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Date: July 28th 2011 Source: ABC news ‘A quiet explosion of new research indicating that meditation can physically change the brain in astonishing ways has started to push into mainstream. Several studies suggest that these changes through meditation can make you happier, less stressed — even nicer to other people….’
Date: 15th July 2011 Source: Times of India ”A study at UCLA has found that long term meditators had more grey matter and showed less brain atrophy than other individuals. Eileen Luders, a visiting assistant professor at the UCLA Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, and colleagues found that the differences between meditators…”
Date: 1st July 2011 Source: Reuters Health “A therapy that combines mindfulness meditation and gentle yoga may help soothe symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome, a small clinical trial suggests. In a study of 75 women with the digestive disorder, researchers found that…”
Date: 2nd June 2011 Source: Psych Central “A recently published pilot study suggests the practice of Transcendental Meditation reduces symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Although the research employed a very small number of participants (n = 5), the veterans of the Iraq/Afghanistan wars showed a 50 percent reduction in their symptoms of PTSD after eight [...]
Date: 24th April 2011 Source: The Guardian “Scientists from a range of fields are starting to compile evidence that rather than simply being a transient mental or spiritual experience, meditation may have long-term implications for physical health. There are many kinds of meditation, including transcendental meditation, in which you focus on a repetitive mantra, and [...]
Date: 6th April 2011 Source: The Daily Mail A study using 15 people that have never meditated before found that meditation can easily and effectively reduce pain. The meditation study, conducted at the Wake Baptist Medical Centre in North Carolina, found that meditators…