Good News Notes: “Guidelines recommend treating individuals living with chronic pain who also have a history of opioid misuse with nonopioid therapies. Mindfulness-based interventions are an option, but the efficacy of these practices haven’t been determined for this population. Investigators decided to address this gap by evaluating the impact of mindfulness-oriented recovery enhancement (MORE) for the reduction…
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Meditation Enhances Immune System without Activating Inflammatory Signals, Study Says
Good News Notes: “‘Yoga and meditation are holistic disciplines that integrate both mental and physical methods for human well-being,’ said Dr. Vijayendran Chandran from the College of Medicine and McKnight Brain Institute at the University of Florida and his colleagues. “These practices are growing in popularity worldwide, and according to a recent national health survey, 14%…
Living Well: New Technology helps Baptist Health treat chronic pain
Good News Notes: “The CDC says 20% of all adults have suffered from chronic pain sometime within the last three months. One in three people over age 65 struggle with it regularly. A breakthrough technology at Baptist Health is allowing people with chronic pain the ability to feel better again. 80-year-old Robert Kelly of Clarendon…
Swedish designer’s new suit aims to improve mobility in Parkinson’s, stroke and celebral palsy patients
Good News Notes: “In a renewed hope for patients with Parkinson’s, who often experience tremors through their body, a Swedish engineer has created a suit that can help them significantly reduce such tremors using electronic stimulation. According to makerfairerome.eu, the Exopulse Mollii Suit can improve mobility for people affected by a stroke, Cerebral Palsy, or Parkinson’s disease. How?…
Yoga, tai chi, meditation improve veterans’ mental, physical health
Good News Notes: “A combination of yoga, tai chi and meditation was linked to significant mental and physical health improvements among veterans, according to study results published in Medical Care. ‘Deployment in the Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom wars led to increased musculoskeletal pain and decreased mental and physical health functioning among many returning…
The VA Is Now Offering Transition Services Specially Tailored for Female Veterans
Good News Notes: “The Department of Veterans Affairs is teaming up with the Department of Defense to offer Women’s Health Transition Training (WHTT) for female service members who are transitioning to civilian life. The voluntary training program is in addition to the normal Transition Assistance Program (TAP) that all separating military members are required to attend, and is not…
Teenager’s passion saves horses from slaughter
Good News Notes: Most high school seniors are concerned about a lot of things. Most of those things, though, are related to their own personal place in the world such as work, college and finishing their high school career. Haley Becker, however, was thinking about an entirely different range of topics. Haley just graduated but…
Lady Gaga’s Mom Talks About Helping Singer with Depression: ‘We Tried Our Best as Parents’
Good News Notes: “Lady Gaga‘s mother is opening up about being a parent of someone who has struggled with mental illness. Cynthia Germanotta spoke out about how she dealt with her daughter’s depression in Sunday’s episode of the Today show‘s digital series “Through Mom’s Eyes,” telling morning show co-host Shenielle Jones that Gaga — born Stefani Germanotta…