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Continuum Magazine

Mindfulness Training May Help Lower Blood Pressure

April 23, 2020
A study led by Professor Eric Loucks, Ph.D., finds that mindfulness could reduce blood pressure by enhancing attention control, emotion regulation and self-awareness of both healthy and unhealthy habits.
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Congressman Tim Ryan on “Mindful Politics”

April 12, 2020
Watch an excerpt, on “Mindful Politics”, from the Watson Institute Master of Public Affairs Speaker Series titled “Election Debrief with Congressman Tim Ryan.” The talk by Congressman Ryan was cosponsored by the Mindfulness Center at Brown University.
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Mindfulness app may help address physician anxiety, burnout

April 1, 2020
Many physicians live with significant anxiety — now more than ever — but a new study from Brown researchers suggests that app-based mindfulness training can help.
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The Synergies between Mindfulness and Loving-kindness

February 9, 2020
Love can help us feel safe and happy, and mindfulness can help us learn to love in ways that support our well-being.
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The New York Times

Can Mindfulness Evolve From Wellness Pursuit to Medical Treatment?

January 22, 2020
Eric Loucks, director of the Mindfulness Center at the Brown University School of Public Health, and colleagues published a study in Plos One, a science journal, that put forward a possible solution: an eight-week mindfulness-based program.
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The New York Times Magazine

Can Mindfulness Evolve From Wellness Pursuit to Medical Treatment?

January 22, 2020
In November, Eric Loucks, director of the Mindfulness Center at the Brown University School of Public Health, and colleagues published a study in Plos One, a science journal, that put forward a possible solution to high blood pressure: an eight-week mindfulness-based program.
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Director Eric Loucks speaks at the United Kingdom All-Party Parliamentary Group

May 20, 2019
Mindfulness Center Director Eric Loucks spoke at the United Kingdom All-Party Parliamentary Group event "Mindfulness, Ageing Well and Older People." The event raised awareness and supporting policy for how mindfulness fosters healthy aging.
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Announcing: Weekly Community Mindfulness Meditation Sessions

May 19, 2019
Free and open to the public, these weekly drop-in sessions are intended to support anyone interested in developing and sustaining a regular mindfulness meditation practice. This opportunity is for the anyone including the curious, former students, and seasoned practitioners.
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News from Brown

Mindfulness smoking-cessation app can change the brain

May 15, 2019
Some research study participants, for whom the app was most effective, showed decreased brain reactivity to smoking images.
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Barnes Lecture 2019: Jon Kabat-Zinn

April 15, 2019
The 20th annual Barnes Lecture featured mindfulness pioneer Jon Kabat-Zinn on “The Public Health Roots of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction."
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How do we deal with anger within ourselves or from others?

February 19, 2019
A video message from Mindfulness Center Director Eric B. Loucks.
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Continuum Magazine

Mindfulness and Cardiovascular Health Meeting Hosted by the Mindfulness Center

January 18, 2018
The Mindfulness Center at Brown University hosted a “Mindfulness and Cardiovascular Health Meeting” in January.
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News from Brown

Researchers ‘dismantle’ mindfulness intervention to see how each component works

December 4, 2017
Because mindfulness-based interventions blend multiple practices, researchers can’t always figure out how each one works, so they created a rigorously controlled study to isolate each of them and confirm that they do what is claimed.
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Experts call for more rigor, less hype, for mindfulness and meditation

October 10, 2017
A group of 15 researchers has published a ‘critical evaluation and prescriptive agenda’ to improve research, clinical practice and neuroscience studies of mindfulness and meditation.
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Brown to launch mindfulness center to improve, disseminate evidence

September 12, 2017
With a dual mission of research and public service, the Mindfulness Center at Brown University will conduct and promote rigorous research on the health effects of interventions and work to disseminate and promote evidence-based practices.
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Study documents range of challenging meditation experiences

May 24, 2017
Though it has gained popularity in the West as medically and psychologically beneficial, meditation can produce a much wider variety of outcomes, not all of them calm and relaxing, according to a new study that analyzes meditation-related challenges.
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