Meditation

Women in oncology continued to break barriers, unveil new research and accomplish major goals in 2024.

BOSTON — Practicing meditation has significant clinical impacts on allergy and immunology, according to a presentation at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.

Both stretching and meditation reduced cramp severity and improved quality of life among patients with cirrhosis and may be considered as nonpharmacologic interventions when treating nocturnal muscle cramps, according to researchers.

To combat the myriad of stressors in life, taking a break to plug into your inner joy opens the door to increased well-being.

Adults with HF who practiced weekly yoga for 1 year had greater improvements in heart health than those receiving medical management alone, according to a poster presented at the European Society of Cardiology’s Heart Failure 2024 meeting.

NEW YORK — May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a perfect opportunity for individuals to focus on their state of mind, Carol A. Bernstein, MD, said in this Healio video from the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting.

Life as a health care professional can be stressful, but there is a quick technique that can combat feelings of tension.

A Sudarshan Kriya Yoga online program led to significant improvements in wellness and decreased burnout among a cohort of international physicians, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

An intervention failed to increase patient activation, but it helped to improve depression, patient portal management and other health measures among patients with chronic pain on long-term opioids, according to a randomized trial.

The overall use of several complementary health approaches, and their use for pain management specifically, rose substantially over the last couple of decades, researchers found.