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  1. Andy
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    Meditative-based diaphragmatic breathing vs. vagus nerve stimulation in the treatment of fibromyalgia—A randomized controlled trial 2022 Paccione

    Importance: Vagus nerve innervation via electrical stimulation and meditative-based diaphragmatic breathing may be promising treatment avenues for...
    Thread by: Andy, Nov 28, 2022, 4 replies, in forum: 'Conditions related to ME/CFS' news and research
  2. Milo
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    Mindfulness Meditation Interventions for Long COVID: Biobehavioral Gene Expression and Neuroimmune Functioning (2022) Porter & Jason

    Mindfulness Meditation Interventions for Long COVID: Biobehavioral Gene Expression and Neuroimmune Functioning Nicole Porter *, Leonard A Jason *...
    Thread by: Milo, Nov 8, 2022, 23 replies, in forum: Long Covid research
  3. fossil
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    Mind the Hype: A Critical Evaluation and Prescriptive Agenda for Research on Mindfulness and Meditation, (October 10, 2017) Van Dam, et al.

    I haven't read past the abstract, but it looks interesting. Mind the Hype: A Critical Evaluation and Prescriptive Agenda for Research on...
    Thread by: fossil, Sep 20, 2019, 5 replies, in forum: Other psychosomatic news and research
  4. hellytheelephant
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    THE CHRONIC ELEPHANT BLOG: MINDFULNESS FOR HEALTH COURSE

    Hello all! I have just started Breathworks Mindfulness for Health online meditation course. The cost is £55, and the commitment is to doing 2x 10...
    Thread by: hellytheelephant, Jan 9, 2019, 12 replies, in forum: Home adaptations, mobility and personal care
  5. Indigophoton
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    Meditation and Breathing Exercises Can Sharpen Your Mind

    Summary: Trinity College Dublin researchers report controlled breathing, a key element of meditation, directly affects noradrenaline levels in the...
    Thread by: Indigophoton, May 11, 2018, 6 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  6. Andy
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    BMC Series blog: Putting claims about mindfulness meditation to the strongest test

    Mindfulness meditation has become a mainstream technique in the toolkit of psychologists, but its efficacy in non-clinical settings is unclear. In...
    Thread by: Andy, May 5, 2018, 2 replies, in forum: Other psychosomatic news and research
  7. Andy
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    Opinion piece: "McMindfulness: Buddhism as sold to you by neoliberals"

    Indeed mindfulness-based practices are merging with the neoliberal logic of “self care”. They seem to be consistent with the imperative that we...
    Thread by: Andy, Feb 23, 2018, 5 replies, in forum: Other psychosomatic news and research
  8. JemPD
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    More evidence of bias is psych research. Telegraph article on meditation

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/05/meditation-does-not-make-better-person-study-finds/ Yet more evidence of methodological flaws & bias...
    Thread by: JemPD, Feb 6, 2018, 19 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
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