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Compassion meditation may improve physical and emotional responses to psychological stress

Oct 07, 2008 | 4.5 / 5 (12) | 0

Data from a new study suggests that individuals who engage in compassion meditation may benefit by reductions in inflammatory and behavioral responses to stress that have been linked to depression and a number of medical ...

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Study shows compassion meditation changes the brain

Medicine & Health / Research

Mar 26, 2008 | 4.4 / 5 (24) | 0

Can we train ourselves to be compassionate? A new study suggests the answer is yes. Cultivating compassion and kindness through meditation affects brain regions that can make a person more empathetic to other peoples' mental ...

Meditation impacts blood pressure, study shows

Medicine & Health / Health

Mar 14, 2008 | 4.4 / 5 (22) | 0

Transcendental Meditation is an effective treatment for controlling high blood pressure with the added benefit of bypassing possible side effects and hazards of anti-hypertension drugs, according to a new meta-analysis conducted ...

Study suggests Buddhist deity meditation temporarily augments visuospatial abilities

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Apr 27, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (10) | 4

Meditation has been practiced for centuries, as a way to calm the soul and bring about inner peace. According to a new study in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, there is now ev ...

Therapeutic value of meditation unproven, says study

Medicine & Health / Other

Jun 28, 2007 | 1 / 5 (1) | 0

“There is an enormous amount of interest in using meditation as a form of therapy to cope with a variety of modern-day health problems, especially hypertension, stress and chronic pain, but the majority of evidence that seems ...

Tibetan monks yield clues to brain's regulation of attention

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Jun 07, 2005 | 3.6 / 5 (5) | 0

University of Queensland researchers have teamed up with Tibetan Buddhist monks to uncover clues to how meditation can affect perception. Olivia Carter and Professor Jack Pettigrew from UQ’s Vision, Touch and ...

Meditation may be an effective treatment for insomnia

Medicine & Health / Health

Jun 09, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

Meditation may be an effective behavioral intervention in the treatment of insomnia, according to a research abstract that will be presented at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies

Can love change your mind? New project explores neuroscience of 'positive qualities'

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Sep 10, 2008 | 4.5 / 5 (10) | 0

What is happening in the minds of people who have developed a greater capacity for forgiveness and compassion? Can a quality like love — whether it’s shown toward a family member or a friend — be neurologically ...

Compassion fatigue: Impact on healthcare providers of caring for the terminally ill

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Apr 01, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 2

Compassion fatigue in nurses, doctors and other front line cancer-care providers significantly impacts how they interact with patients, with patient families, with other healthcare workers, and with their own family, according ...

Transcendental meditation reduces stress, improves mental health

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Oct 08, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (9) | 2

Women with breast cancer reduced stress and improved their mental health and emotional well being through the Transcendental Meditation technique, according to a new study published in the current issue of the peer-reviewed ...