Psychology & Psychiatry
Putting your heart and brain into meditating
Want to get better at meditating? Try taking a selfie.
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Mindfulness meditation seems to soothe breast cancer survivors
(HealthDay)—Mindfulness meditation seems to help breast cancer patients better manage symptoms of fatigue, anxiety and fear of recurrence, a new study suggests.
Jun 2, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Coping with active surveillance anxiety in prostate cancer
Men with prostate cancer who are under close medical surveillance reported significantly greater resilience and less anxiety over time after receiving an intervention of mindfulness meditation, according to a recently published ...
May 26, 2016
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Neuroscience
Mindfulness meditation provides opioid-free pain relief, study finds
Everyone knows that stubbing your toe hurts. What makes it stop hurting is the body's main pain-blocking process - the natural production of opioids.
Mar 15, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Can mindful eating help lower risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease?
Given the high stress levels, extended periods of screen time and regular social outings many Americans experience day-to-day in environments where high-calorie foods are readily available, it can be easy to fall into the ...
Mar 9, 2016
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'Mindfulness' might help older adults with back pain
(HealthDay)—Mindful meditation may offer a measure of pain relief to seniors suffering from chronic lower back pain, new research suggests.
Feb 23, 2016
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Neurobiological changes explain how mindfulness meditation improves health
Over the past decade, mindfulness meditation has been shown to improve a broad range of health and disease outcomes, such as slowing HIV progression and improving healthy aging. Yet, little is known about the brain changes ...
Feb 4, 2016
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Mindfulness meditation trumps placebo in pain reduction
Scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have found new evidence that mindfulness meditation reduces pain more effectively than placebo.
Nov 11, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Inherent mindfulness linked to lower obesity risk, belly fat
A study of nearly 400 people finds that those who exhibited more 'dispositional mindfulness', or awareness of and attention to their current feelings and thoughts, were less likely to be obese and had less abdominal fat than ...
Oct 20, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Mindfulness may make memories less accurate
Mindfulness meditation is associated with all sorts of benefits to mental and physical well-being, but a new study suggests that it may also come with a particular downside for memory. The findings, published in Psychological ...
Sep 9, 2015
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