Health Archive
Meditation Associated with Increased Grey Matter in the Brain
November 10, 2005 · Category: Health, Meditation
Here's a fascinating new press release from Yale University:
New Haven, Conn.-Meditation is known to alter resting brain patterns, suggesting long lasting brain changes, but a new study by researchers from Yale, Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital, ...
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Tips on How to Stay Cool with a Swamp Cooler
Just sent this out to the announcement list for our condo assocication. May as well post it here for public consumption, as well.
Having trouble keeping your home cool enough during the heat wave? ...
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London: How to Heal from Trauma ... Really
The survivors of yesterday's massacre in London will, unfortunately, be joining the ranks of many people around the world who have suffered physical and psychological trauma at some point in their life.
I recently encountered a ...
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The Grocery STORE WARS
I'm just enough of a Whole Foods-head to think that this Star Wars-themed organic food parody by the Organic Trade Association is hilariously funny. The names alone -- Obi wan Canoli, Chewbroccoli, etc -- ...
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Natural Treatment for Seasonal Allergies
A new article on Fox News provides an oh-so-original suggestion for how to treat seasonal allergies: try taking Allegra or Claritin.
Myself, I've been using Flonase off and on for the past few years, and it ...
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No Need to Stew
May 9, 2005 · Category: Health
The New York Times offers a great (and funny) article on reducing life's annoyances. Some of them are downright devilish:
Mitch Altman, a 48-year old inventor living in San Francisco, said that in the last ...
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More on the Health Benefits of Mindfulness
I've been pointing people to Ruth Baer's (2003) meta-analysis of the benefits of mindfulness (available in crystal-clear PDF format on David Fresco's web site) for some time, as an excellent introduction to and overview of ...
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Psychological Cure for Tendonitis
April 21, 2004 · Category: Health, Intellectual
My good friend Andrew Schwartz told me this story a few months ago. I liked it so much that I asked him to write it down and send it to me. Here it ...
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More Benefits of Meditation
Marshall Sontag writes to point out a Psychology Today article about meditation that's worth reading if you've been debating whether to take up meditation.
I've written before about the benefits of meditation. Here are a ...
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The Meatrix
You've heard of the Matrix. But have you heard of the Meatrix? Check it out.
My back-to-the-lander hippie mom, Katie, will love this video. Kathy points out that the video missed one other significant ...
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