Tag: mind-body

Study links lack of job satisfaction to higher risk of lower back pain

From the University of Western Australia press release via HealthCanal: An international researcher based in Perth has found that workers who resign themselves to work in unsatisfactory jobs are more… Read more »

Study looks at practices that can change brains for the better

From the University of Wisconsin-Madison press release: Practices like physical exercise, certain forms of psychological counseling and meditation can all change brains for the better, and these changes can be… Read more »

Study suggests stress can affect brain function in cancer patients even before chemo

From the University of Missouri press release: Women undergoing treatment for breast cancer can experience cognitive declines, such as decreased verbal fluency or loss of memory and attention. Often experienced… Read more »

Study suggests yoga may help ease stress-related psychological and medical problems

From the Boston University Medical Center press release via EurekAlert!: An article by researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), New York Medical College (NYMC), and the Columbia College… Read more »

Researchers develop way to reduce symptoms of phantom pain by “fooling” the brain

From the Medical University of Vienna press release via MedicalXPress: A team of researchers led by Stefan Seidel from the University Department of Neurology at the MedUni Vienna has demonstrated… Read more »