Meditation Produces Opposite Effect of ‘Fight or Flight’
May 4th, 2013
A new study reveals that practitioners of meditation experience changes in gene expression that are the exact opposite of what occurs during the "flight ...
A new study reveals that practitioners of meditation experience changes in gene expression that are the exact opposite of what occurs during the "flight ...
A new study suggests belief in God may significantly improve the outcome of those receiving short-term treatment for psychiatric illness.
Researchers followed patients receiving care from ...
Moral judgments are made more quickly and are more extreme than judgments based on practical considerations, according to new research that also found that moral judgments are more flexible.
"Little ...
A comparison of Eastern and Western Medicine leaves experts befuddled.
Eastern or Chinese medicine techniques have been proven to be effective yet Western medicine ...
Spirituality enhances health -- particularly mental health -- regardless of a person's faith, according to new research.
In a new study, researchers at ...
A new study discovers pastors have higher-than-average rates of chronic disease and depression.
Duke University researchers say their findings suggest the caregiving ...
While scientists have speculated that the human brain features a “God spot,” a distinct area of the ...
A new study finds that analytic thinking can decrease religious belief, even in devout believers.
Researchers at the University of British Columbia set out to explore the fundamental ...
When caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s use yoga to engage in very brief, easy daily meditations, they lower levels of depression, improve cognitive functioning and reduce stress-induced cellular ...
A new study finds that religious people are better able to forgo immediate satisfaction in order to gain larger rewards in the future.
The study, published online in ...
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