http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—Research by Stanford scholar Emma Seppala at the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education found that post-traumatic stress disorder decreased in veterans who participated in a weeklong breathing, yoga and meditation workshop, and remained lower a year later. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-veterans-peace-war-scholar.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 24 May 2013 09:00:01 EST news288601473 Kidney specialists, or nephrologists, care for a medically complex population and frequently must discuss serious news with patients: giving a diagnosis of kidney disease, explaining the risks and benefits of treatments, and defining care goals at the end of life. Yet nephrologists do not routinely receive formal education on how to engage in these types of conversations. A new communication skills workshop for nephrology fellows could change that, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-kidney-specialists-discuss-difficult-news.html Other Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:00:03 EST news271613448