Mindfulness in Medicine- JAMA 2008;300(11):1350-1352
"In this Commentary, we define mindfulness, consider possible mechanisms, explore clinical applications, and identify challenges to the field."

Association of an Educational Program in Mindful Communication With Burnout, Empathy, and Attitudes Among Primary Care Physicians- JAMA -2009;302(12):1284-1293

Mindfulness-based stress reduction lowers psychological distress in medical students - Thomas Jefferson University; Mar 1, 2003
"Background: Medical students confront significant academic, psychosocial, and existential stressors throughout their training. Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is an educational intervention designed to improve coping skills and reduce emotional distress."

Intensive meditation training, immune cell telomerase activity, and psychological mediators.

"Telomerase activity is a predictor of long-term cellular viability, which decreases with chronic psychological distress (Epel et al., 2004). Buddhist traditions claim that meditation decreases psychological distress and promotes well-being (e.g., Dalai Lama and Cutler, 2009)."

Meditation found to increase brain size - Harvard University Gazette; Feb 2, 2006
"Researchers at Harvard, Yale, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found the first evidence that meditation can alter the physical structure of our brains."

University of Massachusetts, Center for Mindfulness
Bibliography of peer reviewed papers from the Center for Mindfulness, University of Massachusetts Medical School

Media articles on Carey Charyk/Meditation

Jamie Tobias Neely: Memories of Ream live on in the art of meditation (pdf download)

Kate Spencer: Meditation and the Multi-Tasker (pdf download)

NY Times, "How Mindfulness Can Make for Better Doctors"

BBC News "Scientists probe meditation secrets"
"Scientists are beginning to uncover evidence that meditation has a tangible effect on the brain."

Books dealing with mindfulness and meditation

Chodron, Pema: "Awakening Loving-Kindness"

Cohen, Darlene: "Turning Suffering Inside Out- A Zen Approach to Living with Physical and Emotional Pain"

Gunaratana, Bhante Henepola:  "Mindfulness In Plain English"

Kabat-Zinn, Jon:  "Full Catastrophe Living,"  "Wherever you Go There You Are,"  "Mindfulness Meditations in Everyday Life" and "Coming to Our Senses"

Kornfield, Jack:  "A Path With Heart"

Kornfield, Jack:  "The Roots of Buddhist Psychology"

Levine, Steven: "A Gradual Awakening"

Lama Surya Das:  "Awakening the Buddha Within"

Moyers, Bill:  "Healing and the Mind"

Ramen, Rachel Naomi:  "Kitchen Table Wisdom-Stories That Heal"

Rosenbaum, Alana:  "Here For Now"

Santorelli, Saki:  "Heal Thy Self, Lessons on Mindfulness in Medicine"

Thich Nhat Hanh:  "Essential Writings"

Williams, Mark; Teasdale, John; Segal, Zindel; Kabat-Zinn, Jon :
"The Mindful Way through Depression"