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Keywords: acupuncture, adhd, alzheimer&#8217;s, antidepressant, anxiety, biofeedback, blood pressure, BODY, bone density, cancer, chi kung, chronic pain, consciousness, cortisol, depression, diabetes, dna, epigenetic, exercise, gene, genetic, guolin, headache, health, healing, hypertension, hypnosis, immune system, jill bolte taylor, mantra, massage, meditation, MIND, mindfulness, ms, multiple sclerosis, nocebo, opiate, pain, prayer, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Big Questions</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The John Templeton Foundation has sponsored three online exchanges on questions that illuminates their philanthropic mission. Read them:

Does science make belief in God obsolete?
Will money solve Africa&#8217;s development problems?
Does the universe have a purpose?

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		<title>A Superhighway to Bliss</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 00:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JILL BOLTE TAYLOR was a neuroscientist working at Harvard’s brain research center when she experienced nirvana. But she did it by having a stroke. 
On Dec. 10, 1996, Dr. Taylor, then 37, woke up in her apartment near Boston with a piercing pain behind her eye. A blood vessel in her brain had popped. Within [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ms. Integrative Gets Sutures</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 05:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been reporting on, learning about, and practicing integrative healing modalities for nearly two decades&#8211;and I&#8217;m constantly amazed at how powerful the most gentle therapies can be.
I really had the opportunity to put that to the test when I tumbled on the street, wound up in the emergency&#8230;
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		<title>Do You Believe in Objective (Ha! Ha! Wink, wink!) Science?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 05:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alison Rose LevyAs confidence in authorities plummets, one cherished bastion remains: the hallowed halls of medical scientific research. There we picture white-coated scientists making objective research determinations. Upon that bedrock, we make health decisions.
But does our image correspond to reality?
&#8220;The pharmaceutical companies say they&#8217;re about the science, but they&#8217;re really about marketing,&#8221; Melody Petersen, author [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Bad Evidence Happens to Good Treatments</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 15:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Carr, Daniel B
There is a growing acceptance of the view that pain management is a basic human right. This trend is clearly at odds with the growing frequency of denial of payment for pain care based upon the misapplication of EBM to argue that, based upon historical outcomes showing no difference on average between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summary of Mind-Body Research</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 03:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post contains a summary of search results from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) published in the last 30 days.
Search &#8220;tai chi&#8221; OR taiji OR qigong OR &#8220;qi gong&#8221; OR &#8220;chi gung&#8221; OR &#8220;chi kung&#8221; OR acupuncture OR meditation OR &#8220;mind-body&#8221;
1: Binder I, Ophoven A.
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		<title>David Lynch Talks Transcendental Meditation, Red Ants In Space, By Kurt Loder</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moby, Donovan also perform at Maharishi University&#8217;s weekend honoring &#8216;Blue Velvet&#8217; director.
FAIRFIELD, Iowa — You know you&#8217;ve arrived in Fairfield, a town of some 9,000 souls situated amid the flat corn and soy fields of southeastern Iowa, when you see two great golden domes swelling up into the sky. These mark the site of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meditation needs neither focus nor concentration</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 23:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are different schools of meditation, different methods and systems. There are systems which say: “Watch the movement of your big toe, watch it, watch it, watch it”. There are others which advocate sitting in a certain posture, breathing regularly or practising awareness. All this is utterly mechanical.
Read the full article&#8230;
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI - The Times [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lighten up! Learn to let go</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 23:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To deeply reflect and see the hidden meaning is mananam or reflection. To be at peace with what is and to be a witness to it is meditation. If you are not at peace with what is, then you are in conflict with it. This creates sorrow. You have to learn to be in harmony, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acupuncture And Myofascial Trigger Therapy Treat Same Pain Areas</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 22:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ScienceDaily (2008-05-14) &#8212; Ancient acupuncture and modern myofascial pain therapy each focus on hundreds of similar points on the body to treat pain, although they do it differently, says a physician at Mayo Clinic who analyzed the two techniques. &#8230;  read full article
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080513101614.htm
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Mayo Clinic (2008, May 14). Acupuncture And Myofascial Trigger Therapy Treat Same [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Depression diversity: Brain studies reveal big differences among individuals</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 16:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Depressed people may have far fewer of the receptors for some of the brain’s “feel good” stress-response chemicals than non-depressed people, new University of Michigan Depression Center research shows.
Read the article&#8230; http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=236
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Keywords: serotonin, 5HT1, antidepressant, mu-opioid, endorphin, Kara Gavin
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		<title>Tai Chi may be key to stress-free exercise</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 02:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It may be a centuries-old practice, but it&#8217;s finding modern-day devotees who swear the practice increases blood flow, promotes relaxation and helps to alleviate pain. NBC&#8217;s Robert Bazell reports in Part Three of the &#8216;Mind-Body Connection&#8217; series. (Nightly News)
See the video&#8230;
Part 1
 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/24508861#24508861
Part 2
 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/24509366#24509366
 
Keywords: Shin Lin Ph.D., Tai Chi, Qigong
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		<title>Neurotheology: Are We Hardwired for God?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 00:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Psychiatric Times. Vol. 25 No. 6 René J. Muller, PhD
Considering that the brain is increasingly being credited with having a role in everything we think, feel, and do, it was probably just a matter of time before it was postulated that religious belief has a neural substrate. The question of how the brain might be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acupuncture is not just for people. It&#8217;s also for cities</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 05:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore.—Acupuncture is not just for people. It&#8217;s also for cities—if the city is Portland. Adam Kuby has stuck a 23-foot needle into the ground down by the Willamette River and hopes to plant more, choosing locations where he figures the city&#8217;s &#8220;chi,&#8221; or vital energy, needs some help&#8230;
THE ACUPUNCTURE PROJECT / Treatment for Portland [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hunting for a miracle, grasping at a chance - Project Walk, Part I</title>
		<link>http://mindbodymedicine.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/hunting-for-a-miracle-grasping-at-a-chance-project-walk-part-i/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 21:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By PAULINE ARRILLAGA, AP National Writer &#8212; It was only a chair, but it had become his purgatory. Each day that John Pou spent in the wheelchair, his spirit seemed to die a little more. It was a perpetual reminder of the calamity that had brought him and Marci, even the kids, to this place.
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		<title>Stroke of insight: Jill Bolte Taylor on TED.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 17:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened &#8212; as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding &#8212; she studied and remembered every moment. This is a powerful story of recovery [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Al Khor hospital gets device to help smokers quit</title>
		<link>http://mindbodymedicine.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/al-khor-hospital-gets-device-to-help-smokers-quit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 22:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[doha • Qatargas has donated a laser device, used in helping people to quit smoking, to Al Khor hospital.
The laser therapy for smoking discontinuation involves pointing the laser beam at specific points in the body. It is similar to treatment in acupuncture, but without the use of needles.
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		<title>You are the river: An interview with Ken Wilber</title>
		<link>http://mindbodymedicine.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/you-are-the-river-an-interview-with-ken-wilber/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 02:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 28, 2008 &#124; Ken Wilber may be the most important living philosopher you&#8217;ve never heard of. He&#8217;s written dozens of books but you&#8217;d be hard-pressed to find his name in a mainstream magazine. Still, Wilber has a passionate &#8212; almost cultlike &#8212; following in certain circles, as well as some famous fans. Bill Clinton [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Name It, and Exercise Helps It</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:46:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By JANE E. BRODY
Published: April 29, 2008
Randi considers the Y.M.C.A. her lifeline, especially the pool. Randi weighs more than 300 pounds and has borderline diabetes, but she controls her blood sugar and keeps her bright outlook on life by swimming every day for about 45 minutes&#8230; “The single thing that comes close to a magic [...]]]></description>
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