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A study by the University of Liverpool has found an increasing number of shared spaces for prayer, reflection and meditation, despite the declining popularity of established religion. http://phys.org/news251715636.html Other Sciences Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:00:54 EST news251715636 As many women know, the Women's Health Initiative Study from 2002 showed that estrogen was not the dream treatment for menopausal symptoms that we once thought it was; estrogen treatment after menopause, especially when combined with a progesterone (needed for women with an intact uterus), increases a woman's risk of several diseases, including breast cancer, stroke, dementia, blood clots, and possibly lung cancer. http://phys.org/news228365129.html Medicine & Health Mon, 27 Jun 2011 05:20:02 EST news228365129 Meditation produces powerful pain-relieving effects in the brain, according to new research published in the April 6 edition of the Journal of Neuroscience. http://phys.org/news221245410.html Medicine & Health Tue, 05 Apr 2011 18:03:50 EST news221245410 The Transcendental Meditation technique may be an effective approach to improve math and English academic achievement in low-performing students, according to a new study published in the journal Education. http://phys.org/news219920143.html Other Sciences Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:56:03 EST news219920143 The blonde Californian in her 40s writhed rhythmically in low-cut white trousers as she performed her "power flow yoga", to the shock of traditionalists. http://phys.org/news218779061.html Medicine & Health Tue, 08 Mar 2011 04:30:01 EST news218779061 The key to dealing with some of the challenges life throws at us - including pain, suffering, illness, grief and loss - is to truly appreciate the positive aspects of our life, and not simply focus on the negative. It is important to acknowledge the setbacks, but equal attention and value need to be given to what is going well. This lesson in living, based on the teachings of Buddha, is given by Karen Hilsberg, from the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health in California in the US, in an article published online in Springer's journal, Mindfulness. http://phys.org/news217773385.html Medicine & Health Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:36:44 EST news217773385 (PhysOrg.com) -- The body is a dancer's instrument, but is it attuned to the mind? A new study from the University of California, Berkeley, suggests that professional ballet and modern dancers are not as emotionally in sync with their bodies as are people who regularly practice meditation. http://phys.org/news217764516.html Medicine & Health Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:08:53 EST news217764516 (PhysOrg.com) -- Participating in an 8-week mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated with memory, sense of self, empathy and stress. In a study that will appear in the January 30 issue of Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, a team led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers report the results of their study, the first to document meditation-produced changes over time in the brain's grey matter. http://phys.org/news214839934.html Medicine & Health Fri, 21 Jan 2011 13:48:03 EST news214839934 Hollywood A-listers including Clint Eastwood joined grizzled US military veterans Monday to promote what they called the near-miraculous powers of meditation in overcoming war stress. http://phys.org/news211474665.html Medicine & Health Mon, 13 Dec 2010 15:20:02 EST news211474665 Zen meditation has many health benefits, including a reduced sensitivity to pain. According to new research from the Universite de Montreal, meditators do feel pain but they simply don't dwell on it as much. These findings, published in the month's issue of Pain, may have implications for chronic pain sufferers, such as those with arthritis, back pain or cancer. http://phys.org/news211033413.html Medicine & Health Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:00:04 EST news211033413 Meditation is a brain-boosting, stress-busting activity that is now embraced by everyone from the U.S. military to corporate executives. And if you're living a busy, hectic life - and can't fathom finding time to sit cross-legged in a quiet room - you're an ideal candidate too. http://phys.org/news210523357.html Medicine & Health Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:10:01 EST news210523357 (PhysOrg.com) -- Positive psychological changes that occur during meditation training are associated with greater telomerase activity, according to researchers at the University of California, Davis, and the University of California, San Francisco. The study is the first to link positive well-being to higher telomerase, an enzyme important for the long-term health of cells in the body. http://phys.org/news208020138.html Medicine & Health Wed, 03 Nov 2010 16:22:36 EST news208020138 A study is under way at Emory University testing the value of meditation in helping people cope with stress. The Compassion and Attention Longitudinal Meditation Study (CALM) will help scientists determine how people’s bodies, minds and hearts respond to stress and which specific meditation practices are better at turning down those responses. http://phys.org/news206697931.html Medicine & Health Tue, 19 Oct 2010 09:06:30 EST news206697931 Learning mindfulness meditation may help people who have multiple sclerosis (MS) with the fatigue, depression and other life challenges that commonly accompany the disease, according to a study published in the September 28, 2010, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. http://phys.org/news204826412.html Medicine & Health Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:13:57 EST news204826412 'Mindfulness', the process of learning to become more aware of our ongoing experiences, increases well-being in adolescent boys, a new study reports. http://phys.org/news202563068.html Medicine & Health Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:31:47 EST news202563068 As doctors increasingly prescribe meditation to patients for stress-related disorders, scientists are gaining a better understanding of how different techniques from Buddhist, Chinese, and Vedic traditions produce different results. http://phys.org/news198836667.html Medicine & Health Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:00:26 EST news198836667 It's nearly impossible to pay attention to one thing for a long time. A new study looks at whether Buddhist meditation can improve a person's ability to be attentive and finds that meditation training helps people do better at focusing for a long time on a task that requires them to distinguish small differences between things they see. http://phys.org/news198327212.html Medicine & Health Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:53:50 EST news198327212 People who meditate regularly find pain less unpleasant because their brains anticipate the pain less, a new study has found. http://phys.org/news194691626.html Medicine & Health Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:01:19 EST news194691626 (AP) -- After hearing about his cutting-edge research on the brain and emotions through mutual friends, the Dalai Lama invited Richard Davidson to his home in India in 1992 to pose a question. http://phys.org/news193065479.html Medicine & Health Fri, 14 May 2010 14:18:38 EST news193065479 (PhysOrg.com) -- Intensive mental training has a measurable effect on visual perception, according to a new study from the Center for Mind and Brain at the University of California, Davis. People undergoing intensive training in meditation became better at making fine visual distinctions and sustaining attention during a 30-minute test. http://phys.org/news192904536.html Medicine & Health Wed, 12 May 2010 17:50:01 EST news192904536 Some of us need regular amounts of coffee or other chemical enhancers to make us cognitively sharper. A newly published study suggests perhaps a brief bit of meditation would prepare us just as well. http://phys.org/news190485821.html Medicine & Health Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:00:01 EST news190485821 Virginia Tech is one of few universities to integrate mindfulness meditation into its Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) program curriculum, according to Eric McCollum, professor of human development and MFT program director in the National Capital Region. "Mindfulness meditation helps students improve their ability to be emotionally present in therapy sessions with clients," he explained. "It helps beginners, who can sometimes feel overwhelmed, stop focusing on themselves and think more about others." http://phys.org/news189871004.html Medicine & Health Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:30:01 EST news189871004 The Transcendental Meditation technique may be an effective approach to reduce symptoms of depression, according to two new studies to be presented at the 31st Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine in Seattle, Washington April 9th, 2010. http://phys.org/news189864285.html Medicine & Health Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:20:01 EST news189864285 Simple, low-cost measures such as wearing a pedometer to inspire walking and spending a few minutes a day meditating can put adolescents on the track toward better health, researchers report. http://phys.org/news187894914.html Medicine & Health Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:02 EST news187894914 A new EEG study conducted on college students at American University found they could more highly activate the default mode network, a suggested natural "ground state" of the brain, during their practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique. This three-month randomized control study is published in a special issue of Cognitive Processing dedicated to the Neuroscience of Meditation and Consciousness, Volume 11, Number 1, February, 2010. http://phys.org/news186930412.html Medicine & Health Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:07:21 EST news186930412 Research performed by a scientist at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center has shown that controlled breathing at a slowed rate can significantly reduce feelings of pain. http://phys.org/news183228981.html Medicine & Health Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:10:03 EST news183228981 The Transcendental Meditation® technique may be an effective method to reduce blood pressure, anxiety, depression, and anger among at-risk college students, according to a new study to be published in the American Journal of Hypertension, December 2009. http://phys.org/news177764947.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:09:36 EST news177764947 Patients with coronary heart disease who practiced the stress-reducing Transcendental Meditation® technique had nearly 50 percent lower rates of heart attack, stroke, and death compared to nonmeditating controls, according to the results of a first-ever study presented during the annual meeting of the American Heart Association in Orlando, Fla., on Nov.16, 2009. http://phys.org/news177619875.html Medicine & Health Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:10:04 EST news177619875 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison suggests that people can train their minds to stay focused. http://phys.org/news177347438.html Medicine & Health Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:12:26 EST news177347438 Living with pain is stressful, but a surprisingly short investment of time in mental training can help you cope. http://phys.org/news177058708.html Medicine & Health Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:20:02 EST news177058708