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The chances are fairly high that either you or a loved one has had a history of anxiety. In any given year about 17% of us will have an anxiety disorder—and over our lives, about 28 % of us will have an anxiety disorder. And, if you have one anxiety disorder, then you probably have

A new Swiss study reports that a form of meditation known as mindfulness could help patients with multiple sclerosis, who often suffer from depression and anxiety. The study is small and only compared multiple sclerosis patients who meditated to MS patients who didn’t. Still, meditation is safe and cheaper than the drugs that MS patients

Meditation and mindfulness techniques could do a lot to help pregnant women who are more at risk of experiencing major depression manage their conditions more effectively, a new study is now suggesting. Conducted by the University of Colorado Boulder, techniques like breathing exercises, yoga and meditation can all prove beneficial, with practices like prenatal yoga

Meditation classes could do a lot to help improve your mind if the results of a new study are to be believed, revealing that certain techniques could drive changes in grey matter and make your brain bigger, boosting your memory and learning capacity and helping you to control your emotions more effectively. Scientists from the

Meditation training courses could help young girls who are more prone to feelings of stress and depression, with research now suggesting that such mental health conditions could in fact see them age prematurely. According to a study from Stanford University, those with a family history of depression react to certain stressful situations by releasing more

A new survey has revealed that an increasing number of people in the UK are hiding mental health conditions from their bosses because they’re afraid of how being open about it will affect their careers. However, there are steps you can take to tackle the way you’re feeling and meditation courses could be the way

Troubled Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan, arguably more famous for her run-ins with the law than for her thespian achievements, has said how meditation really helped her to cope, noting that she’s been doing it for quite some time now and it has proved really quite effective. Speaking to Marie Claire magazine, Lindsay – who is

Going on meditation training courses could do a lot to improve women’s health, which has apparently taken a knock in the last 50 years since they joined the labour market, with work-related stress coupled with increases in smoking and drinking starting to take their toll. This is according to the Office for National Statistics, which

Epilepsy – a condition that causes repeated seizures – affects over 500,000 people in the UK, typically beginning in childhood, although it can manifest itself at any point in someone’s life. While medication can be taken in order to control the condition, there are other complementary therapies that people can consider, such as meditation. Learning

Breast cancer survivors could benefit from doing mindfulness meditation, as a new study has found that protein complexes located at the end of chromosomes (known as telomeres) maintain their length in people who practice this. Longer telomeres are thought to help protect against disease. According to the University of Calgary’s Department of Oncology and Alberta