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                                                    <title><![CDATA[Harvard Health Posts by Srini Pillay, MD Feed]]></title>
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                                <subtitle>Harvard Health Blog: You'll find posts from Harvard Medical School physicians and our editors on a variety of health news and issues.</subtitle>
                                                    <updated>2019-08-01T14:30:48-04:00</updated>
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            <title><![CDATA[Brain-based devices: How well do they work?]]></title>
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                    <name><![CDATA[Srini Pillay, MD]]></name>
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                <![CDATA[Brain-based devices claim to offer all kinds of enhancements and improvements, but how can consumers interested in such a device separate legitimate science from mere hype?]]>
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                        <category term="Medical Research" />
                        <updated>2019-08-01T14:30:48-04:00</updated>
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            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[How to feel better about yourself if you are depressed]]></title>
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                    <name><![CDATA[Srini Pillay, MD]]></name>
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                        <category term="Mental Health" />
                        <updated>2020-10-27T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
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            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Brain science to improve your relationships]]></title>
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                                            <author>
                    <name><![CDATA[Srini Pillay, MD]]></name>
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                        <category term="Stress" />
                        <category term="Healthy aging and longevity" />
                        <updated>2018-10-04T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
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            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Can you rewire brain to get out of a rut? (Yes you can...)]]></title>
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                                            <author>
                    <name><![CDATA[Srini Pillay, MD]]></name>
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                        <updated>2018-03-14T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
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            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Why you can’t get a song out of your head and what to do about it]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/why-you-cant-get-a-song-out-of-your-head-and-what-to-do-about-it-2017100412490" />
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                    <name><![CDATA[Srini Pillay, MD]]></name>
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                <![CDATA[The experience of having an “earworm”—a song that’s stuck in your head—is extremely common. But why do they happen? And how do you get rid of one?]]>
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                        <category term="Mental Health" />
                        <updated>2017-10-04T14:30:47-04:00</updated>
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            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Brain science suggests &amp;#8220;mind wandering&amp;#8221; can help manage anxiety]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/a-different-way-to-manage-anxiety-evidence-from-brain-science-2016111710659" />
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                    <name><![CDATA[Srini Pillay, MD]]></name>
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                <![CDATA[The wandering mind can get stuck on negative thoughts and start to &#8220;react&#8221; to a perceived threat that feels very real&#8211;and makes you feel anxious. Naming the negative feeling associated with that thought and then helping your mind wander in a more positive direction can help.]]>
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                        <category term="Mental Health" />
                        <updated>2016-11-17T14:30:09-05:00</updated>
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            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[The missing rewards that motivate healthy lifestyle changes]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/the-missing-rewards-that-motivate-healthy-lifestyle-changes-201603179301" />
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                    <name><![CDATA[Srini Pillay, MD]]></name>
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                <![CDATA[Ask anyone who&#8217;s ever tried to make a healthy change — after a while, the motivation to keep at it just stops. Indeed, it can be incredibly hard to break old habits, or make new ones. But research has revealed that there are actually two different types of rewards in the brain — and that focusing on the less commonly pursued of the two can help you make lasting changes.]]>
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                        <category term="Diet &amp; Weight Loss" />
                        <category term="Mental Health" />
                        <updated>2016-03-17T13:00:37-04:00</updated>
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