World leading cardiologist Dr Dean Ornish says that he is not aware of any other factor in medicine that has a greater impact on our quality of life (Health) than human connection, than relationships.

The other factors in medicine he mentions are:

a. DIET

Diet is the food we regularly eat. Overweight people follow a special diet so as to lose weight. For health reasons people follow a salt-free diet.

b. SMOKING

There are lots of posts on this blog on SMOKING.

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c. EXERCISE

I am making an effort to walk every day a certain amount of steps outdoors not for training but for keeping fit.

d. STRESS

Just now I am looking at a story called “Surviving the Stress of Debt.” Stress is strain or tension. It can be mental, emotional, or physical.

e. GENETICS

Genetics is “the study of heredity and variation in organism. (Collins English Dictionary)

f. DRUGS

We use drugs in the treatment, in the prevention, or diagnosis of disease. It is a substance.

g. SURGERY

Sometimes parts in our body cause problems. In order to treat them our body is cut open. Often parts need to be removed. A medical doctor who is specialising in surgery is doing such a job.

If our connection with other humans is already so important, how much more important is our relationship with our creator.