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Research Focuses on Youth, Chronic Illness and Employment

By Guest PostJanuary 14, 2012Economy, General, Healthadulthood, arif jetha, arthritis, canada, canadian economy, canadians, chronic diseases, disabling health conditions, employment, fatigue, flexible work schedules, gender, health status, juvenile arthritis, kelly rankin, lupus, major limb trauma, musculoskeletal disorders, osteoporosis, phd candidate, post doctoral work, public health agency, social determinant, spinal cord injuries, spinal disorders, university of toronto, yhes, young adulthood

*PhD candidate explores their interconnection*

Like any 28 year old, Arif Jetha, a fourth-year PhD candidate at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health, is worrying about his future. Once he completes his PhD, should he remain at home with his parents and pursue post-doctoral work or move on to full-time employment and begin establishing his career?

Then, he thinks about the participants in his Young Adult, Health and Employment Study (YHES) ) and realizes his own challenges pale in comparison to theirs. They are 18- to 30-year-olds who live with disabling health conditions such as lupus, juvenile arthritis and spinal cord injuries, and the transition to adulthood and employment is often exacerbated by their health status. (more…)

What Zen Meditators Don’t Think About Won’t Hurt Them

By Guest PostDecember 11, 2010Healtharthritis, back pain, behaviour, brain areas, brain function, cancer, chronic pain, functional magnetic resonance imaging, health benefits, joshua grant, meditators, mri data, notion of mindfulness, pain, pain perception, pain sensitivity, pierre rainville, prefrontal cortex, reduced sensitivity to pain, zen meditation

Zen meditation has many health benefits, including a reduced sensitivity to pain. According to new research from the Université de Montréal, meditators do feel pain but they simply don’t dwell on it as much. These findings, published in the month’s issue of Pain, may have implications for chronic pain sufferers, such as those with arthritis, back pain or cancer.

“Our previous research found that Zen meditators have lower pain sensitivity. The aim of the current study was to determine how they are achieving this,” says senior author Pierre Rainville, researcher at the Université de Montréal and the Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal. “Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, we demonstrated that although the meditators were aware of the pain, this sensation wasn’t processed in the part of their brains responsible for appraisal, reasoning or memory formation. We think that they feel the sensations, but cut the process short, refraining from interpretation or labelling of the stimuli as painful.” (more…)

Honey and Cinnamon

By ShamsSeptember 15, 20073 commentsHealtharthritis, bladder infection, cinnamon, honey, honey and cinnamon

It’s reported in many articles about the healing property of honey and cinnamon together. Diseases like arthritis, heart problem, weak immune system, bladder infection and even for infertility, proper use of both brought some excellent results. Although it is always advisable to consult the physician first, but it’s interesting to learn about it.

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Research Focuses on Youth, Chronic Illness and Employment

What Zen Meditators Don’t Think About Won’t Hurt Them

Honey and Cinnamon