UCLA Newsroom - Reducing stress can bolster immune system in HIV-positive adults, others. (Read the full article here...)
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U.S. News & World Report - Mindfulness researcher Jon Kabat-Zinn explains how to live in the moment and how to focus on maintaining a state of optimal health rather than simply alleviating symptoms or treating a particular disease. (Read the full article here …)
ADDitude Magazine – ADHD treatment information about how meditation can focus the attention of children and adults with attention deficit. (Read the full article here …)
American Scientist - Dr. Fadel Zeidan has proven that minimal training in meditation can lessen the perception of pain in research subjects. (Read the full article here…)
TIME Magazine – The idea that meditation is good for you is certainly not new, but scientists are still trying to figure out exactly why meditating so reliably improves mental and physical health. One old theory is that meditation is just like exercise: it trains the brain as if gray matter were a bundle of muscles. You work those muscles and they get stronger. (Read the full article here…)
USA Today - Once thought of as an esoteric, mystical pursuit, meditation is going mainstream. A government survey in 2007 found that about 1 out of 11 Americans, more than 20 million, meditated in the past year. And a growing number of medical centers are teaching meditation to patients for relief of pain and stress. (Read the full article here…)
NPR - For years, scientists believed the brain's structure couldn't be changed. The new science of neuroplasticity says that's not the case, and argue the brain is much more flexible than previously thought. Science writer Sharon Begley talks about her new book, Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain. (Read the full article here…)
NPR - Practice a seated body scan meditation with Trish Magyari. Follow along as she guides a class through the process. (Audio approximately 8 minutes, and contains lengthy pauses.)
NPR - People who meditate say it induces well-being and emotional balance. In recent years, a group of neuroscientists has begun investigating the practice, dubbed "mindfulness." As NPR's Allison Aubrey reports, they are exploring the hypothesis that meditation can actually change the way the brain works. (Read the full article here…)
NPR - A prison in Alabama is turning to an ancient tradition to quell violence and help inmates cope with life behind bars. It’s called Vipassana meditation. The new film Dhamma Brothers chronicles the experience of several men who took part in the 10-day silent mediation retreat at Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer, Alabama. Host Michel Martin talks with the producer, writer and director Jenny Phillips and with Grady Bankhead, one of the men featured in the film who is serving life without parole at Donaldson. (Read the full article here…)
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