As Kay Cahill Allison explains in her article, “The Power of Positve Psychology: Finding Happiness in a Cold Ocean Stream” (featured on Harvard’s Health Blog), experts have found that people often guess wrong about what will bring them happiness. However, …
Exercise and Cognitive Function Studies
The following studies, ranging from 2006 to 2011, examine the relationship between exercise and cognitive function. Enjoy! A 30-minute physical education program improves students’ executive function (2009) A neuroimaging investigation of the association between aerobic fitness, hippocampal volume, and memory …
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Antidepressants: Possible Link to Heart Disease and Stroke
Citing a study set to be presented at the American College of Cardiology meeting in New Orleans on April 5, Science Daily reports that “antidepressant use has been linked to thicker arteries, possibly contributing to the risk of heart disease …
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Mind Brain Health and Education: Action Magazine
MBHE: Action Magazine (Castellana, Gunawan, Luis and Walters; Harvard Graduate School of Education; June, 2010) is a group project I completed for Dr. Fischer and Dr. Peabody‘s class, “Mind, Brain, Health and Education.” I served as the editor and nutrition author. Click here …
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Baking: Banana Bread
There’s something about baking that makes me feel like a 1950’s housewife – I love it! Cakes and cookies aren’t the healthiest options (even though there are ways to make them clean too!), so today we’ll start with one of …
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Physical Benefits of Meditation
In the February 2011 edition of Self magazine, Erin Bried reviews research by Dr. Herbert Benson, director emeritus of the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. Some highlights: Mind/body practices (like meditation, yoga) calm the release …
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