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VIDEO: Applying the Mind to Manage Pain: Insights from Neuroimaging
Posted On: April 26th, 2019
Presented by: Jian Kong, MD, Director, Neuroimaging Applications to Pain, Alternative Medicine & Placebo, Dept. Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital.
Healing is a complicated process....
The Science of Stress and Resiliency: Integrating Mind-Brain-Body Interactions into your Nursing Practice, 2019
Event Date: April 5th, 2019
Benson-Henry Institute of Mind Body Medicine, MGH
The Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine (BHI) is inviting nurses and healthcare clinicians to its upcoming continuing medical education program, The Science of Stress and Resiliency:...
Darshan Mehta Reaches Over 1,000 Delegates at Indian Symposia, March 2019
Posted On: March 21st, 2019
Dr. Darshan Mehta, Education Director for the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine and Medical Director of the Benson-Henry Institute (BHI) for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General...
Decarbonizing Health Care: HMS commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Posted On: January 3rd, 2019
Harvard Medical School, along with its affiliated teaching hospitals and clinical institutes, recently signed a joint commitment to reduce greenhouse gases.
This follows the recent opinion piece...
12 Week Course: Tai Chi for Parkinson’s Disease
Event Date: June 27th, 2017 - September 19th, 2017
Tai Chi
With roots in traditional Chinese medicine, Tai Chi is a therapeutic mind-body exercise that integrates gentle movements, rhythmic breathing, and imagery. Tai Chi is practiced to improve...VIDEO: BHI, Atrial Fibrillation – IM Grand Rounds/Clinical (05/02/2017)
Posted On: May 19th, 2017
In this Grand Rounds clinical case presentation, Drs. Dossett and Heist, from Massachusetts General Hospital, presented a case of a woman with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation who participated in a...
CBCT® (Cognitively-Based Compassion Training) coming to New England in April
Posted On: March 9th, 2017
CBCT® (Cognitively-Based Compassion Training) is a meditation protocol with the primary aim of helping to sustain a genuine compassionate responsiveness while buffering against negative effects...