Struggling to calm your mind? Buddhist monks in Hacienda Heights offer meditation tips
Meditation is not just about sitting still. Monks from Hacienda Heights' Hsi Lai Temple show us different ways to maintain a meditative state while carrying on everyday activities.
Source: L.A. Times - Health - June 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ada Tseng Source Type: news

Doctors missed teenager's terminal cancer - and told her to try mindfulness
Olivia Maunder, 15, of Bordon, Hampshire, was diagnosed with Ewing Sarcoma - a rare form of the disease affecting the bones and surrounding tissue - and now has just months to live.
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Moderating effects of mindfulness in the relation between bullying victimization and sleep disturbance in Chinese children: sex differences - Luo ML, Zhu XW, Lian SL.
Bullying victimization is associated with sleep disturbance. The present study aimed to investigate the impact of bullying victimization on sleep disturbance, and the moderating effect of mindfulness on this association, also exploring differences across s...
Source: SafetyLit - May 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

School mindfulness-based interventions for youth, and considerations for anxiety, depression, and a positive school climate--a systematic literature review - Monsillion J, Zebdi R, Romo-Desprez L.
Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) are growing in popularity, with research concerning their efficacy with youth populations. Following a preliminary analysis of the existing literature, and given the positive effects of such programs, we felt it relev...
Source: SafetyLit - May 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Weight-Loss Programs Push for Meds on Top of Diet and Exercise
Eat right, stay active, and tame your inner food demons — but also inject this syringe deep into your stomach to keep the pounds off. Noom, the telehealth app that built itself on a mindfulness approach toward weight loss, announced it’s launching a new medication portal to prescribe weight loss…#mindovermatternoom #ziti #hollywood #tiktok #novonordisk #fda #glp1s #elililly #pfizer #glp1
Source: Reuters: Health - May 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Can Love Reverse Memory Loss?
This study backs up earlier research also out of Japan. That study found that oxytocin reversed the effect of toxic beta-amyloid and restored brain cell plasticity, which is vital for memory and learning.3 This was the first study to show that oxytocin could reverse beta-amyloid-induced impairments in the hippocampus. All You Need Is Love? Your body produces oxytocin in the hypothalamus and stores it in your pituitary gland – the part of the brain that regulates your hormones along with various other critical body functions. Oxytocin is produced in the hypothalamus region of the brain. Sadly, your supply starts to declin...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - May 24, 2023 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Jacob Tags: Anti-Aging Brain Health Source Type: news

How Nutrition Education for Doctors Is Evolving
Dr. Jaclyn Albin still recalls learning about nutritional biochemistry while she was a student at The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences. But by the time she graduated in 2009, nutrition’s relevance to disease states and patient care hadn’t been addressed. “Historically, nutrition education has been mostly rooted in biochemistry, pathology, and physiology with nutrient-focused content,” says Albin, who’s now an internist and pediatrician in Texas. “For example, we would learn about vitamin C and how it impacts various pathways in the body, as well as wh...
Source: TIME: Health - May 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Millard Tags: Uncategorized Health Care healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

How the perils of mountain biking helped me cope with my brain tumour diagnosis | Tracey Croke
Hurtling down trails on two wheels might not be the most obvious way to cope with a life-changing news but forTracey Croke it helped her find inner peaceIt wasn ’t the news my doctor expected from the scan. I could tell by the look on his face. Most partial hearing loss episodes are caused by infections. I was that rare, one-in-whatever-thousand case in which they’d discovered a squatter – which I now call “the thing” – was hanging out in my hea d.“It’s a brain tumour,” he said.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 24, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Tracey Croke Tags: Cycling Mindfulness Australian lifestyle Health & wellbeing Life and style Adventure travel Fitness Psychology Tasmania Australia news Cancer Tasmania holidays Source Type: news

Mountain biking is a risky sport, but it helped me cope with my brain tumour diagnosis | Tracey Croke
Hurtling down trails on two wheels might not be the most obvious way to cope with a life-changing news, but forTracey Croke it helped her find inner peaceIt wasn ’t the news my doctor expected from the scan. I could tell by the look on his face. Most partial hearing loss episodes are caused by infections. I was that rare, one-in-whatever-thousand case where they’d discovered a squatter – which I now call “the thing” – was hanging out in my head.“It’s a brain tumour,” he said.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 24, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Tracey Croke Tags: Australian lifestyle Health & wellbeing Life and style Cycling Adventure travel Fitness Psychology Mindfulness Source Type: news

Mind-body connection is built into brain, study suggests
Calm body, calm mind, say the practitioners of mindfulness. A new study, partially funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, indicates that the idea of the body and mind being inextricably intertwined is more than just an abstraction. The study …
Source: NSF News - May 23, 2023 Category: Science Authors: NSF Source Type: news

Mindfulness Improves Life Quality in Patients With AD Mindfulness Improves Life Quality in Patients With AD
Patients with atopic dermatitis do better after taking part in online mindfulness and self-compassion training, researchers in Japan report.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - May 23, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Dermatology News Source Type: news

This is the perfect amount of time to meditate, says mindfulness expert: It ' s when ' the biggest benefits happen '
There are many benefits of regular meditation from less stress to lower anxiety to better sleep. But how to meditate and for how long isn't always clear. May 21 is World Meditation Day, and we asked Vishen Lakhiani, CEO of Mindvalley and a meditation expert with 20 years of experience, about how…#worldmeditationday #vishenlakhiani #contrary #kellyevans
Source: Reuters: Health - May 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Polypharmacy Killed My Son. He ’s Not Alone
Five years ago, my 21-year-old son Bradley died of psychiatric drug interactions, after years of battling anxiety, depression, and an eating disorder. In most respects, Bradley was very much like many kids you know. He was funny, smart, and talented, constantly making people laugh with goofy impersonations, and starring in school plays and musicals. We—me, my husband, and Bradley’s siblings—deeply supported him in his challenges with mental health. He had access to the best healthcare available. But despite his privilege, we couldn’t save him. At the time of his death, Bradley was taking a cocktail ...
Source: TIME: Health - May 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Andrea Sonnenberg Tags: Uncategorized freelance health Source Type: news

The relationship between mindfulness and readiness to change in alcohol drinkers - Abo Hamza E, Yoon A, Liu L, Garg A, Richard Y, Frydecka D, Helal A, Moustafa AA.
Mindfulness is a multi-faceted construct that involves paying attention to thoughts and emotions without automatically reacting and being critical of them. Recent research has suggested that mindfulness might play an important role in reducing problematic ...
Source: SafetyLit - May 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Differing associations of depersonalization with physiological response during rest and breath-focused mindfulness in a trauma-exposed female population - Lathan EC, Guelfo A, La Barrie DL, Teer A, Powers A, Siegle G, Fani N.
BACKGROUND: Dissociative and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms are commonly co-occurring responses to psychological trauma. Yet, these two groups of symptoms appear to be related to diverging patterns of physiological response. To date, few stu...
Source: SafetyLit - May 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

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