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Where do we feel love?

Researchers at Aalto University have made a map of where in the body different types of love are felt and ...

How chronic stress drives the brain to crave comfort food

When you’re stressed, a high-calorie snack may seem like a comforting go-to. But this combination has an unhealthy downside. According ...

Lending a paw for defense veterans: ‘Clear evidence’ that assistance dogs help improve mental health

Almost 90 per cent of veterans reported improvements in their post-traumatic stress, depression and anxiety 12 months after being matched ...

Exercise more effective than medicines to manage mental health

University of South Australia researchers are calling for exercise to be a mainstay approach for managing depression as a new ...

Accepting anxiety for peace of mind

Sadly, many family members, friends, and celebrities have suffered from anorexia nervosa, or AN, a severe psychiatric illness associated with intense anxieties ...

Deep meditation may alter gut microbes for better health

Regular deep meditation, practiced for several years, may help to regulate the gut microbiome and potentially lower the risks of ...

Adding yoga to regular exercise improves cardiovascular health and wellbeing

A three-month pilot study of patients with hypertension appearing in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology, published by Elsevier, demonstrates that adding ...

Group meditation decreases US national stress

Every year during 2000 to 2006 there were tens of thousands of stress-related tragedies in the U.S.. Official statistics from ...

Mindfulness can help deal with challenges in working life

At work, mindfulness, ’present-moment awareness’, benefits not only the individual but the whole work community, comes up in Laura Urrila’s ...

Mindfulness-based stress reduction is as effective as an antidepressant drug for treating anxiety disorders, study finds

A guided mindfulness-based stress reduction program was as effective as use of the gold-standard drug -- the common antidepressant drug ...