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Archive for the 'Tai Chi' Category

Review: Mind body therapies for menopausal symptoms

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Researchers from the University of Virginia Health System, in Charlottesville reviewed yoga and/or meditation-based programs, tai chi, and other relaxation practices, including muscle relaxation and breath-based techniques, relaxation response training, and low-frequency sound-wave therapy. (more…)

Meditation, Menopause, Relaxation, Tai Chi, Yoga | Comments (0)

NCCAM-sponsored study of tai chi to treat fibromyalgia

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Researchers at Tufts Medical Center, in Boston reported their findings in that bastion of allopathic medicine, The New England Journal of Medicine. (more…)

Exercise, Fibromyalgia, NCCAM, Tai Chi | Comments (0)

Kung fu for obese adolescents

Saturday, August 28th, 2010

Interestingly, the benefits don’t include weight loss, according to researchers at The University of Sydney, in Australia. (more…)

Children, Exercise, Obesity, Tai Chi | Comments (0)

A well-designed study of qigong in type 2 diabetes

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

Past studies have been criticized because of poor study design, according to Prof. Ernst.

Now, researchers from Bastyr University tighten up the design and report their results. (more…)

Diabetes Mellitus, Prof. Ernst, Qigong, Tai Chi | Comments (0)

Tai chi vs Western exercise in healthy, elderly adults

Sunday, August 1st, 2010

The benefits differ.

And, the response to tai chi is long-lasting, according to researchers at the University of Arizona, in Tucson. (more…)

Balance Training, Elderly, Exercise, Tai Chi | Comments (0)

Does tai chi improve psychosocial well-being?

Sunday, July 18th, 2010

Researchers at Deakin University, in Australia reviewed the evidence. (more…)

Anxiety (Panic)/Depression, Stress, Tai Chi | Comments (0)

Adding tai chi improves antidepressant drug therapy

Sunday, June 27th, 2010

During the New Clinical Drug Evaluation Unit Meeting, researchers at David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, reported that adding tai chi to escitalopram (Lexapro, Cipralex, Seroplex) treatment further reduced the severity of depression. (more…)

Anxiety (Panic)/Depression, Elderly, Folic Acid, SAMe, Tai Chi | Comments (0)

Review: Tai chi and fear of falling

Saturday, June 19th, 2010

Tai chi is becoming increasingly popular as an option to prevent falls.

Researchers at the University Medical Centre Rotterdam, in The Netherlands, reviewed the evidence. (more…)

Bone Fracture, Elderly, Exercise, Tai Chi | Comments (0)

Short-term benefits of tai chi in ADHD

Friday, May 28th, 2010

During the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Annual Meeting, researchers from Maimonides Medical Center, in Brooklyn, New York reported the effects of tai chi on self-control and mood in adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). (more…)

ADHD, Tai Chi | Comments (0)

Benefits of tai chi in peripheral neuropathy

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

Tai chi is safe and effective in people with peripheral neuropathy, according to Louisiana State University, in Baton Rouge. (more…)

Diabetes Mellitus, Pain-Neuropathic, Tai Chi | Comments (0)

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