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Mindful Eating, Meditation May Lead to Better Metabolic Health

3/17/2016

 
Senior researchers at UCSF have released results of a study showing a diet and exercise program that included mindfulness training resulted in participants having lower metabolic risk factors related to heart disease, diabetes and stroke (large waist circumference, high blood pressure, elevated blood sugar and triglycerides, and low levels of HDL cholesterol) compared to those who underwent the same program without the training.
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Mindfulness Reduces Anxiety/Depression in Those with Cancer

6/11/2012

 
​No less than 35-40% of cancer patients suffer from significant anxiety and depression symptoms. Mindfulness-based therapy reduced anxiety and depression in a meta-analysis involving more than 1,400 patients living with cancer. 
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Teen Brain Benefits From Mindfulness Training

5/20/2012

 
​Relationships and emotional intelligence benefits are seen when parents and teens practice mindfulness. 
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Journal of Academic Medicine article

4/27/2012

 
​Mindfulness meditation practice in physician training encourages transparent and clear communication as well as better patient care.

Why We Need Mindfulness in a Digital Age

4/4/2012

 
​This PBS article points out new science revealing that our brains need balancing to integrate the torrents of information in the digital age.  Enter mindfulness.

Stressed During Cancer Treatment? Try Meditating

3/14/2012

 
Mindfulness practitioners and scientists alike are finding that mindfulness meditation as taught in MBSR can reduce distress and improve quality of life in this living with cancer.

Tired of Feeling Bad? Mindfulness and Emotional Resilience Scientifically & Experientially Connected

2/20/2012

 
​Behavioral neuroscience is finding that the more neurons that connect the prefrontal cortex and the amygdala in the brain, the more emotionally resilient one is; able to "bounce back" in the face of life's adversities or challenges. Mindfulness meditation strengthens these pathways of resilience.

MBSR Helps Breast Cancer Survivors

12/30/2011

 
​MBSR can help breast cancer survivors improve their emotional and physical well-being according to a new University of Missouri study.
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Researchers link meditation and pain-reduction

12/22/2011

 
​USA Today article points to new research from Massachusetts General/Harvard as to why mindfulness meditation reduces pain perception.
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Cultivating your Plan B: Planning now can nurture creativity, ease anxiety

10/13/2011

 
​In a world often characterized by the chaos of lay-offs, dashed hopes and "life unfolding", practicing mindfulness may be the best plan to ride the waves.

NPR audio: Rethinking Tinnitus: When The Ringing Won't Stop, Clear Your Mind

7/18/2011

 
Research with MBSR and tinnitus at UCSF's Medical Center reveals mindfulness meditation helps people separate the physical sensation of the ringing from all the anxiety, thoughts and emotions about the ringing.
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The Wandering Mind and the Mindful Link to Happiness

6/26/2011

 
A study published in the journal Science revealed how distracted most of us are, and the price we pay for it. When subjects were paying full attention to what they were doing, they were more likely to report feeling happy. In fact, paying attention or not paying attention to what they were doing had more of an impact on reported happiness than what particular activity they were engaged in.
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Lawyers Seeking Serenity Practice Mindfulness

5/11/2011

 
​Charlie Halpern at University of California Boalt School of Law says, "It is making us more skilled and effective as lawyers, more focused, more active listeners, better at helping our clients and serving justice, and doing it in a way that is sustainable."
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MIT news touts the Benefits of Meditation

5/5/2011

 
MIT and Harvard neuroscientists explain why the practice helps tune out distractions and relieve pain.
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Mindfulness meditation improves connections in the brain

4/8/2011

 
​Harvard Health publications reports on a new study, published in the May 2011 issue of Neuroimage, that adds to the growing data suggesting that one effect of mindfulness meditation is increased brain connectivity.
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Meditation diminishes the effect of pain even in new meditation practitioners

4/6/2011

 
​Individuals who practiced mindfulness meditation during a pain experiment reported much less discomfort than they did in earlier, meditation-free sessions.
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How Meditation May Change the Brain

1/28/2011

 
Researchers report that those who meditated for about 30 minutes a day for eight weeks had measurable changes in gray-matter in parts of the brain associated with memory, sense of self, empathy and stress.
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Awake at the Wheel: Mindful Driving

12/10/2010

 
We often take our (and others) precious lives for granted on the road. There is science to support mindfulness as a valuable practice in all of life-- including driving!
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To Reduce Pain (and Alter Your Brain), Try Meditation

11/18/2010

 
Study presented at the Society for Neuroscience this month shows meditation changes the way the brain processes pain signals.
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Positive Well-Being to Higher Telomerase

11/4/2010

 
Psychological Changes from Meditation Training Linked to Cellular Health and increased telomerase associated with slowing cell aging
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Mindfulness meditation increases well-being in adolescent boys

9/2/2010

 
Mindfulness meditation Increase Well-being in Adolescent Boys: Researchers from the University of Cambridge analyzed 155 boys before and after a four-week crash course in mindfulness. After the trial period, the 14 and 15 year-old boys were found to have increased well-being, including positive emotions such as happiness, contentment, interest and affection and functioning well.
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Sitting Quietly, Doing Something

7/16/2009

 
Sit There: mindfulness meditation practice, a path to happiness?
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