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Psycho-endocrine-immune response to mindfulness-based stress reduction in individuals infected with the human immunodeficiency virus : a quasiexperimental study
A non-random study looking at the effects of a six week mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program on immunity, the endocrine system, stress, mood, and functional health of individuals with HIV...
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The complications of meditation trials and research: issues raised by the Robinson, Mathews, and Witek-Janusek paper "psycho-endocrine-immune response to mindfulness-based stress reduction in individuals infected with the human immunodeficiency virus : a quasiexperimental study"
A critique highlighting some of the methodological issues and complications involved in a particular study looking at the effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction on patients with HIV, published...
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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and health-related quality of life in a heterogeneous patient population
This study examined the effects of an 8-week (20 min/day) mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program on health-related quality of life and both the psychological and physical symptomology of a ...
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Three-Year Follow-Up and Clinical Implications of a Mindfulness Meditation-Based Stress Reduction Intervention in the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders
A three year follow-up of 22 individuals suffering from DSM defined anxiety disorder who participated in a time-limited, physician-referred mindfulness meditation program showed maintenance of the sig...
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The efficacy of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in the treatment of sleep disturbance in women with breast cancer : an exploratory study
As part of a larger study of the effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction techniques on the health of women with breast cancer, this article looks in particular at the effectiveness of MBSR in st...
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Effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction on medical and premedical students
Investigators conducted an 8-week study to examine the effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) techniques on medical and premedical students using a controlled, statistical experimental d...
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The measurement of regional cerebral blood flow during the complex cognitive task of meditation : a preliminary SPECT study
Blood flow in the cerbral cortex of Tibetan Buddhist meditators was observed using Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT), a brain imaging technique which measures metabolic activity in th...
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Mindfulness-based stress reduction and health benefits : a meta-analysis
The authors perform a comprehensive meta-analysis based on an overview of 20 previous studies on mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), a meditation technique widely practiced in clinical settings...
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Exaggerated heart rate oscillations during two meditation techniques
This experimental study looked at changes in the oscillation of heart rate of individuals doing Chinese Chi or Kundalini Yoga meditations. Heart rate oscillation during meditation was significantly gr...
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Effect of Buddhist meditation on serum cortisol and total protein levels, blood pressure, pulse rate, lung volume and reaction time
This controlled study looked at the effects of a Buddhist meditation practice (called "Dhammakaya meditation") on measures of cortisol, serum protein levels, blood pressure, pulse rate, lung volume an...
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