Non-Local Consciousness and the Anthropology of Dreams
Fascination and concern about experiences in dreams is one of humanity's oldest and most universal cultural traits, tracing back unrecorded millennia into deep time. Psychologists Frederick L. Collidge and Thomas Wynn, authors of How to Think Like a Neanderthal, writing in Psychology Today, argued that more meat in the diet of Australopithecines, allowed for larger brain development. This made Australopithecines more perceptive, and that allowed them to better assess risks, and led to them feeling safe enough to sleep on the ground, instead of in trees. (Source: Explore)
Source: Explore - December 22, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Stephan A. Schwartz Tags: Schwartzreport Source Type: research
UMass Medical School Creates New Division Focused on Mindfulness
The University of Massachusetts Medical School's Department of Medicine recently created what is believed to be the first-of-its-kind academic division focused on the study of mindfulness. Effective immediately, Judson Brewer, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry and Director of Research for the Center for Mindfulness, will serve as Chief of the new Division of Mindfulness. Under Dr. Brewer's leadership, the division will build on the strong tradition of researching how the mind works and developing targeted therapeutics. (Source: Explore)
Source: Explore - December 22, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Bonnie Horrigan Tags: Matters of Note Source Type: research
Pigmented purpuric dermatosis in adults treated with herbal medicine: report of five cases
The purpose of this report is to demonstrate the clinical effect of Korean medicine treatment for pigmented purpuric dermatosis (PPD). (Source: Explore)
Source: Explore - December 22, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Ye Ri Kim, Ju Ah Lee, Seung Seon Ryu, Seung Ho Sun, Sunju Park Source Type: research
Field-forwarding leadership
sometimes come from the work of those identified by their institutions or organizations as “leaders.” But often it comes from the passion and commitment of individuals without a specific high-level leadership title or role who are determined to create the change they see needed in their field. Here we tell the story of Dr. Arya Nielsen and the new Joint Commission Pain Standard, which for the first time includes a mandate that hospitals provide patients with non-pharmacological treatment options for pain treatment. (Source: Explore)
Source: Explore - December 22, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Arya Nielson, Benjamin Kligler Tags: INTEGRATIVE LEADERSHIP Source Type: research
Politics is now a major risk factor for illness and death in america
Along with smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes mellitus, politics should now be regarded as a major risk for poor health, illness and death in the United States. It has become increasingly obvious that the intersection of politics and health in America resembles a train wreck. (Source: Explore)
Source: Explore - December 22, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Larry Dossey Tags: Explorations Source Type: research
Matters of note
The University of Massachusetts Medical School's Department of Medicine recently created what is believed to be the first-of-its-kind academic division focused on the study of mindfulness. Effective immediately, Judson Brewer, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry and Director of Research for the Center for Mindfulness, will serve as Chief of the new Division of Mindfulness. Under Dr. Brewer's leadership, the division will build on the strong tradition of researching how the mind works and developing targeted therapeutics. (Source: Explore)
Source: Explore - December 22, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Bonnie Horrigan Tags: Matters of Note Source Type: research
Nonlocal consciousness and the anthropology of dreams
The Schwartzreport tracks emerging trends that will affect the world, particularly the United States. For EXPLORE it focuses on matters of health in the broadest sense of that term, including medical issues, changes in the biosphere, technology, and policy considerations, all of which will shape our culture and our lives. (Source: Explore)
Source: Explore - December 22, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Stephan A. Schwartz Tags: SchwartzReport Source Type: research
Case Reports of Acupuncturists and Massage Therapists at Mayo Clinic: New Allies in Expediting Patient Diagnoses
We report here our experience with these providers playing a critical role in contributing novel diagnostic information, both in the outpatient and inpatient settings. (Source: Explore)
Source: Explore - December 21, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Molly J. Mallory, Jennifer L. Hauschulz, Alex Do, Niki E. Dreyer, Brent A. Bauer Tags: Case Report Source Type: research
Investigating the Effects of the Progressive Muscle Relaxation-Guided Imagery Combination on Patients with Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy Treatment: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials
Previous systematic reviews indicate that progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) and guided imagery (GI) are both effective interventions to decrease the psychological impact and to alleviate the adverse events in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment. To date, no review studies have investigated the effectiveness of a combination of PMR and GI. (Source: Explore)
Source: Explore - December 21, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: August Kapogiannis, Sofia Tsoli, George Chrousos Tags: Review Source Type: research
Effects of Single-Session Group Mantra-meditation on Salivary Immunoglobulin A and Affective State: A Psychoneuroimmunology Viewpoint
Based on existing psychoneuroimmunological insights, the present study aimed at investigating possible effects of a single-session group mantra-meditation on salivary immunoglobulin A (s-IgA) and affective states. (Source: Explore)
Source: Explore - December 21, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Fatemeh Torkamani, Alireza Aghayousefi, Ahmad Alipour, Mohammad Nami Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
Naturally Thin You: Weight Loss and Psychological Symptoms After a Six-Week Online Clinical EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) Course
Traditional methods of delivering therapeutic interventions have increasingly been supplemented by online courses. The current study investigated the effects of Clinical EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) in 76 participants enrolled in a six-week online course called Naturally Thin You. Weight, restraint, the power of food in the external environment, happiness, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms were assessed before and after the course and at one-year follow-up. (Source: Explore)
Source: Explore - December 21, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Dawson Church, Peta Stapleton, Lily Sheppard, Brett Carter Source Type: research
Building Sangha in the American Healthcare Setting for Persons with Chronic Disease
For persons with chronic disease, participation in meditation interventions can reduce anxiety, depression, and chronic disease symptoms in a dose dependent fashion. Unfortunately, information about how to support long-term participation in such an intervention is lacking. Therefore, a recent discovery of persons with chronic lung disease who have maintained a self-led meditation group for more than four years created an opportunity to analyze experiences, meanings and relationship dynamics of this community-based meditation group. (Source: Explore)
Source: Explore - December 21, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Roxane Raffin Chan, Jamie Beaulieu, Carolyn E.Z. Pickering Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Purpose: A Slow Dawning For Us All?
I often think it comical (fah-la-la-lah …) how Nature always doth contrive (fah-la-la-lah) (Source: Explore)
Source: Explore - December 21, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Peter D. Cooper Tags: Reflections Source Type: research
Investigating the Effects of the Progressive Muscle Relaxation-Guided Imagery Combination on Patients With Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy Treatment: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials
Previous systematic reviews indicate that progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) and guided imagery (GI) are both effective interventions to decrease the psychological impact and to alleviate the adverse events in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment. To date, no review studies have investigated the effectiveness of a combination of PMR and GI. (Source: Explore)
Source: Explore - December 21, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: August Kapogiannis, Sofia Tsoli, George Chrousos Tags: Review Source Type: research
