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Practicing Tai Chi Chih (TCC) can help older people sleep better, according to a new study by Dr. Michael Irwin. TCC is a Westernized version of the ancient Chinese martial art of Tai Chi. For paper, CLICK HERE.
Also by Dr. Michael Irwin:
Accumulating evidence suggests that sleep disturbance is associated with inflammation and related disorders including
cardiovascular disease, arthritis, and diabetes mellitus.For paper, CLICK HERE.
How Emotional Pain can really Hurt. BBC News Explores Complicated Grief: Research by Dr. Mary-Frances OConnor, assistant professor of psychiatry in the Semel Institute and the Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology, was featured July 21 in a BBC News report on her research that found long-term grief activates reward centers in the brain, possibly giving sorrowful memories addiction-like properties. For paper, CLICK HERE.
Prior depressive episodes thought to increase the risk of further depression. However, among older adults with prior depression, it is unclear whether sleep disturbance predicts depression recurrence
independent of other depressive
symptoms. Dr. Hyong Jin Cho, Cousins Center Postdoctoral Fellow and 2008-09 Friends of the Semel Institute Fellowship award recipient has just published in the American Journal of Psychiatry. For paper, CLICK HERE.
Mindfulness meditation training has stress reduction benefits in various patient populations. This study was published in Brain, Behavior and Immunity by Dr. David Creswell, former Cousins Center Post Doctoral Fellow. For paper, CLICK HERE.
Also by Dr. Michael Irwin:
Accumulating evidence suggests that sleep disturbance is associated with inflammation and related disorders including
cardiovascular disease, arthritis, and diabetes mellitus.For paper, CLICK HERE.
How Emotional Pain can really Hurt. BBC News Explores Complicated Grief: Research by Dr. Mary-Frances OConnor, assistant professor of psychiatry in the Semel Institute and the Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology, was featured July 21 in a BBC News report on her research that found long-term grief activates reward centers in the brain, possibly giving sorrowful memories addiction-like properties. For paper, CLICK HERE.
Prior depressive episodes thought to increase the risk of further depression. However, among older adults with prior depression, it is unclear whether sleep disturbance predicts depression recurrence
independent of other depressive
symptoms. Dr. Hyong Jin Cho, Cousins Center Postdoctoral Fellow and 2008-09 Friends of the Semel Institute Fellowship award recipient has just published in the American Journal of Psychiatry. For paper, CLICK HERE.
Mindfulness meditation training has stress reduction benefits in various patient populations. This study was published in Brain, Behavior and Immunity by Dr. David Creswell, former Cousins Center Post Doctoral Fellow. For paper, CLICK HERE.