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Currently, an estimated 1 billion people – that’s a little over 1 in 7 – are overweight, and at least 300 million of them are classified as clinically obese, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported. Decades of monitoring the weight of the world clearly show the number of overweight and obese pe...
Currently, an estimated 1 billion people – that’s a little over 1 in 7 – are overweight, and at leas...
The findings are in from a weight-loss pilot program developed by HeartMath in which volunteers self-administered a six-week regimen that incorporated HeartMath tools and the emWave® technology. …
The findings are in from a weight-loss pilot program developed by HeartMath in which volunteers self...
Psychologists once maintained that emotions were purely mental expressions generated by the brain alone. We now know this is not true. Emotions have as much to do with the heart and body as they do with the brain. Of all your body’s organs, it is the heart, a growing number of scientists theorize, t...
Psychologists once maintained that emotions were purely mental expressions generated by the brain al...
Introduction and Background Since 2007, The Reformed Church in America (RCA) has offered employees the opportunity to participate in the Revitalize You program provided by HeartMath, LLC. McCarthy Actuarial Consulting, LLC (MAC) was retained by RCA to analyze their experience during 2007 and 20...
Introduction and Background Since 2007, The Reformed Church in America (RCA) has offered employees t...
In view of the current economic crisis, stress has soared to critical levels in many parts of the world and is threatening people’s physical, mental and emotional health. If we are not careful to identify what is causing our stress and learn new skills to manage it, the consequences can stretch far...
In view of the current economic crisis, stress has soared to critical levels in many parts of the wo...
PTSD May Be Greatest Injury of War Today From time immemorial, war has exacted a huge emotional toll on its participants. Although our understanding of the psychological impact of warfare has increased greatly over the past century and methods for treating combat-related psychological illnesses have...
PTSD May Be Greatest Injury of War Today From time immemorial, war has exacted a huge emotional toll...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of stress management training on quality of life, functional capacity, and heart rate variability in elderly patients with New York Heart Association class I-III congestive heart failure (CHF). While substantial research exists on stress managemen...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of stress management training on quality of lif...
The analysis of heart rate variability (HRV), or heart rhythms, provides a reliable measure of autonomic nervous system dynamics that is particularly sensitive to changes in psychophysiological state. Whereas common methods of HRV analysis typically quantify the amount of variability in a given reco...
The analysis of heart rate variability (HRV), or heart rhythms, provides a reliable measure of auton...
Objectives This study sought to define the effects of age and gender effects on the normal range of time domain heart rate variability (HRV) over nine decades in healthy subjects. Background Low HRV is considered an independent marker of mortality risk. However, the age-related decline in HRV may li...
Objectives This study sought to define the effects of age and gender effects on the normal range of...
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a medically unexplained disorder characterized by chronic, disabling fatigue, muscle pain, impaired concentration and a variety of neurobiological symptoms that make everyday activities extremely difficult. While it has been suggested that patients with CFS may have...
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a medically unexplained disorder characterized by chronic, disabli...