Nanowrinkles, nanofolds yield strange hidden channels Wrinkles and folds, common in nature, do something unusual at the nanoscale. Researchers at Brown University and in Korea have discovered that wrinkles on super-thin films have hidden long waves. The team also found that folds in the film produce nanochannels, like thousands of tiny subsurface pipes. The research […]

HHS expands initiative to protect Medicare and seniors from fraud Medicare awards grants to expand 52 Senior Medicare Patrol programs The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today the award of $9 million from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to help Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) programs across the nation […]

Can regular exercise improve your quality of sleep? People who have trouble sleeping or staying asleep may catch more Zzz’s and feel more alert during the day by working out 150 minutes or more per week, according to findings published in the December issue of Mental Health and Physical Activity. The study examined the relationship between […]

 Study: Physical activity impacts overall quality of sleep CORVALLIS, Ore. – People sleep significantly better and feel more alert during the day if they get at least 150 minutes of exercise a week, a new study concludes. A nationally representative sample of more than 2,600 men and women, ages 18-85, found that 150 minutes of […]

Where wild food matters In remote areas, bush meat still plays pivotal role in people’s diet, study says Postdoctoral fellow Christopher Golden conducted a yearlong study in the northeast corner of Madagascar that found that lost access to bush meat would lead directly to a 30 percent relative increase in malnutrition among children 12 years […]

Stroke Risk Factors Linked to Cognitive Problems November 21, 2011 A new study found that high blood pressure and other known risk factors for stroke may also raise the risk of developing cognitive problems. The finding suggests that keeping blood pressure under control might help preserve cognitive health. Strokes occur when blood vessels that supply […]

Organ Transplants and Cancer Risk November 21, 2011 Organ transplant recipients have a high risk of developing 32 different types of cancer, according to a new study. Future research to understand why may lead to better strategies for preventing cancer among transplant recipients. In 2010, over 28,000 organ transplantations were performed in the U.S., including […]

Stanford research on nutrition influences policy change in China As markets around the world slump, sputter and slump again, China maintains the fastest-growing economy. But despite the country’s boom, it has fallen behind in making sure its children will be healthy, strong and smart enough to cash in on it. About 30 percent of children […]

Why Nicotine is a Gateway Drug A new study in mice shows how tobacco products could act as gateway drugs, opening the door to use of illicit drugs. Nicotine, the researchers found, makes the brain more susceptible to cocaine addiction. The finding suggests that lowering smoking rates in young people might help reduce cocaine abuse. […]

Meditation, stress management – extremely useful in things like migraine, irritable bowel syndrome, stomach ulcers, muscular-skeletal disorders, hypertension, heart disease, patients coping with cancer.

And yet it takes a lot of time to learn these techniques. So it is really a matter of great joy for me and a lot of gratification that today we have technology that can help people learn these mind-body techniques much more quickly than it did in the past. What it took for people, even yogis, several months or several years to learn, today can be facilitated through technology.