Buddhist inspired resources for physicians and other health care professionals.
Posted in Exercise on Jan 19th, 2012
J Phys Act Health. 2009 Mar;6(2):230-8.
Larkey L, Jahnke R, Etnier J, Gonzalez J.
College of Nursing and Healthcare Innovation, Arizona State University, Arizona Cancer Center, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA.
Meditative Movement (MM) is proposed as a new category of exercise defined by (a) some form of movement or body positioning, (b) a focus on breathing, and (c) [...]
Posted in Aging, Mental health, specific medical conditions on Jan 19th, 2012
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2011 Oct;19(10):839-50. doi: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e31820ee9ef.
Lavretsky H, Alstein LL, Olmstead RE, Ercoli LM, Riparetti-Brown M, Cyr NS, Irwin MR.
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and the Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, USA. hlavrets@ucla.edu
Nearly two-thirds of elderly patients treated for depression fail to [...]
Posted in Women's Health, specific medical conditions on Jan 14th, 2012
Psychosom Med. 2011 Nov-Dec;73(9):817-25. Epub 2011 Nov 2.
Silverstein RG, Brown AC, Roth HD, Britton WB.
Contemplative Studies Initiative, Brown University, Providence, RI 02906, USA.
OBJECTIVES:
Treatments of female sexual dysfunction have been largely unsuccessful because they do not address the psychological factors that underlie female sexuality. Negative self-evaluative processes interfere with the ability [...]