Pioneering research on connections between consciousness and healing has begun this summer with a study focused on Buddhist indigenous healers. The ground is well prepared as mind-body medicine has been undergoing rapid growth in the past 20 years. The first significant breakthrough was the development of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), an intervention using traditional mindfulness techniques to recalibrate the body’s respon...

First, a few statistics to ponder. There are 25 million living American veterans. Since General George Washington commanded the Continental Army, 42 million Americans have served the colors. One million have been killed in its defense. Another one and one-half million wounded. When most of us think about military cemeteries, the first thought that comes to mind is ‘America’s Valhalla,’ Arlington National Cemetery in northern Virginia, but there are many, many mor...

Across the Caribbean, protected coastal waters have served as primary feeding and breeding grounds for the endangered Antillean manatee. Unfortunately, these same coastal waters are also a popular “habitat” for humans. In the past, the overlap between human and manatee habitat allowed for manatee hunting and threatened the survival of these gentle marine mammals. Today, however, threats are much more inadvertent and are often related to coastal development, degrade...