While smokers in the relaxation training group showed little change in their habit, smokers in the meditation group smoked 60 per cent less at the end of two weeks. To learn more about the study, published this month in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, click here. While the participant base for this study was small, the study’s results echo some of the research conducted by Dr. Judson Brewer at Yale University....

Michael Johnson Cause Of Death Michael Johnson Cause Of Death Johnson explained in his Instagram post that Michael, who was adopted from Romania, was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a genetic condition during which muscles degenerate over time. Johnson has hosted TNT’s “Inside the NBA” since 1990. He expressed condolences to the Johnson family during a statement on social media on Saturday. On Saturday, MLB Communications additionally denote a tweet providing condolences to Johnson and his family....

Contemplatives including Matthieu Ricard, Sharon Salzberg, and Joan Halifax will deliver Keynote Address and Master Lectures on the nature of contemplative practices and how they can inform science. For registration and other information visit contemplativeresearch.org.

Mindfulness is a powerful way to bring balance into every aspect of how we eat. It cultivates inner wisdom—awareness of how our body and mind are reacting—and outer wisdom—making wiser use of nutritional information to satisfy your needs and preferences. Here’s a mindful-eating technique to use when you want a snack. It could be late afternoon, when you’re tired, hungry, and perhaps have had a stressful day, or anytime you end up eating mindlessly....

A recent study divided people who had completed substance abuse programs into treatments using three different approaches: mindfulness meditation, relapse-prevention, and the 12-step method. The participants were assessed at three intervals over the following year. Twelve months later, fewer meditation participants reported relapsing – in the case of both drug and alchohol use – than participants from the other two treatments. For more about the study, click here. You can also read the report on the trial, here....