The anxiety that often accompanies a chronic illness can gradually diminish the quality of life and make patients less likely to follow their treatment plan.  Anxiety often remains unrecognized or untreated among patients with a chronic illness. Exercise training may help improve anxiety symptoms among patients Regular exercise can significantly reduce symptoms of anxiety, a [...]

I’ve always suspected that violent video games were unhealthy to the mental health and well-being of children playing them.
 
New research in the field of video games investigated how violent games affect the emotional behavior of children and how it impacts their response to life events. 
 
Playing video games that are violent, for as little as 20 [...]

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is a form of “energy medicine,” a psychological form of acupressure (without needles), that’s based on  our growing awareness of the connection between our body and it’s electromagnetic field, also called, “subtle energies,” your emotions, and your health. EFT has been reported successful in thousands of cases covering a huge range [...]

Children with asthma, hypnosis can help to reduce symptoms including habit coughing, unexplained sensations of breathing difficulty and reducing a child’s discomfort during medical procedures.
 
Ran D. Anbar, MD, Professor of Pediatrics at SUNY Upstate Medical University, in Syracuse, NY, recommends hypnosis as a treatment option when a child’s respiratory symptoms appear to have a psychological [...]

Researchers at Ohio State University, who’ve previously conducted landmark research on the mind-body connection, Dr. Jane Kiecolt-Glaser and her associates, conducted a study to determine the stress reduction benefits of hatha yoga, and its chemical pathways. 
 
They compared inflammation and endocrine chemical levels, in experienced yoga practitioners and novices before during and after a restorative hatha [...]

 
The many research studies mentioned in the preceding articles and others, coupled with my experience practicing medicine, have prompted me to advise patients of the importance of their emotional and spiritual health in maintaining and enhancing health of this vital organ, preventing and healing heart disease. In addition to advising patients to exercise, eat properly, [...]

1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay ‘them’.”
 
2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.
 
3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. ‘An idle mind is the devil’s workshop.’
 
4. Enjoy [...]

 
In 1991 I gave a presentation at a Mind/Body Medicine conference.  Deepak Chopra, MD, one of the leaders in the field of holistic medicine gave a keynote presentation,  that forever changed my life and in particular, my perception of “aging.”   He discussed a remarkable study that occurred in 1979.  A Harvard psychologist took a group [...]

Have you ever caught someone else’s boisterous laughter?  Surely you did! 
 
Stronger bonds are formed when laughter is shared, and nothing beats the feeling of happiness when you indeed share a great laugh with another. Did you know that laughter not only tickles your funny bone, and is also now confirmed as a powerful medicine?  A continuously expanding body of [...]

We all experience stress in our daily life. It is also quite common to have been prescribed a tranquilizer, to help you cope with stress. Juggling between a load of tasks and things to worry about has become a daily routine in all our lives. But amidst this stressful life that you’re living, did you [...]