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Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
The Great Millennial Blood Pressure Problem
Why it’s climbing faster in young people.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Why is it so hard to control our appetites? A doctor’s struggles with giving up sugar | Health & wellbeing | The G
The long read: We’ve become convinced that if we can eat more healthily, we will be morally better people. But where does this idea come from?
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
This Is No Way to Be Human - The Atlantic
We now occupy a nearly natureless world.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
How to Work Out for Your Mental Health
Get physically fit while also paying mind to anxiety and depression.
Psychology | Psychology
Body Maps Reveal Sensations And Feelings Experienced During Hallucinations
By Emma L. Barratt. Data shows that many hallucinations are multimodal, associated with bodily sensations, and accompanied by unpleasant emotional responses.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
This Protein Could Boost Brain Function without Exercise - Scientific American
Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.
Psychology | Psychology
A Dialogue on Psychosis and Trauma | Psychiatric Times
Joining together to discuss psychosis, 3 doctors share their experiences and opinions on the various ways to respond and help patients with trauma.
Health & Fitness | Health & Fitness
Does Hostility Predispose You to a Second Heart Attack? | Health News | US News
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Health & Fitness | Health & Fitness
A Good Workout Could Boost Your Thinking for Up to 2 Hours | Health News | US News
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Miscellaneous | Interesting & Helpful Information
Why Are Memories Attached to Emotions So Strong? | Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Multiple neurons in the brain must fire in synchrony to create persistent memories tied to intense emotions, new research from Columbia neuroscientists has found.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Engaging With The Arts Is Related To Greater Wellbeing (But It’s Not Entirely Clear Why) – Research Digest
By Emma Young. People who attended live arts events were particularly likely to show greater wellbeing, but the direction of effects needs to be untangled.
Health & Fitness | Sleep
Your Insomnia and Sleep Symptoms Are Telling You Something | Dr. Dyan
Sleep symptoms are your unconscious giving you clues. Find out what it means to have insomnia vs fatigue vs. nightmares. Unlock the language of sleep.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Using Hypnosis to Regulate Your Sleep + Hormones - Healing Hormones Podcast
Dr. Dyan Haspel-Johnson is a psychologist and hypnosis expert, and she joins us today to discuss hypnosis—specifically, how you can use it to regulate your sleep and hormones. We talk about what hypnosis is, how it is different from meditation, and how
Health & Fitness | Sleep
Sleep and the Immune System and How to Support Them | Dr. Dyan
Sleep and the immune system go hand in hand. These tips help you to boost the immune system and sleep better by finding small pockets of rest.
Health & Fitness | Sleep
Dreams, nightmares, and how they connect us to ourselves | Dr. Dyan
Dreams and nightmares are broken down into 3 categories. Understand their purposes, how they guide us and then direct dreams to lead to healing and insight.
Advice & Self-Help | Meditation and Other Practices
Mindfulness May Ease the Emotional Burden of MS | Health News | US News
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Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Dementia: negative thinking linked with more rapid cognitive decline, study indicates
Our study found that people who had higher repetitive negative thinking patterns experienced more cognitive decline over a four-year period.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
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Lisa Victoria inspires others to create the change they desire. She works with both individuals and corporate companies to realise their potential. When people are thinking good, feeling good, their behaviour changes and everything around them. Expect inc
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Smile For Your Stomach: Happiness May Guard Against Deadly Gut Infections - Study Finds
Researchers say that serotonin, the brain chemical responsible for feelings of happiness, may be able to prevent deadly stomach infections.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
New AI Algorithm Identifies Alzheimer's Disease, Predicts Risk For Disease - Study Finds
An international research team led by Boston University researchers created an artificial intelligence computer algorithm that may solve this problem.
Health & Fitness | Sleep
Busy? What’s busy got to do with sleep? – SleepHub
Being busy over a prolonged period of time is an important trigger for long-term problems with insomnia, depression and anxiety.
Health & Fitness | Sleep
Poor Sleep Elevates Next-Day Blood Pressure, Study Finds
Tossing and turning all night may not be more than just miserable for the mind. Poor sleep may also lead to higher blood pressure the next day, a new study finds.
Advice & Self-Help | Meditation and Other Practices
This Breathing Exercise Calms the Mind and Body | Dr. Dyan
This simple breathing exercise calms the mind and body. Research shows this helps depression, anxiety, pain and sleep through the gut to brain connection.
Miscellaneous | Interesting & Helpful Information
Hand-Mind Discoordination: Study Finds You Really Don't Know The Back Of Your Hand Very Well At All - Study Finds
The old saying goes if you know something well, you know it "like the back of your hand." But a new study finds that you likely don't know your hands very well at all.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Study Ties Brain Inflammation to Several Types of Dementia | Health News | US News
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Psychology | Personality
Separation Stings: Study Finds Social Isolation May Cause Physical Inflammation
Researchers at the University of Surrey and Brunel University London say that social isolation may lead to increased bodily inflammation.
Health & Fitness | Sleep
New Study Pinpoints Why Sleep Is Often the Best Medicine | Psychology Today
Researchers in Germany have identified why sleep is often the best medicine and why sleep deprivation can increase someone's odds of getting sick.
Health & Fitness | Sleep
What does science tell us about music and insomnia? | Sleep Research | Sleep Junkies
Research shows that music can be a non-addictive and cost-effective way to reduce the time it takes you to fall asleep and lessen sleep disturbances.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Stop & Smell The Roses: Visiting Nature Benefits Your Health - And The Planet's Too! - Study Finds
It can be difficult for city dwellers to find the time for nature, but a new study finds making some room for greenery will do a world of good for not only your own well-being, but the planet as well.
Psychology | Personality
Gene variants provide insight into brain, body incongruence in transgender -- ScienceDaily
Some of the first biological evidence of the incongruence transgender individuals experience, because their brain indicates they are one sex and their body another, may have been found in estrogen receptor pathways in the brain of 30 transgender individua
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Exposure to air pollution increases violent crime rates -- ScienceDaily
Breathing dirty air can make you sick. But according to new research, it can also make you more aggressive. That's the conclusion from a set of studies recently authored by Colorado State University researchers. The team found strong links between short-t
Advice & Self-Help | Meditation and Other Practices
Meditation? Mindfulness? Self-Hypnosis? Confused!? | Dr. Dyan
Learn the differences between meditation, mindfulness, and self-hypnosis so you can figure out which is best for you to calm mind, body, and spirit
Health & Fitness | Sleep
Self-Medication: Study Finds Deep Sleep 'Rewires' The Brain To Eliminate Anxiety
Falling into a deep sleep soothes the brain into a relaxed state, allowing it to reset inter-neural connections and reinvigorate itself, a new study finds.
Psychology | Parenting and Kids
Children Involved In Organized Sports Less Likely To Have Emotional Difficulties - Study Finds
Children who play organized sports starting at a young age are less likely to deal with emotional issues or difficulties by the age of 12.
Health & Fitness | Sleep
Patti Smith’s Imaginative Remedy for Insomnia – Brain Pickings
Soporific shadow theater of the mind, inspired by Melville.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Stress, Inflammation and Microbes: A Moody Trinity | Psychology Today
Psychological stress affects your immune system and can make you moody and depressed. Fortunately, there are tricks to boost your resilience and make you feel better.
Advice & Self-Help | Meditation and Other Practices
How to Rewire Your Neural Pathways
Tara Swart, M.D., shares how we can develop metacognition and change our brain's neural pathways in order to achieve your goals.
News | Animal Links
Strep Throat Could be Linked to Eating Disorders
Common infections such as strep throat might have a mysterious link to anorexia and bulimia.
Health & Fitness | Sleep
3 Easy Steps to Overcome Trouble Sleeping and Other Symptoms
Trouble sleeping? Tired of being tired? Here are 3 steps to help you listen to your symptoms to calm your mind and heal your body so that you can sleep
Health & Fitness | Sleep
When Sleep Improves so Does Anxiety, Depression, and Paranoia
Study finds therapy designed to treat insomnia also reduced paranoia and hallucinations, and improved depression and anxiety in patients
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
The Immune System Plays an Important Part in Memory and the Brain
Study adds fuel to growing evidence that the immune system does more than fight disease. Paul Biegler reports.
Advice & Self-Help | Meditation and Other Practices
How to Be Optimistic: It'll Help You Live Longer
Pessimists may suspect this finding, but researchers who tracked the health outcomes of thousands of adults across many years found optimists were much more likely to reach 85. Optimism is teachable.
Psychology | Personality
Harsh Sounds Like Screams Hijack Brain Areas Involved In Pain And Aversion, Making Them Impossible To Ignore – Researc
By Emma Young. Sounds between 40 and 80 Hz are particularly attention-grabbing.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Food, Stress, and Epigenetics
A brief look at the emerging science of epigenetics, understanding how diet and stress can turn on or off disease genes
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
How Good Relationships Support Good Brain Health
This science will inspire you to prioritize social connections.
News | Animal Links
Owning a Dog (or a Pet!) Improves Heart Health
Researchers say that pet owners in general seem to be in better cardiovascular health, but dog owners were a cut above the rest.
Health & Fitness | Health
Tennessee Medicaid Has Mental Health Providers Coordinate Patients' Medical Care : Shots - Health News : NPR
Tennessee's innovative Medicaid program is offering bonuses to mental health providers who help make sure their Medicaid patients get preventive help and treatment for physical ailments too.
Psychology | Hypnosis Information
Research Demonstrates Effectiveness of Hypnosis for Medical Procedures
Hypnosis, anesthesia, pain management, and preparation for medical procedures
Advice & Self-Help | Meditation and Other Practices
Here are 3 Easy Dr Recommended Tips to Alleviate Stress
Finding the right mantra can be a powerful thing.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Very Important Research About the Link Between Allergies and Anxiety
There might be a hidden link between seasonal sniffles and mood disorders.
Psychology | Personality
When we are Angry Or Afraid we can be Less in Control of Our Actions
By Matthew Warren. First study of its kind raises questions about the accountability of people going through extreme emotions.
Health & Fitness | Sleep
Third Of Adults Still Sleep With 'Comfort Object' From Childhood, Survey Shows
Getting a good night's sleep is a just as much as challenge as it is a priority for many of us, which is why people often turn to various nighttime "rituals" before and after hitting the sack.
Advice & Self-Help | Meditation and Other Practices
Even 40 minutes per day of exercise significantly slows cellular aging
A new study finds that running for 40 minutes a day five times a week may have a "fountain of youth" effect on people, slowing the aging process of cells.
Health & Fitness | Sleep
Researchers Identify Sleep As A Key Reason Why Personality Traits Predict Longevity – Research Digest
By Christian Jarrett. People with certain personality characteristics are more likely to sleep too little, or too much, or to experience greater sleepiness during the day, and in turn this raises their risk of dying.
Health & Fitness | Mind & Body
This Is What Happens When You Treat Mental Illness As Though It Were Physical Illness - Ideapod blog
Did you know that mental illness affects one in four people today? Despite this terrifying reality, it seems that people take physical diseases much more…
Health & Fitness | Health News
What Everyone Should Know About Inflammation: A Cardiologist Explains
Regular readers of MindBodyGreen are aware that a process in our bodies called inflammation is involved in many aspects of human health and disease. For example, you may have read that a breakfast of
News | Interesting Links
Walk This Way: Acting Happy Can Make It So
Research shows people can improve their mood with small changes in behavior, from putting a bounce in your step to talking to strangers.
