Both exercise and mindfulness meditation can help reduce anxiety, but experts say they work in very different ways — and ...

So, what’s the difference between exercise and meditation for anxiety relief? “You can think of exercise as a bottom-up approach — the body affecting the brain. Meditation is a top-down approach — the ...

In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center pitted mindfulness meditation against a common antidepressant in a clinical trial targeting patients with anxiety ...

A new study provides solid evidence that meditation is as effective as daily medication for those suffering from anxiety disorders. And meditation comes without the risk of side effects. There are ...

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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction is equally effective as the antidepressant escitalopram — the generic version of Lexapro — in reducing anxiety, according to a study published earlier this month in ...

A new study found that patients who took medication and patients who completed a course in mindfulness-based stress reduction saw the same decrease in anxiety Practicing meditation could be just as ...

I heard this often during the worst of the pandemic, when vaccines weren’t available yet, and I was frightened to open my apartment door. And I heard it when I was struggling through earlier bouts of ...

Mindfulness meditation worked as well as a standard drug for treating anxiety in the first head-to-head comparison. The study tested a widely used mindfulness program that includes 2 1/2 hours of ...

This is an interesting and somewhat complex question. To some degree, any form of meditation may provide some assistance, and in most cases, any meditation is better than no meditation. However, ...

Anxiety is the most common mental health challenge in the U.S. Approximately 34 percent of the population is affected by an anxiety disorder during their lifetime. [1] An estimated 19 percent of U.S.

An 8-week study compared a common SSRI drug to daily meditation for the treatment of anxiety. In the study, meditation was just as effective as Lexapro at treating anxiety disorders. The evidence ...