our way out of the obesity epidemic.
As musicians and artists, it's important we have an environment - and I guess when I say environment, I really mean the industry, that really nurtures these gifts. Oftentimes, the machine can overlook the need to take care of the people who produce the sounds that have a lot to do with the health and well-being of society.
Public health is hard. Nobody goes into it for the money or the acclaim. People work many long hours.
Health and fitness is who I am. It's what I do.
I used to drink tons of caffeine. Now I make smoothies with frozen berries and Green Vibrance health powder.
The groundwork of all happiness is health.
I sit on my duff, smoke cigarettes and watch TV. I'm not exactly a poster girl for healthy living.
Zumba is world-wide, respected and it's about health. It's something that you really didn't expect from me. People have been blown away to find out that Zumba and I have partnered up.
Decades ago, women suffered through horrifying back-alley abortions. Or, they used dangerous methods when they had no other recourse. So when the Republican Party launched an all-out assault on women's health, pushing bills to limit access to vital services, we had to ask: Why is the GOP trying to send women back... to the back alley?
The humanities are not something that get you a pension and health insurance.
President Obama has made maternal health one of the core priorities of U.S. international aid funding.
The NHS needs to change fundamentally. It's a fragmented service when it should be joined-up. It's a last-minute crisis intervention service when it should be about prevention. It's a sickness service when it should have promoting health as its core. Crucially, it doesn't do enough to help people to help themselves.