from Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2009 Aug;1172(1Longevity, Regeneration, and Optimal Health Integrating Eastern and Western Perspectives):5-19
Bushell WC, Theise ND.
Anthropology Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
The orientation of this volume and the Longevity and Optimal Health: Integrating Eastern and Western Perspectives conference is that there is abundant evidence in the scientific and medical [...]
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from Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2009 Aug;1172(1Longevity, Regeneration, and Optimal Health Integrating Eastern and Western Perspectives):34-53
Epel E, Daubenmier J, Moskowitz JT, Folkman S, Blackburn E.
University of California San Francisco, Department of Psychiatry, San Francisco, California, USA.
Understanding the malleable determinants of cellular aging is critical to understanding human longevity. Telomeres may provide a pathway for [...]
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from Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2009 Aug;1172(1Longevity, Regeneration, and Optimal Health Integrating Eastern and Western Perspectives):54-62
Brown RP, Gerbarg PL.
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA.
Yoga breathing is an important part of health and spiritual practices in Indo-Tibetan traditions. Considered fundamental for the development of [...]
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from Conscious Cogn. 2009 Mar;18(1):176-86.
Moore A, Malinowski P.
Liverpool John Moores University, School of Psychology, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
This study investigated the link between meditation, self-reported mindfulness and cognitive flexibility as well as other attentional functions. It compared a group of meditators experienced in mindfulness meditation with a meditation-naïve control group on measures of Stroop interference and [...]
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from J Palliat Med. 2009 Aug 28
Ando M, Morita T, Akechi T, Ito S, Tanaka M, Ifuku Y, Nakayama T.
1 Faculty of Nursing, St. Mary’s College , Fukuoka, Japan .
Abstract Objective: The primary goal of the study was to assess the efficacy of mindfulness-based meditation therapy on anxiety, depression, and spiritual well-being of Japanese patients [...]
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from BMC Complement Altern Med. 2007 Jan 25;7:2
Davis JM, Fleming MF, Bonus KA, Baker TB.
Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53711-2027, USA. jd4@medicine.wisc.edu
BACKGROUND: Mindfulness means paying attention in the present moment, non-judgmentally, without commentary or decision-making. We report results of a pilot study designed [...]
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from Disabil Rehabil. 2003 Jul 8;25(13):722-31
Bédard M, Felteau M, Mazmanian D, Fedyk K, Klein R, Richardson J, Parkinson W, Minthorn-Biggs MB.
Department of Psychology, Lakehead University, Lakehead Psychiatric Hospital, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B 5E1, Canada. michel.bedard@lakeheadu.ca
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: To examine the potential efficacy of a mindfulness-based stress reduction approach to improve quality of life [...]
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from Harv Bus Rev. 2005 Nov;83(11):53-8, 165
Benson H.
Stress is an essential response in highly competitive environments. Before a race, before an exam, before an important meeting, your heart rate and blood pressure rise, your focus tightens, you become more alert and more efficient. But beyond a certain level, stress overloads your system, compromising your performance [...]
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from Eat Disord. 2008 Jan-Feb;16(1):52-72
Proulx K.
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. kproulx55@comcast.net
The experience of 6 college-age women with bulimia nervosa was examined after they participated in an 8-week mindfulness-based eating disorder treatment group. This phenomenological study used individual interview and pre- and post-treatment self-portraits. Participants described their experience of transformation from emotional and behavioral extremes, [...]
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from Acta Oncol. 2009;48(1):18-26
Biegler KA, Chaoul MA, Cohen L.
Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77230-1439, USA. kabiegler@mdanderson.org
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Cancer-related cognitive impairment has been acknowledged as a substantial limiting factor in quality of life among cancer patients and survivors. In addition to deficits on behavioral measures, [...]
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