Meditate to Increase Attention Span
According to a study published in the online edition of the PloS Biology journal, three months of rigorous meditation training leads to a profound shift in how the brain allocates attention. The study ...
New study: Expert meditators pay attention better
Recent research studies have shown meditation increases gray matter in the brain, improves the immune system, reduces stress and promotes well-being. A new study adds to that body of researching by lo ...
Pay Attention to Avoid Injury
Do you know the number one reason people discontinue an exercise program? According to physiologist John Duncan, it's injury. It's funny in a sit-com when someone goes barreling off the end of the t ...
Medicate or Meditate... both can treat ADD and ADHD!
Studies have been done that show that meditation is a great alternative to treat children with ADD and ADHD.
In fact, meditation is now being practiced in many schools around the United States sp ...
Being Aware of Eating Disorders
I was watching a show on VH1 or some other such trashy celebreality network, regarding women in the media who are "too thin." Now, I've never really paid too much attention to shows like these, beca ...
When to Suspect Lyme
The most useful diagnostic reference: the “Bible” of Lyme medical literature.
by John Bleiweiss, MD.
The When To Suspect Lyme Disease essay:
This essay, written by John D. Bleiweiss, ...
Major Depressive Disorder
I am a person, a unique complex individual. My diagnosis does not define who I am. It only describes some of the things that I experience. Major depressive disorder is one way to describe how I feel ...
Parents in the Dark about Pro-Eating Disorder Websites
In this day and age, you’d think more people would be responsible about the kind of information they disperse about eating disorders. However, according to experts, there are tons of pro-eating disord ...
Line between overeating and binge disorder is a thin one
For Natalie, it started in high school. She had always been a hearty eater, but increasingly, when life got stressful, she turned to food for comfort.
At first it was relatively harmless, she says, b ...
