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For series on mindfulness, unconventional sources bolster credibility
posted 01/06/2016

My fellowship project was prompted by a question I’d been wondering about: Might mindfulness be a “prescription” for our health care system? I have heard from countless people who told me how meditating had changed their life. So why is it not more commonly recommended by providers?

Is getting high healthy?
posted 02/23/2015

As the country tries to find a way to regulate, tax, legalize, or punish people for buying, growing, and using marijuana - it's high time we find out the long term effects. 

Mindfulness as medicine
posted 02/23/2015

Local hospitals in San Diego like UCSD and Scripps offer mindfullness programs where they encourage people to meditiate, sit in silence, and just “be” as a way to destress and help heal their bodies....

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For series on mindfulness, unconventional sources bolster credibility
My fellowship project was prompted by a question I’d been wondering about: Might mindfulness be a... more »
posted 01/06/16
Is getting high healthy?
As the country tries to find a way to regulate, tax, legalize, or punish people for buying,... more »
posted 02/23/15
Mindfulness as medicine
Local hospitals in San Diego like UCSD and Scripps offer mindfullness programs where they... more »
posted 02/23/15

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Project: Mind Your Health: 'Workplace wellness' (Part 3)

In the third installment of the San Diego 6 News series “Mind Your Health,” Neda Iranpour looks into a place many of us spend a lot of our time: at work. Iranpour profiles Dr. Bronner’s, a socially-conscious soap-maker to find out why offering free wellness and health care to employees pays off.

Project: Mind Your Health: Mindful medicine (Part 2)

While we may think doctors and medical students don’t have time to “sit still,” UC San Diego is finding that the act of meditating is helping create better medical professionals. The school's Center for Mindfulness is now serving as an example to many universities and hospitals.

Project: Mind Your Health: Military and mindfulness (Part 1)

Navy Corpsman 2nd class Jennifer Starks says yoga helped her reintegrate back into the community because she was isolating herself. Starks was diagnosed with PTSD after 12 years in the military, a career that included two deployments and time on a carrier.