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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from J Pain. 2008 Sep;9(9):841-8
Morone NE, Lynch CS, Greco CM, Tindle HA, Weiner DK.
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. moronene@upmc.edu
To identify the effects of mindfulness meditation on older adults with chronic low back pain (CLBP), we conducted a qualitative study based on grounded theory and used content [...]
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from the journal, Psychosom Med. 2009 Jan;71(1):106-14
Grant JA, Rainville P.
Département de physiologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate pain perception and the potential analgesic effects of mindful states in experienced Zen meditators. METHODS: Highly trained Zen meditators (n = 13; >1000 hours of practice) and age/gender-matched control volunteers (n = 13) received individually [...]
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Posted in Aging on Jul 25th, 2009
from the journal, Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2009 Jun;17(6):503-7
Cruz M, Schulz R, Pincus HA, Houck PR, Bensasi S, Reynolds CF 3rd.
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Advanced Center for Intervention and Services Research for Late-life Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. cruzm@upmc.edu
OBJECTIVE: The authors assessed the association between public and private religious participation and [...]
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Posted in Aging on Jul 25th, 2009
from the journal, Conscious Cogn. 2009 Jun 8
van Leeuwen S, Müller NG, Melloni L.
Cognitive Neurology Unit, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University & Brain Imaging Center, Schleusenweg 2-16, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Department of Neurophysiology, Deutschordenstrasse 46, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Here we explore whether mental training in the form of [...]
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