The practice of transcendental meditation may help children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder manage their symptoms, research suggests.

The Transcendental Meditation technique may be an effective and safe non-pharmaceutical aid for treating attention deficit disorder (ADHD), according to a promising new study. The pilot study followed a group of middle school students with attention deficit disorder (ADHD) who were meditating twice a day in school. After three months, researchers found over [...]

A study of middle school students with attention deficit disorder found that meditating twice a day in school reduced stress, anxiety and ADHD symptoms by over 50 percent. Psych Central reports for some children, it may be a better alternative than medication.

IRIN/PlusNews on Friday profiled a commune operated by HIV advocate Paul Ari designed for HIV-positive people who have experienced stigma and discrimination near Mount Hagen, the capital of Papua New Guinea's Western Highlands province.

With a new administration getting ready to take office in Washington, D.C., two Corvallis churches are keeping up the drumbeat for health care reform with a series of documentaries on the subject.

For a quick and easy boost to your brainpower, shut your office door, close your eyes and sleep on the job. Just for a few minutes.

“Dishonest? Not me,” you say. “Why would I make dishonest New Year’s resolutions?” I don’t think any of us intentionally make dishonest resolutions, but some of us do, year after year.

Jan. 6: (BP/BS) 8:30-10 a.m. Gifford Youth Activity Center, 4875 43rd Ave., Vero Beach. Jan. 6: (BP) 11 a.m.-noon Wabasso Church of God, 8710 64th Ave., Wabasso.

Over the holidays, I had a colossal migraine headache that kept me in bed for 18 hours. I have been afflicted with them since I was a kid and thought explaining what causes headaches in children would be timely.

More than one in nine children and teens use herbal supplements or some other form of alternative medicine, the government said Wednesday, citing a new national survey.