Buddhist inspired resources for physicians and other health care professionals.
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 28th, 2010
from the New York Times 9/26/10:
MADISON, Wis. — They say money can’t buy happiness — but it can finance the research.
When Richard Davidson, then a psychology doctoral student in the 1970s, told his advisers at Harvard that he planned to study the power of meditation, the scholars winced.
“They patted me on the knee,” [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 24th, 2010
Hello Friends of Dharmadoctors,
I’ve taken some needed time away from all things medical after the completion of my residency at the University of Washington and have been remiss with my postings on this site. This shall be rectified soon, once I become more settled in my new job at The Polyclinic in Seattle. Starting in [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 6th, 2010
from the Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2009 Aug
Diana Fosha
The AEDP Institute, New York, New York, USA
Address for correspondence: Diana Fosha, The AEDP Institute, 225 Broadway, Suite 3400, New York, NY 10007. Voice: 212-645-8465. dfosha@aol.com. Website: http://www.aedpinstitute.org
Three investigative realms with widely divergent methodologies arrive at [...]
Posted in Laughter, Neuroscience, Uncategorized, specific medical conditions on Aug 12th, 2009
from Med Hypotheses. 2006;67(3):566-71.
Jerath R, Edry JW, Barnes VA, Jerath V.
Augusta Women’s Center, 2100 Central Avenue, Suite 6 & 7, Augusta, GA 30904, USA. RJ605R@aol.com
Pranayamic breathing, defined as a manipulation of breath movement, has been shown to contribute to a physiologic response characterized by the presence of decreased oxygen consumption, decreased heart rate, and decreased [...]
Posted in Neuroscience, Research/Evidence-Based Medicine, Uncategorized, Zen Tradition on Jul 31st, 2009
from Eur J Appl Physiol. 2005 Sep;95(1):88-95
Cysarz D, Büssing A.
Chair of Medical Theory and Complementary Medicine, University of Witten/Herdecke, 58313, Herdecke, Germany. d.cysarz@rhythmen.de
The impact of meditation on cardiorespiratory synchronization with respect to breathing oscillations and the modulations of heart rate induced by respiration (respiratory sinus arrhythmia, RSA) was investigated in this study. Four different exercises [...]
Posted in Tibetan Tradition, Uncategorized on Jul 25th, 2009
from the journal, Psychol Sci. 2009 May;20(5):645-53
Kozhevnikov M, Louchakova O, Josipovic Z, Motes MA.
Psychology Department, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA. mkozhevn@gmu.edu
This study examined the effects of meditation on mental imagery, evaluating Buddhist monks’ reports concerning their extraordinary imagery skills. Practitioners of Buddhist meditation were divided into two groups according to their preferred meditation [...]
Posted in Research/Evidence-Based Medicine, Uncategorized on Jul 25th, 2009
Recently published in The Journal of Cognitive Processes (Cogn Process. 2009 Jul 2)
Baijal S, Srinivasan N.
Centre of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, 211002, India.
Brain oscillatory activity is associated with different cognitive processes and plays a critical role in meditation. In this study, we investigated the temporal dynamics of oscillatory changes during Sahaj [...]
Posted in Angry Patients, Compassion, Medical Education, Uncategorized on Jul 12th, 2009
The Care of the Patient
Francis Peabody, MD
JAMA. 1927;88(12):877-882
“The most common criticism made at present by older practitioners is that young graduates have been taught a great deal about the mechanism of disease, but very little about the practice of medicine—or to put it more bluntly, they are too “scientific” and do not know how to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 22nd, 2009
The administrator has been on a particularly long stretch of hospital ward months and thus unable to regularly post entries. This too shall pass and more postings will be soon to come! Thanks for your understanding.
Posted in Uncategorized, Zen Tradition on Feb 12th, 2009
“Thanks for listing upaya’s programs. We are doing some very interesting work here, and am grateful that you have included us in your excellent blog. Warmly, Roshi Joan.”