Mindfulness meditation combined with a BrainLink intelligent biofeedback instrument significantly reduces anxiety, pain, and brain fatigue while improving quality of life in pancreatic cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. In a trial with 145 patients, those receiving the combined intervention showed lower anxiety scores, lower pain scores, and higher quality-of-life scores at 4, 8, and 12 weeks compared to a control group receiving routine nursing care. The intervention also improved brain fatigue relief, concentration, and relaxation levels, and increased alpha and theta brain waves. The findings suggest this approach offers a novel way to support psychosomatic health in this patient group.
Problematic social media use (PSMU), self-transcendence values, and school adaptation mutually influence each other over time among college students. In a two-wave longitudinal study of 2,668 students, each factor predicted changes in the other two six months later: PSMU predicted lower self-transcendence values and poorer school adaptation; self-transcendence values predicted less PSMU and better school adaptation; and school adaptation predicted greater self-transcendence values and less PSMU. Each variable also served as a mediator in the relationships between the other two. These bidirectional links support and extend Self-worth Theory and Self-determination Theory, suggesting that fostering self-transcendence values and school adaptation may help reduce problematic social media use.