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 [...]
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from today’s NYT:
By RONI CARYN RABIN Published: November 18, 2010
Women who are stressed at work are more likely than other working women to have a heart attack or other forms of heart disease, a new study suggests.
The findings, presented Monday at an American Heart Association meeting in Chicago, were based on data from 17,415 otherwise [...]
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Posted in Aging on Sep 11th, 2010
Orv Hetil. 2010 Jun 13;151(24):965-70.
Falus A, Marton I, Borbényi E, Tahy A, Karádi P, Aradi J, Stauder A, Kopp M.
Semmelweis Egyetem, Altalános Orvostudományi Kar, Genetikai-Sejt és Immunbiológiai Intézet, Budapest.
The 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine was awarded to three scientists for their pioneer research on telomeres - and the enzyme that [...]
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Posted in Aging, Compassion on Apr 13th, 2010
Hutcherson, C. A., Seppala, E. M., & Gross, J. J. (2008). Emotion, 8, 720-724.
The need for social connection is a fundamental human motive, and it is increasingly clear that feeling socially connected confers mental and physical health benefits. However, in many cultures, societal changes are leading to growing social distrust and [...]
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Posted in Aging on Apr 8th, 2010
Neurobiol Aging. 2007 Oct;28(10):1623-7
Pagnoni G, Cekic M.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, 101 Woodruff Circle, Suite 4000, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. gpagnon@emory.edu
Abstract
Zen meditation, a Buddhist practice centered on attentional and postural self-regulation, has been speculated to bring about beneficial long-term effects for the individual, ranging [...]
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Neurology. 2008 Jun 10;70(24):2321-8.
Wahbeh H, Elsas SM, Oken BS.
Department of Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Mail Code CR120, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Half of the adults in the United States use complementary and alternative medicine with mind-body therapy being the most [...]
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Pain Med. 2009 Nov;10(8):1395-407.
Morone NE, Rollman BL, Moore CG, Li Q, Weiner DK.
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Determine the impact of an 8-week mindfulness meditation program on disability, psychological function, and pain severity in community-dwelling older adults with chronic low [...]
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Posted in Aging, Mindfulness in Medicine on Aug 2nd, 2009
from Gerontologist. 2008 Apr;48(2):135-41
Rejeski WJ.
Departments of Health and Exercise Science and Public Health Science, Box 7868, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA. rejeski@wfu.edu
Derived from Buddhism, mindfulness is a unique approach for understanding human suffering and happiness that has attracted rapidly growing interest among health care professionals. In this article I describe current thinking [...]
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Posted in Aging, Laughter on Aug 1st, 2009
from Care Manag J. 2008;9(1):19-24
McMahan SC.
selenamcmahan@gmail.com
Over the past 30 years, there has been aplentitude of research into the health benefits of humor and laughter for healthy, sick, or depressed adults and children as well as for senior citizens. Medical research supports our human instinct that people who smile and laugh are happy, whereas those who [...]
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from Clin Geriatr Med. 2008 Feb;24(1):121-38, viii
Gooneratne NS.
Division of Geriatric Medicine, Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3615 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. ngoonera@mail.med.upenn.edu
Complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) are frequently used for the treatment of sleep disorders, but in many cases patients do not discuss these therapies directly [...]
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