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Mindfulness Meditation Produces Positive Well-Being

Mind & Spirit, Research, Uncategorized / Laith Naayem

[retweet][facebook] Mindfulness meditation has been reported to produce positive effects on psychological well-being that extend beyond the time the individual is formally meditating. Over the last several decades mindfulness meditation practices have been increasingly incorporated into counseling, medical, and psychotherapeutic programs to take advantage of these benefits. A large body of research has established the […]

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Mindfulness as Powerful Therapy

Mind & Spirit, Research / Laith Naayem

[retweet][facebook] As research has burgeoned in recent years, mindfulness has migrated from spiritual retreat centers to counseling and medical facilities. The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the largest scientific organization in the world dedicated to research on the understanding and treatment of mental illness, is getting serious about investigating mindfulness as a complementary treatment

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Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine Vanquish Insomnia

Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Mind & Spirit, Research, Uncategorized / Laith Naayem

[retweet][facebook] Researchers document that acupuncture and herbs are effective in the relief of insomnia. In a recent finding, investigators have discovered that combining acupuncture and herbs into a comprehensive treatment regimen greatly enhances the total effective rate. The controlled clinical experiment investigated three separate groups. An acupuncture group, an herbal medicine group, and a combination group

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Acupuncture Blocks Stress Hormone

Acupuncture, Mind & Spirit, Research / Laith Naayem

[retweet][facebook] Georgetown University Medical Center and University of Hong Kong researchers find acupuncture effective for the treatment of chronic stress. In a unique laboratory investigation, researchers discovered that electroacupuncture at acupuncture point ST36 “prevents the stress-induced increases in HPA hormones, and has potentially long lasting effects.” In addition, behavioral tests show electroacupuncture is an effective modality

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Herbs and Acupuncture for Insomnia

Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Mind & Spirit, Research / Laith Naayem

[retweet][facebook] Researchers find acupuncture combined with herbal medicine effective for the treatment of insomnia. A randomized-controlled study of 200 patients, published in the Clinical Journal of Chinese Medicine, investigated the efficaciousness of TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) herbal formulas combined with a protocolized acupuncture point prescription.Acupuncture, as a standalone therapeutic modality, achieved a total effective rate of

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Parkinson’s Treated with Acupuncture

Acupuncture, Mind & Spirit, Oriental Medicine, Research / Laith Naayem

[retweet][facebook] Researchers confirm that acupuncture and other Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) procedures are effective Parkinson’s disease treatment modalities. Specialized TCM procedures demonstrating efficaciousness include scalp acupuncture, moxibustion, and acupotomy. The researchers conducted a meta-analysis and concluded that acupuncture significantly improves the overall condition of Parkinson’s disease patients. Parkinson’s disease is a nervous system disorder characterized by

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Acupuncture Restores Function After Stroke

Acupuncture, Mind & Spirit, Research, Uncategorized / Laith Naayem

[retweet][facebook] Scalp acupuncture enhances neurologic repair and reduces cerebral edema due to an intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), a type of stroke. Researchers conducted a laboratory experiment on laboratory rats and discovered that acupuncture improves neurologic functions following an ICH. Additionally, a biochemical analysis reveals that acupuncture regulates expression of MMP-9 (matrix metallopeptidase), an enzyme that breaks down

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Acupuncture Treats Drug Addiction

Acupuncture, Mind & Spirit, Research / Laith Naayem

[retweet][facebook] Clinical trials are currently underway to determine the effectiveness of acupuncture in treating drug addiction. Yet, there are still many unanswered questions about the basic mechanisms of acupuncture. Additional research using animal models is of primary importance in understanding the basic mechanisms of acupuncture. Chronic exposure to drugs of abuse produces a withdrawal state as

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Acupuncture Reduces Alcohol Cravings

Acupuncture, Mind & Spirit, Research / Laith Naayem

[retweet][facebook] Acupuncture reduces alcohol cravings in alcoholics. Researchers note that acupuncture is both safe and effective for reducing cravings in alcohol dependent patients. They add that acupuncture is an inexpensive modality of care for the treatment of alcoholism and “produces significant results.” Model with copper handle needles is shown here. This study breaks from other

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Military Uses Acupuncture for PTSD

Acupuncture, Mind & Spirit / Laith Naayem

[retweet][facebook] The NCCAM (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine) reports that acupuncture demonstrates effectiveness in the treatment of PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder). PTSD is an anxiety disorder that may occur after violent assaults, military combat, disasters, or any incident in which severe physical harm is threatened. In a randomized controlled study, Dr. Michael Hollifield,

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