JAIPUR: A large number of activists, civil society representatives and common people took part in the events marking the 10 {+t} {+h} anniversary of the adoption of the U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 25 districts of Rajasthan over the week-end and extended their support to the global efforts for …
JAIPUR: A large number of activists, civil society representatives and common people took part in the events marking the 10 {+t} {+h} anniversary of the adoption of the U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 25 districts of Rajasthan over the week-end and extended their support to the global efforts for …
SOME soldiers wounded in a battle by arrows got cured of chronic diseases. So goes the popular tale about the origin of acupuncture. Practitioners of the traditional Chinese healing method believe health is a balance between the yin and yang—energy forces that govern the body. Chronic back pain, joint pains …
Twenty needles - nine pierced in each leg and two in the belly - with the probes attached to a mild electrical current gave Harold Katcoff of Baltimore, us , the relief that aspirins, steroids and anti-inflammatory drugs could not. Suffering from osteoarthritis (a chronic disease of the joints caused …
Acupuncture seems to activate the parts of the brain involved in pain control, say scientists in Taiwan. Jen-Chuen Hseih of the Veterans' General Hospital in Taipei and his colleagues used positron emission tomography (PET) to look at blood flow in the brains of 10 volunteers being given acupuncture between the …
one of the problems facing the world today is effective and affordable healthcare for its five billion-odd inhabitants. The prohibitive costs that Western or allopathic school of medicine (which often involves serious side effects) engenders is increasingly turning people towards the haven offered by alternative medical systems. The term "alternative" …
The US National Cancer Institute has found that Maharishi Amrit Kalash (MAK) 4 and 5, ayurvedic formulations developed by the Maharishi International University, significantly inhibit cancer cell growth in both human tumour and rat epithelial cell systems. Prepared from a wide variety of herbs and spices in a base of …
Environmental medicine studies the interfaces among chemicals, food and inhalants in the environment and the biological function of the individual. It was founded in the 1940s by Theron Randolph, who, along with others, developed a new model and associated clinical principles that would help a physician to diagnose an illness …
Mind-body intervention psychotherapy: includes combining medication with discussion, listening to the patient or using more active behavioural and emotive psychological methods; can hasten recovery in somatic illnesses. support groups: group therapy and counselling combined with diet and exercise can reverse diseases like angina pectoris. meditation: increases longevity and quality of …
