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Newswise: This Holiday Season, Make Time for Self-Care Every Monday
Released: 5-Dec-2022 9:00 AM EST
This Holiday Season, Make Time for Self-Care Every Monday
Monday Campaigns

During the commotion of the holidays, it’s easy to forget to carve out a few moments for yourself. Sometimes, we forget the toll that work and family demands can have on our mind and body.

   
Newswise: Food Expert Offers Healthy Restaurant Dining Tips
Released: 30-Nov-2022 8:00 AM EST
Food Expert Offers Healthy Restaurant Dining Tips
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

As grocery prices continue to rise, the price tag for cooking a holiday feast might equal or outweigh the cost of dining out for some families. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics recommends planning your restaurant meal before you leave the house to make dining out nutritious.

Newswise: Meet Holiday Stress with Mindfulness
Released: 16-Nov-2022 10:55 AM EST
Meet Holiday Stress with Mindfulness
Rutgers Cancer Institute

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey social worker shares how everyone can use mindfulness to cope with cancer during the holidays.

Released: 14-Nov-2022 2:35 PM EST
Unlikely Collaborators Partners with SIY Global with Significant Investment
Unlikely Collaborators

Unlikely Collaborators has made a significant monetary investment in SIY Global, kicking-off a partnership that will see the two companies working together in a myriad of ways, including product and curriculum development, teacher training, and content creation.

   
Newswise: Researchers Receive $3.2 Million to Study Efficacy of Mind-body Practices in Improving Pain, Surgical Outcomes
Released: 10-Nov-2022 8:05 AM EST
Researchers Receive $3.2 Million to Study Efficacy of Mind-body Practices in Improving Pain, Surgical Outcomes
Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Can mind-body practices such as gentle yoga or self-reflection benefit patients undergoing surgery? It’s a question that researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine are examining with the support of a five-year, $3.2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

7-Nov-2022 1:00 PM EST
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Is as Effective as an Antidepressant Drug for Treating Anxiety Disorders
Georgetown University Medical Center

A guided mindfulness-based stress reduction program was as effective as use of the gold-standard drug -- the common antidepressant drug escitalopram -- for patients with anxiety disorders, according to results of a first-of-its-kind, randomized clinical trial led by researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center.

Released: 27-Oct-2022 10:05 AM EDT
التلوين مفيد لصحتك
Mayo Clinic

ما كان يُعرف بأنه نشاط بسيط وممتع للأطفال هو الآن وسيلة لممارسات الصحة النفسية الجيدة، حيث زادت شعبية التلوين مؤخرًا، خاصة بالنسبة للبالغين.

Released: 27-Oct-2022 10:05 AM EDT
涂色有益健康
Mayo Clinic

种简单的儿童娱乐活动,现在却是保持良好心理健康的工具。近年来涂色越来越流行,尤其受到成年人的喜爱。

Released: 27-Oct-2022 10:05 AM EDT
Pintar con colores es bueno para la salud
Mayo Clinic

Aquella actividad que solía ser simple y divertida para los niños es ahora una herramienta para practicar una buena salud mental. Pintar con colores ha ganado popularidad recientemente, sobre todo entre los adultos.

Newswise: ‘Grey skies are gonna clear up, put on a happy face’
Released: 26-Oct-2022 7:50 AM EDT
‘Grey skies are gonna clear up, put on a happy face’
University of South Australia

Just like the famous lyrics suggest, if you put on a happy face you will feel a little brighter, according to a new study published in Nature Human Behaviour.

Released: 25-Oct-2022 2:10 PM EDT
The latest news in Opioids, Drug Abuse, and Addiction
Newswise

Here are some of the latest articles that have been added to the Drugs and drug abuse channel.

Released: 6-Oct-2022 11:05 PM EDT
NUS study discovers a class of meditative practices that produces different effects from mindfulness-related meditation
National University of Singapore (NUS)

Mindfulness studies have long dominated our understanding of the neurobiology of meditation, with practitioners of mindfulness-related meditation taught to be vigilant of the content of their thoughts so as to experience relaxation and stress reduction to improve attention and focus. A recent study led by Associate Professor Maria Kozhevnikov from the Department of Psychology at the National University of Singapore Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, has discovered a different class of meditative practices that seeks to employ and regulate the state of stress that an individual experiences – rather than to reduce it – to achieve an even more heightened state of focus and attention.

14-Sep-2022 2:05 PM EDT
Perceived debt manageability linked to mental health struggles in UK during pandemic
PLOS

UK adults reporting more problems managing debt had higher risk of depression, anxiety.

     
13-Sep-2022 2:05 PM EDT
Online yoga programs may improve knee function in the short term
American College of Physicians (ACP)

A randomized trial of adults with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis has found that a 12-week online yoga program improved knee function in participants. However, the program did not significantly improve knee pain during walking. The findings are published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Newswise: New Study Shows Sugar-Sweetened Drinks Increase Risk of Cancer Mortality
14-Sep-2022 12:00 PM EDT
New Study Shows Sugar-Sweetened Drinks Increase Risk of Cancer Mortality
American Cancer Society (ACS)

In a large study led by researchers at the American Cancer Society, men and women who drank two or more servings of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) per day, compared to people who never drank, had a five percent increased risk of death from an obesity-related cancer, including gastrointestinal, postmenopausal breast, endometrial and kidney cancer.

Released: 14-Sep-2022 11:05 AM EDT
On the Front Lines of Suicide Prevention Stand Family and Friends
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Jersey’s suicide prevention hotline clinician says knowing the warning signs and what to say could save lives

Released: 8-Sep-2022 11:10 AM EDT
How can you explain the pain? Get the latest research on pain management in the Pain channel
Newswise

The latest research and expert commentary on pain management.

Released: 23-Aug-2022 9:50 AM EDT
Study with military suggests ‘blended’ individual and team mindfulness is at least as effective as standard mindfulness training
City University London

New study suggests that a ‘blended’ eight-week mindfulness programme that adds Team Mindfulness Training (TMT) to a shortened version of the mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) course for individual mindfulness is just as effective as the standard MBSR course alone.

Newswise: Support Yourself and Others while Experiencing Grief during the Cancer Journey
Released: 12-Aug-2022 11:45 AM EDT
Support Yourself and Others while Experiencing Grief during the Cancer Journey
Rutgers Cancer Institute

Social Worker at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey shares tips for both patients and caregivers on managing grief during the cancer journey.

Released: 29-Jul-2022 2:05 PM EDT
Don't give up the fight. Read the latest news about drug and antibiotic resistance
Newswise

Here are some of the latest articles that have been added to the Drug Resistance channel on Newswise, a free source for journalists.



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