Recently, the psychological construct mindfulness has received a great deal of attention. The
majority of research has focused on clinical studies to evaluate the efficacy of mindfulness‐…

Many studies of atherosclerosis have indicated hyperlipidaemia as a predisposing factor to
vascular disease. The relationship holds even for mild degrees of hyperlipidaemia, a fact that …

Nicotinic acid has, like the Roman God Janus, two faces. One is the vitamin. The other is the
broad‐spectrum lipid drug. The Canadian pathologist Rudolf Altschul discovered 50 years …

There has been substantial interest in mindfulness as an approach to reduce cognitive
vulnerability to stress and emotional distress in recent years. However, thus far mindfulness has …

The purpose of the study was to assess a large representative sample of cancer patients on
distress levels, common psychosocial problems, and awareness and use of psychosocial …

In this study, the authors both developed and validated a self‐report mindfulness measure,
the Toronto Mindfulness Scale (TMS). In Study 1, participants were individuals with and …

We have previously isolated and crystallized a complex from calf spleen, containing actin
and a smaller protein which we call profilin. In this paper we describe some properties of this …

Objective The objective of this study was to assess the effects of participation in a mindfulness
meditation–based stress reduction program on mood disturbance and symptoms of stress …

IκB-α inhibits transcription factor NF-κB by retaining it in the cytoplasm. Various stimuli, typically
those associated with stress or pathogens, rapidly inactivate IκB-α. This liberates NF-κB …

NF-κB is a family of related, dimeric transcription factors that are readily activated in cells by
signals associated with stress or pathogens. These factors are critical to host defense, as …