Category: Real Health Care Prevention

Harvard Business Review  January 8, 2015 by Christina Congleton, Britta K. Holzel, Sara W. Lazar The business world is abuzz with mindfulness.  Recent research provides strong evidence that practicing non-judgmental, present-moment awareness (a.k.a. mindfulness) changes the brain, and it does so in ways that anyone working in today’s complex business environment, and certainly every leader, […]

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How breathing exercises are helping veterans regain their foothold. By Kristin Crane Nov 11, 2014 Breathing is the first and last thing we do in life, but most of us take the breath for granted – unless we are scared, angry or winded. Some veterans throughout the country are using their breath to overcome wartime […]

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We need good hygiene for our bodies and our minds. by Rose Caiola on September 12, 2014   I was really struck by my dear friend Krishna Pendyala’s recent article on Mindful Choices this week. After visiting his mother who suffers with Alzheimer’s disease, he had a huge insight:

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By Sabrina Eaton, Plain Dealer Washington Reporter WASHINGTON, D.C. – Niles Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan — who has become a congressional evangelist for a meditation technique known as “mindfulness” and even authored a book on the subject — announced today that universities in Northeast Ohio and Philadelphia will get $3.6 million from the National Institutes […]

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Well, a blog of New York Times featured an article by Daniel Goleman on May 12, 2014 on using mindfulness exercises to treat ADHD.  Poor planning, wandering attention and trouble inhibiting impulses all signify lapses in cognitive control. Now a growing stream of research suggests that strengthening this mental muscle, usually with exercises in so-called […]

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  A new study by researchers in Wisconsin, Spain, and France reports the first evidence of specific molecular changes in the body following a period of mindfulness meditation. “To the best of our knowledge, this is the first paper that shows rapid alterations in gene expression within subjects associated with mindfulness meditation practice,” says study […]

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Aiding the Doctor Who Feels Cancer’s Toll By Jane E. Brody, The New York Times The woman was terminally ill with advanced cancer, and the oncologist who had been treating her for three years thought the next step might be to deliver chemotherapy directly to her brain. It was a risky treatment that he knew […]

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Meditation Helps Patients Find Calm While Fighting Cancer By Harvey Rice, The Houston Chronicle Already dealing with the pressures of a busy life, Bree Sandlin was skeptical about using meditation to ease the additional stress from her breast cancer treatment. Sandlin, 37, works at a high-pressure marketing job in Houston and is bringing up 5-year-old […]

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Meditation as Medicine By Amy Paturel, Neurology Now In the spring of 2000, Cassandra Metzger was working as an attorney at the PBS headquarters in Washington, D.C., attending night classes for a master’s degree at Johns Hopkins University, and training for her first 10K race. At 34 years of age, her life was full and […]

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Really? Constant Stress Makes You Sick By Anahad O’Connor, The New York Times Chronic stress and illness are intertwined. It is well known that psychological stress raises the risk of heart disease, cold and flu, and even allergies. But how does one lead to the other? New research suggests that the hormone cortisol plays a […]

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