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Tai Chi, arterial compliance, and muscle strength in older adults.

The findings of better muscle strength without jeopardizing arterial compliance suggests that Tai Chi could be a suitable exercise for older persons to improve both cardiovascular function and muscle strength.

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Exercise Behaviors in Breast Cancer Survivors

When planning patient education interventions for breast cancer survivors, healthcare professionals should consider not only the role of exercise in breast cancer recovery, but also trends in exercise behavior among breast cancer survivors. The findings of this study contribute to the literature on exercise trends in breast cancer survivors.

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Tai Chi wheelchair brings mobility, self-esteem, better health

Wheelchair Tai Chi featured in 2008 Beijing Olympics Tampa, Fla. April 17, 2012 – An innovative 13-postures Tai Chi designed for wheelchair users is described in the current issue of Technology and Innovation- Proceedings of the National Academy of Inventors®.The innovation has brought the traditional Chinese martial and healing arts to people with ambulatory impairment, [...]

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Comparing the health status of U.S. Taijiquan and qigong practitioners to a national survey sample across ages.

J Altern Complement Med. 2012 Mar;18(3):281-6 Authors: Komelski MF, Miyazaki Y, Blieszner R Abstract Abstract Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine and compare health status across ages using a volunteer sample of U.S. Taijiquan and Qigong (TQG) practitioners (N=120; age range=24-83, M=54.77) and a nationally representative sample (N=414,629; age range=18-99, M=54.86) collected [...]

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Stepping out of history: Mindfulness improves insight problem solving.

Conscious Cogn. 2012 Apr 5; Authors: Ostafin BD, Kassman KT Abstract Insight problem solving is hindered by automated verbal-conceptual processes. Because mindfulness meditation training aims at “nonconceptual awareness” which involves a reduced influence of habitual verbal-conceptual processes on the interpretation of ongoing experience, mindfulness may facilitate insight problem solving. This hypothesis was examined across two [...]

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Impact of tai-chi on impairment, functional limitation and disability among pre-clinically disabled older people . A randomised controlled trial.

Impact of tai-chi on impairment, functional limitation and disability among pre-clinically disabled older people . A randomised controlled trial. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2012 Mar 27; Authors: Day L, Hill KD, Jolley D, Cicuttini F, Flicker L, Segal L Abstract OBJECTIVE: To test the effect of tai-chi on the progression of pre-clinical disability to manifest [...]

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Psychological effects of Tai Chi Chuan.

Psychological effects of Tai Chi Chuan. Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2012 Mar 1; Authors: Jimenez PJ, Melendez A, Albers U Abstract This article reviews the scientific studies which have been carried out at the international level on the psychological benefits that Tai Chi Chuan (TCC) brings to those who practice it. It analyzes the framework in [...]

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A Chinese Medicine as Cancer Treatment – WSJ.com

Scientists studying a four-herb combination discovered some 1,800 years ago by Chinese herbalists have found that the substance enhances the effectiveness of chemotherapy in patients with colon cancer. Early studies show a traditional four-herb combination has cancer-treatment benefits. The herbs are Chinese peony (pictured), Chinese jujube, Chinese licorice and baikal skullcap. The mixture, known in [...]

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Tai Chi named as the perfect exercise for the elderly

According to scientists, practicing Tai Chi is so beneficial to elderly people’s health that it should be a preferred method of health enhancement. Older subjects who regularly practise Tai Chi found to have better arterial compliance and greater muscle strength. ScienceDaily (Apr. 4, 2012) — Older subjects who regularly practise Tai Chi were found to have better [...]

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Effects of meditation experience on functional connectivity of distributed brain networks.

Effects of meditation experience on functional connectivity of distributed brain networks. Front Hum Neurosci. 2012;6:38 Authors: Hasenkamp W, Barsalou LW Abstract This study sought to examine the effect of meditation experience on brain networks underlying cognitive actions employed during contemplative practice. In a previous study, we proposed a basic model of naturalistic cognitive fluctuations that [...]

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