January 15, 2012
Long-term concentrative meditation and cognitive performance among older adults. Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn. 2011 Dec 13; Authors: Prakash R, Rastogi P, Dubey I, Abhishek P, Chaudhury S, Small BJ Abstract ABSTRACT Background: The general consensus that cognitive abilities decline with advancing age is supported by several studies that have reported that older [...]
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January 15, 2012
Contemplative/emotion training reduces negative emotional behavior and promotes prosocial responses. Emotion. 2011 Dec 12; Authors: Kemeny ME, Foltz C, Cavanagh JF, Cullen M, Giese-Davis J, Jennings P, Rosenberg EL, Gillath O, Shaver PR, Wallace BA, Ekman P Abstract Contemplative practices are believed to alleviate psychological problems, cultivate prosocial behavior and promote self-awareness. In addition, psychological [...]
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January 15, 2012
Treatment of complex PTSD: Results of the ISTSS expert clinician survey on best practices. J Trauma Stress. 2011 Dec 6; Authors: Cloitre M, Courtois CA, Charuvastra A, Carapezza R, Stolbach BC, Green BL Abstract This study provides a summary of the results of an expert opinion survey initiated by the International Society for Traumatic Stress [...]
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January 15, 2012
The effects of Tai Chi on the balance control of elderly persons with visual impairment: a randomised clinical trial. Age Ageing. 2011 Dec 16; Authors: Chen EW, Fu AS, Chan KM, Tsang WW Abstract Background: balance control is a major problem for older individuals with poor vision. There are limitations, however, for visually impaired elderly [...]
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January 15, 2012
The Story of the Evolution of a Unique Tai Chi Form: Origins, Philosophy, and Research. J Holist Nurs. 2012 Jan 6; Authors: Robins JL, Elswick RK, McCain NL Abstract The purpose of this article is to introduce a unique tai chi form that has been successfully implemented in two large randomized clinical trials. The intervention [...]
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January 15, 2012
Integrative Mental Health (IMH): Paradigm, Research, and Clinical Practice. Explore (NY). 2012 Jan;8(1):50-7 Authors: Lake J, Helgason C, Sarris J Abstract This paper provides an overview of the rapidly evolving paradigm of “Integrative Mental Health (IMH).” The paradigm of contemporary biomedical psychiatry and its contrast to non-allopathic systems of medicine is initially reviewed, followed by [...]
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January 14, 2012
About one in 10 Americans over the age of 12 takes an antidepressant drug, according to a report from the CDC, and the number of Americans taking antidepressants has gone up over 400 percent since 1988. Why the rise? Are we more depressed than we used to be, simply more medicated or both? That’s one [...]
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January 14, 2012
The addition of acupuncture to best medical care for chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) may have a positive effect, according to a pilot study published online Dec. 5 in Acupuncture in Medicine. Sven Schroeder, Ph.D., from the HanseMerkur Centre for Traditional Chinese Medicine at the University Medical Center in Hamburg, Germany, and colleagues evaluated the therapeutic [...]
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January 14, 2012
An ancient therapy could prove effective at relieving a common side effect of cancer treatment, a small, new study shows. Acupuncture was able to reduce dry mouth in people who were receiving radiation therapy to treat their head and neck cancers, reported researchers from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and the Fudan [...]
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January 14, 2012
“Am I pretty enough? Am I doing this right? Should I be going to yoga?” These kinds of anxious, self-judgmental thoughts often run through some women’s minds as they have sex, experts say. But a new study says “mindfulness meditation” training — which teaches how to bring one’s thoughts into the present moment — can [...]
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Keywords: Mark Melchiorre, IIQTC, Roger Jahnke, NQA, National Qigong Association, Supreme Science, SSQF, Tai Chi Workshops, Tai Chi Workshops, Taiji Workshops, Qigong Workshops, Chi Kung Workshops, Energy Medicine, Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi, Integral Wisdom Qigong, Zhineng Qigong, ChiLel Qigong, Pang Ming, Healer Within Foundation