News tagged with biofeedback techniques
'Stay Dry' tested to help men with incontinence problems from prostate cancer treatments
Following surgery and radiation treatments for prostate cancer, most men suffer some degree of incontinence. For approximately 14 percent of these men, the problem lingers five years later.
Feb 27, 2009 |
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Hope for severe cold hands
Many people experience painful, numb cold hands as they go back and forth into wintry weather. Yet for some people cold, swollen, chapped hands may be a sign of blocked or constricted blood vessels. Most of these cases are ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 06, 2010 |
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Preventive medication, behavior management skills are key to combating frequent migraines
The combination of preventive medication and behavioral changes offered significant relief for 77 percent of the individuals enrolled in a study aimed at combating frequent, disabling migraine headaches, according to new ...
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Oct 11, 2010 |
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Biofeedback for your brain?
There is new evidence that people can learn to control the activity of some brain regions when they get feedback signals provided by functional magnetic resonance brain imaging (fMRI).
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 09, 2010 |
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Barrow scientist leads insula research
A scientist at Barrow Neurological Institute is leading the global discussion and research on a hidden lobe of the brain called the insula. A.D. "Bud" Craig, PhD, who began studying the often-ignored lobe more than two ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 07, 2010 |
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Use of alternative therapy for pain treatment increases with age and wealth: study
In a University of Michigan Health System study, 1 out of 3 patients with chronic pain reported using complementary and alternative medicine therapies such as acupuncture and chiropractic visits for pain relief.
Apr 29, 2010 |
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Acupuncture calms highly anxious dental patients
Acupuncture can calm highly anxious dental patients and ensure that they can be given the treatment they need, suggests a small study published in Acupuncture in Medicine.
Mar 29, 2010 |
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What a grind: Bruxism at night likely a sign of stress by day
You can practically track Steve Barkley's stress by the level of activity in his temporomandibular joint, or TMJ, the hinge joint that connects the lower jaw to the temporal bone of the skull and helps one chew, talk and ...
Nov 27, 2009 |
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Breathing technique can reduce frequency, severity of asthma attacks
As the health care reform debate turns to cutting costs and improving treatment outcomes, two professors at Southern Methodist University in Dallas are expanding a study that shows promise for reducing both the expense and ...
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Sep 21, 2009 |
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Down economy may be causing more to stay up nights
There are no sheep keeping Mari A. company at bedtime. Rather, she counts thoughts of layoffs, mortgage payments and plummeting stocks. Her insomnia started back in November, when the economy hit a critical low. Restless, ...
Jan 08, 2009 |
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Insomnia in women with breast cancer linked to heart rate dysregulation
A study in the October 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine shows that respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) is a significant predictor of insomnia in women with breast cancer and confirmed that longer nocturnal wake e ...
Oct 15, 2008 |
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