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October 23, 2024
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Finding calm amid chaos: Brown mindfulness expert offers advice for election-related stress
Dr. Judson Brewer, director of research and innovation at the Mindfulness Center at the Brown University School of Public Health, shares strategies for staying calm during contentious times.
June 28, 2024
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Why should insurers cover Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction?
Brown University researchers take a deep dive into the barriers that are disincentivizing health insurers from covering the mindfulness–based health program.
Brown University School of Public Health
Outside the Mainstream: Applying rigor to complementary & integrative approaches to health care
NCCIH funding will allow Brown researchers to evaluate complementary and integrative health interventions and produce a public-facing database to support rigorous systematic reviews.
Bridging health and heritage
Summit led by Mindfulness researcher Jeffrey Proulx makes shared space between mindfulness training and Indigenous cultural practice
Humans in Public Health: Moving the needle with mindfulness
Director of the Mindfulness Center at Brown University, Eric Loucks' work in the areas of mindfulness-based stress reduction and heart health are demonstrating how mindfulness can improve people’s lives and change their perceptions. Megan Hall chats with Professor Loucks about his journey into this area of study and what the future holds for mindfulness.
November 2, 2023
News from Brown
Practicing mindfulness can help people make heart-healthy eating choices
A study led by Brown University researchers found that participants in a mindfulness-based blood pressure reduction program improved health behaviors that lower blood pressure.
“Our brains don’t like uncertainty,” says Judson Brewer, psychiatrist and Director of Research and Innovation at the Brown University Mindfulness Center. And the job search process is nothing if not uncertain. In his book, “Unwinding Anxiety,” Brewer outlines three steps for dealing with anxiety ― during the work search or at any other time. For anyone tackling their own anxiety, here they are ...
Take the Mindful Way to Lower Blood Pressure
"If we can train people in mindfulness skills and then apply those skills to people's relationships with the things that we know influence blood pressure -- like physical activity or diet or antihypertensive medication adherence or alcohol consumption -- we might be able to boost the effects" of their prescribed blood pressure control plan, said researcher Eric Loucks, director of the Mindfulness Center at Brown University.
April 12, 2022
News from Brown
For young adults, mindfulness habits for life and the promise of better mental, physical health
In ‘The Mindful College Student,’ Eric Loucks, director of Brown’s Mindfulness Center, teaches essential mindfulness skills to help young adults flourish during this transition period and throughout their lifetime.
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