Herbal Remedies And Holistic Ayurvedic Medicine Information And News

"The body heals itself in a sure, sensible, practical and observable manner. 'The healer within' can be approached from without. Man possesses a potential for recovery through the innate intelligence or the physiological homeostasis of the human structure. This recovery potential with which he is endowed merely waits for the hand and the heart and the mind of a trained individual to bring it into manifestation allowing health to come forth; this is man's natural heritage."

David S. Walther, Applied Kinesiology

"The nervous system is King and AK, the offspring of his inherent genius."

George J. Goodheart

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August 1, 2007 23:10 - Questions About Herbal Remedies That You Can Resolve With Dowsing With Crystal Pendulum

Questions That Could Be Asked About Health Supplements:

We will try to pose some queries that could be asked about our health and dietary supplements. We can assess the response on the basis of to-and-fro movements or circular movements or with charts.

1. The Quality Of Supplements: Is this bottle of St. John's Wort of good quality? Does this pack of Passionflower tablets contain ingredient according to label? This pack of Ashwagandha tablet should contain extract equal to 2000 mg crude powder. How much percent of 2000 mg of Ashwagandha is in a single tablet?

2. Comparison Of Products: If you have several similar products of different brands, you can ask, "Which of these products is the best one for quality of product". The percentage chart is useful for this purpose.

3. Asking About The Health Of Different Organs

4. Asking About The Need of Various Supplements

5. Knowing Whether A Particular Supplement Will Be Beneficial

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August 2, 2007 17:15 - FDA And American Association Of Health Freedom About Natural Herbal Remedies And Dietary Supplements

FDA And Dietary Supplements Community:

The views of William A. Duncan, lobbyist of American Association For Health Freedom, are suitable to be mentioned here about the FDA Revitalization Act (that passed the U.S. Senate on May 9, 2007, 93 to 1 with six not voting), "The dietary supplements community has the power to affect change in the way business is done at the FDA. The passage of DSHEA involved well over 1 million people, and still holds the record as having the most mail and phone calls than any other subject. If that power was still channeled by the community, we could make a fundamental change to the way the FDA does business, and reduce the threat to our dietary supplements in the process.

"One of the challenges faced by the industry is the repeated attempt by a few bureaucrats at the FDA to treat dietary supplements like drugs despite the law. They insist on trying to apply double-blind, placebo trials to dietary supplements, which are food. That model of research is fine for drugs, when there is huge research dollars available, and when the effect and safety of a molecule are unknown, but this method of doing research is certainly not feasible or necessary for dietary supplement research. In fact there are other, far less expensive research methods that yield valid scientific data."

William Duncan encourages everybody to write their members of Congress and ask them to address the FDA's institutional conflict of interest by dividing FDA's power. This could then appropriately be sent to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, an agency charged with following and improving the health care system in America

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August 2, 2007 17:18 - VMS Or Vitamins And Supplements Market In European Countries

VMS Market In European Countries:

VMS are equivalent to dietary and health supplements of USA. There is a definite and progressing trend in the popularity, awareness and use of dietary and health supplements in European countries.

With focus shifting towards increasing the quality of life, with more attention to prevention of diseases and self-medication, European consumers are on the look out for healthy options. As a result of this trend, there has been increased understanding and awareness to the health benefits associated with VMS (Vitamins and Mineral Supplements) or dietary supplement products.

After the United States, Europe provides the largest market for dietary supplements. Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom (UK) and France dominate the sector and account for 67 per cent of total dietary supplement revenues. Consumer awareness of these dietary supplements has contributed to a steady growth rate in the market of 4 per cent since 2004 (Frost & Sullivan, 2005).

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August 8, 2007 22:10 - Beauty Industry Expo In Mumbai

Beauty Industry is one of the India's fastest growing health related industry. BeautyScape Expo is an international fair that provides opportunity for business networking and opportunities for players of this market. It will be a showcase of beauty products and services from all over the world.

The visitors to this beauty expo will include - Hair Stylist, Make-up artists / Beauty Consultants, Nail technicians, Skin therapists & consultants, Aroma therapist, Spa and slimming center therapists, Herbal / Natural products practitioners, Media/press, Saloon owners, Students from Hair/ Beauty institutions, Companies / business persons looking for Franchise Options.

The profile of companies that will be showcasing themselves include - Aromatherapy Products, Anti-aging Products, Beauty & Hair Academies, Body Art & Tattoos, Body & Slimming Care, Bridal Accessories, Cosmetics Ingredients & Products, Essential Oils, Fragrances Perfumes & Toiletries, Foot Care & Manicure, Hair Care, Hair Removal Systems, Health Appliances, Health Food & Vitamins, Herbs & Spices, Oral Care, Personal Care & Hygiene Product, Skincare Products, Sauna & Jacuzzi Facilities, Spa & Wellness.

Venue is ....

Beauty Scape
Ground Floor, Vaibhav, 220, V.S Marg, Mahim,
Mumbai, India.
Tel: +(91)-9867270098/9820032402

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August 8, 2007 22:17 - Beauty And Fitness Asia Expo In Karachi, Pakistan

The Expo of Beauty and Fitness provides great opportunity to foreign companies to showcase their services as well as products to prospective buyers and business partners from Pakistan and other countries in Asia. The participant companies will have the opportunity to assess market potential, to make their business network of distributors, dealers and resellers.

This fair is held with other health related fairs like Environment Asia and Dental Asia and Pharmaceuticals Asia.

The companies that will visit in this fair are - Gym and fitness centers, health therapies, nail care products and equipments, beauty and skin care equipments, nutritional products, health and nutrition centers, chinese and western diet medicine, fitness equipments.

The profile of participating companies include - Chinese & Western Diet Medicines, Weight Loss Treatment, Medical & Fitness Equipments & Products, Personal Hygiene Products, Health Therapies, Beauty & Skincare Equipments, Gym & Fitness Centres Toiletries & Perfumery, Sports Equipments & Products, Hair Care Products, Nutritional Products, Foods Health & Nutrition Centres.

Venue of Beauty And Fitness Expo In Karachi....

E- Commerce Gateway Pakistan Private Limited
18, C. P Berar Society, Off Amir Khusro Road,
Karachi, Pakistan.
Tel: +(92)-(21)-222444/4536321/4536330
Fax: +(92)-(21)-4536330

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August 8, 2007 22:28 - Herbal And Aromatherapy Extracts Expo In New York, USA

The Health and Wellness industry of USA is witnessing an exclusive show on essentials that are used in beauty and skin care products as well in aromatherapy. These herbal extracts are a great source of new and old innovative merchandise. As this show is exclusively devoted to these products, it will be a unique fair.

This fair is held alongwith New York International Gift Fair and together, they will be capturing more than 43000 buyers from all over the world.

The visitors in this expo include - gift shops, specialty stores, importers, online stores, distributors, mail order catalogs, galleries, spas, health resorts, hotels, motels, inns, private label developers and media.

The participant companies are - infant and children spa products, massage and reflexology, massage oils, men's products, music and recordings, natural and organic products, perfumes, skincare, aromatherapy, bath and body care, beauty accessories, cosmetics, essential oils etc.

Venue of this fair is...

George Little Management, LLC
Ten Bank Street, 1954,
White Plains, United States of America.
Tel: +(1)-(914)-4213200
Fax: +(1)-(914)-9486180

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August 16, 2007 07:13 - Great News For Those Allergic To Peanuts

Peanuts are chock full of protein, fiber, vitamin E, essential fats, and resveratrol (a proven anti-aging nutrient). Unfortunately, about 1.5 million Americans suffer from peanut allergies. Symptoms can include vomiting, hives, shortness of breath, and abdominal pain. Even worse, people who are allergic to peanuts can go into anaphylactic shock. (In fact, peanut allergies cause 100 to 150 deaths per year.)

A North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University researcher has developed a simple process to make allergen-free peanuts. Tests of the treated peanuts triggered no adverse reactions in severely allergic subjects. The process, which does not affect taste or quality, is being investigated by food companies for commercial application.

Isn't it a news to rejoice over by peanuts lover?

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August 16, 2007 07:26 - Herbal Remedies News

Harvard Medical School to create institute for nontraditional medicine.

Research will address treatments such as acupuncture, herbal therapies, and massage and examine the ways in which they interact with traditional medicine. "You can't practice medicine these days without knowing what patients are doing, and a tremendous amount of them are doing it," said Dr. Dan Federman, who helped develop Harvard's new program. The program, established with a $10 million gift from San Francisco philanthropist Bernard Osher and $2 million from the school, will work in conjunction with a similar one at the University of California at San Francisco. Associated Press, May 15, 2001.

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Canada forms new federal natural products organization

In response to growing public demand for herbs and dietary supplements, the Canadian government announced that it will set aside $10 million to establish a natural products organization within Health Canada. The office will fund research on supplements, speed the approval process for new products, and consider reintroducing controversial supplements such as melatonin and DHEA. The 16-member panel heading the effort is expected to include many members of the supplement industry. The office should be in place by the end of 1999.

Natural Foods Merchandiser, June 1999.

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August 17, 2007 16:45 - Ayurveda Doshas And The Concept Of Health And Disease

The concept of health and disease is based on the three ayurvedic humors - Vata, Pitta and Kapha dosha. The dynamic balance of the three doshas is the foundation of good health and freedom from disorders. The imbalance of ayurveda doshas is the begining of disorders.

So Ayurvedic medicine emphasizes on the balance and harmony of these three ayurveda doshas. People usually take this balance to be a static equilibrium as of mixing of the three elements in equal proportions. This balance is highly dynamic in nature. All the time, ayurveda doshas are moving from one place to another and interacting with other tissues and sub tissues in body. So keeping their dynamic equilibrium is the goal and not just static maintenence.

Each of the ayurveda doshas has its own set of characteristics. Ancient ayurveda textbook, Charaka Samhita, mentions that each of the ayurveda dosha has seven main properties and it acts on the basis of these properties.

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August 17, 2007 16:55 - Ayurvedic Herbal Remedies For Weight Loss

Guggul is a verstalie herbal remedy in Ayurveda. It is widely acclaimed all over the world for its anti-obesity effect. Guggul serves several purpose while maintaining the body weight and extra fat.

The use of guggul extract alone or with other herbs is beneficial in obesity. The fat tissue is reduced and weight goes down. There are some extra benefits with its use and i usually call them Side Benefits of Herbal Remedies. As drugs have side effects, herbal remedies have side benefits.

With the use of guggul for obesity, the cholesterol level in blood is also maintained to a healthy level. And there is a great probability of increased cholesterol levels in obese persons as they usually have faulty eating habits consuming a lot of fat and carbohydrate.

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August 18, 2007 16:40 - Exercise For Weight Loss In The Right Way Found By Japanese And Danish Researchers

The Japanese and Danish researchers experimented with the role of exercise for weight loss. Everyone knows that workouts burn calories and some extra fat. So we find ourselves slim and trim for a few grams!

The researchers had two groups of people - one who worked out with 60% of their capacity in a single straightforward session and another group who took 20 minutes rest between two 30 minutes workouts. Both group took one hour of rest after the workout of 60 minutes.

The result has been amazing. Researchers earlier anticipated that the first group with a single session of workout will emerge as the group who will burn more fat during the one hour resting period. The results were opposite - the group of persons who took 20 minutes of rest between two workouts of 30 minutes burned 70% calories as fat during one hour resting period in comparison to the other group who burned 56% of calories as fat during one hour rest.

This research emphasizes the role of short and focused workouts for having proper weight and for burning more fat through workouts.

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August 18, 2007 16:51 - Parents Who Want Their Children To Have Healthy Appetite Should Get This Free Gift From Dr. Vikrama of www.holistic-herbalist.com

Hi Friends,

Dr. Vikrama here. I have seen it during my clinical practice that most of patients who are also parents of young kids complain that the children is not eating properly and he is not feeling natural and healthy appetite. They usually stuff their children with various appetizers and multivitamin preparations.

There is nothing bad with these natural dietary supplements. But can such things replace natural and healthy appetite? Definitely not!

Have some time to download this Ebook that I want to give you as a gift as you are so special and resourceful for your children. I will be happy if i could add something to your tools.

This ebook saves your from many worries if you devote a few minutes doing the acupressure steps mentioned in this manual. You will hear the great words from your sweet children when he will shout, "MOM! I am hungry. Give me something to eat."

Warm Regards,
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dr vikrama

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August 19, 2007 12:42 - Attention Obese Persons! Know Effective Strategies For Freedom From Pot Belly

Of all the accumulated fat in your body, the belly fat gradually destroys your overall health - digestion, looks and appearance, increased risk to stroke and heart disorders, lack of sexual drive among many of the things that can give you a lot of worries.

The four weapons of fat destruction are - human growth hormone (HGH), leptin, IGF-1 and testosterone. These biochemicals are natural and are found in our body. The healthy presence of these biochemicals assure you of good figure, healthy and glowing and toned skin and good sexual drive.

The only way to get these weapons of fat destruction back to optimal working is to increase insulin sensitivity. Insulin sensitivity is the opposite of insulin resistance (type II diabetes). Sensitivity to insulin means that you won't have much of the fat storing-hormone in your belly. You will live thin and slim. Insensitivity means that your body is resistant to it and therefore does not use it up fast enough. As a result, you get fat.

Now some good tips for increasing Insulin sensitivity....

1. Take less of whatever tastes sweet.

2. East three healthy and balanced meals. Skip all snacks except water.

3. Use cinnamon and banana leaf supplements in your diet, preferrably one hour before meals. Know more about herbal remedies.

4. Take Sun bath for 30 minutes three times a day - don't worry, you need to expose your body to sunlight.

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August 19, 2007 12:56 - Pursuit Of Pleasures, Happiness And Joy As Integral To Our Life And Health

All the major religions and great philosophies right from the ancient time to present one expressed their views about pleasures, happiness and joy. And without these three terms and their existence in our lives, it doesn't matter whether we live or we don't live.

Pleasure is related to sensual experience - it can be taste, sightseeing, looking beautiful, hearing pleasant music or songs, having great touch or smelling various fragrances. The concentration is on sensual or sense related experiences.

Happiness is related to our mind and emotions. And joy is related to true happiness or happiness of the soul or spiritual happiness - it is said to be always present as Joy in our innate nature, the inherent quality of our soul or consciousness or our being. This inner joy can be attuned with when we are connected with our self.

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August 20, 2007 16:18 - Ayurveda And Herbal Remedies For Women Enhancing Breast Milk Production

The importance of breastfeeding is an established fact right from the most ancient times. Controversies might come and go about other aspect of health but never about the significance of breastfeeding. Let us explore the subject of breastfeeding in the light of Ayurveda - one of the most ancient, natural and holistic systems of health, life and medicine and modern medicine.

You will find in this series of articles that despite the clear lack of understanding of the structure and functioning of breasts and lactation, the ancient ayurvedic experts took a common sense approach in describing the lactation and maintained a systematic, comprehensive, preventive as well as curative approach whiled dealing with problems of poor lactation and other disorders. This had been the pristine beauty of ayurvedic wisdom that its principles and lifestyle could be applied over a diverse and vast scene of disorders, and conditions of life.

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August 20, 2007 16:25 - Find Herbal Remedies And Medicinal Herbs To Have You Greater Health And Freedom From Disorders Naturally

Hyperthyroidism Questionnaire

Hi

Recently one patient asked me how to assess that one might be in pangs of Hypothyroidism. I replied her with this list of questions. This questionnaire can help you suspect Hypothyroidism.

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Changes In Weight during past:

Bowel Habits or Defecation habits:

Diarrhea or White Stools if any:

Appetite:

Vomiting or Nausea:

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Any goitre or glandular swelling on neck:

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Palpitations (anxiety, increased heart beats, becoming conscious of heart beats):

Blood Pressure:

Pulse Rate:

Any edema or swelling at Ankle:

Any pain in Chest:

Any breathing difficulty:

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Nervousness or irritability:

Tremor or trembling of hands:

Muscular weakness and/or twitches:

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Sweating:

Itching:

Any pigmentation:

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Menstrual tendency:

Infertility:

Libido or sexual interest:

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Any trouble with eye or vision:

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Heat tolerance/intolerance:

Fatigue/Weakness:

Apathy or loss of interest in day to day life:

Thirst:

Please also send the reports of Thyroid Profile. It is a blood investigation that has three elements - T3, T4, TSH.

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You can send any other information regarding medical history, other disorders, treatments she is taking.

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August 21, 2007 12:21 - Lifestyle Habits Are Causing ILL Helath and Disorders

We are always blaming genetics and heredity for ever growing number of disorders. Some years before, genetic disorders were usually birth defects or some anomalies. Now researchers are making genetics a bigger and bigger culprit by finding that Diabetes, Hypertension, Stroke and many other disorders are genetically predisposed.

We need to take a closer look at it. These disorders are genetically predisposed. When our lifestyle habits are poor and support the expression of these disorders, we get in the grip of these disorders. When we remain fit and in good health, we won't be easily in the pangs of these disorders. Simple.

So analyze your lifestyle and eating habits and see where you can improve. Recently one survey on Americans concluded that many people are used to the habit of consuming sugar and they don't expose them to sunlight even for 15 minutes.

When I read this survey and discussed it with my wife and found that we are also following same things in India. Most families will assert this truth. So make little changes in your lifestyle, be a little closer to nature and reap the great rewards of better health.

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August 21, 2007 12:37 - Social Obesity Vs Social Fitness - The Role Of Having Good Company In Terms Of Less Fat, Less Obese Body

The people you mix with are the ones that make you fat. True according to the The New England Journal Of Medicine. This study is confirmed by researchers at Harvard Medical School.

Researchers studied more than 12000 poeple for 30 years and found that those with friends who had become obese had a 57 percent greater likelihood of becoming obese themselves. Likewise, if a spouse or sibling had become obese, there was, respectively, a 37 percent or 40 percent increased risk of obesity. Interestingly, people of the same sex had a bigger influence on each other than people of the opposite sex.

This paper concluded that attitude play a great role in making you obese in addition to common set of behaviors. So if you hang around people who think "it's no big deal" to be obese, your risk of allowing yourself to gain weight increases.

Fortunately social obesity is as contagious as social fitness. So make a choice of colleagues and friends that inspire and motivate you for having fit and healthy body. The effect of good company pay rich dividends in more ways that you can imagine.

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August 22, 2007 17:00 - New Form Of Cardiac Exercises With Some Resistance Input

Cardio Exercise or aerobics are no longer considered as the kind of exercises. New research support that you can lose fat, improve your heart health, increase your quality of life, and reduce your risk of disability with resistance training.

These exercises are not like weight exercises that we usually do at health gyms. These total-body functional exercises like squats, push ups and bodyweight rows are a better option. And resistance training doesn't mean barbell bench pressing with heavy weights. You can use dumbbell free weights or a variety of creative bodyweight exercises at home.

An extra benefit of bodyweight or free-weight exercises is that they give you the ability to complete a total-body workout in less time. For example, if you do a bodyweight or dumbbell squat, you will replace the need for the leg extension and leg curl machines in a health club. Push-ups or dumbbell chest presses replace the chest fly and triceps extension machines. And chin-ups replace the need for machine-aided pulldowns and biceps curls.

In three or four "functional" moves, you can complete a total-body workout. Do each exercise two to three times for 8 to 12 repetitions per set. Rest one minute between sets. You can do your exercises in a circuit (all exercises done back to back without rest) or in supersets (two exercises done back to back without rest) to cut even more time from your workout. Aim for three total-body strength-training workouts per week.

This set of exercises are inspired with Yoga work outs. The individualized yoga exercises offer new dimension to your health as this system is highly customizable to your personal needs. Yoga postures also offer resistance exercises without weight and you can complete the whole workout in relatively less time.

All of this again proves what I have said earlier so many times. The old system of holistic and integral lifestyle is being proved time and again. We need to practice it especially if we are the ones who like to tread along the modern path of research and new findings.

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August 22, 2007 17:08 - Reiki Energy And Natural Herbal Remedies

Ayurveda and Reiki are two natural healing systems. Even though Ayurveda utilizes herbal remedies, diet and lifestyle as a remedial measure, yet there is common foundation in approach and principles in ayurvedic medicine and energy healing based on the science of Yoga. And we will see how the underlying principles of one system can be utilized with the other system to get greater benefit and rapid enhancement in health and in healing.

Chinese Acupressure and Acupuncture system of medicine are also effective because of their activating the energy centers and energy channels.

The Marma therapy of ayurvedic medicine describes hundreds of such tender spots that are very valuable from the point of emergency medicine, acupressure, acupuncture, reiki, pranic healing and massage.

Essentially the foundation of Ayurveda, Reiki as well as any form of energy medicine is in Prana or vital force. Ayurveda and Reiki recognize the concept of energy in theory and operates for the balance of energy in practice.

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August 23, 2007 21:46 - The Patient Centric Human Oriented Approach Is Necessary In Medicine And Health Care

One study of recent psychiatry journals revealed that actual human beings with mental disorders have practically disappeared from their pages. They are full of multicolor MRI scans and complex genetic maps. Fantastic progress is being made in understanding the biology of mental disorders

On the other hand when we review the major medical journals, we find...Now look at the major medical journals. Along with cutting-edge science, they now include a substantial amount of the medical humanities -- first-person accounts of illness by patients and doctors. Essays, stories, even poems!

This discrepancy has resulted from the fact that after long delay, psychiatry has eagerly embraced the scientific model and largely thrown out the "soft" disciplines, including the humanities.

Concurrently, medicine has realized the limits of narrowly defined "scientific medicine." Twenty years ago, it became painfully clear that many doctors no longer listened to patients. The result has been an unprecedented flowering of the medical humanities.

So we need to go to basics again.. Science and Medicine and Psychiatry all of these deal with human beings and without the human centric and patient oriented approach, there is no use of such knowledge. Such pure scientific knowledge is responsible for atom bomb blasts in Japan and the attacks of 9/11. We need to have mind and heart at the same time...both working in harmony for the upliftment of humanity, for relieving our agonies and disorders.

In his Nobel Prize speech, psychiatrist Eric Kandel called for renewed collaboration between science and the humanities, which, he says, "will not only improve our understanding of psychiatric and neurological disorders, but will also lead to a deeper understanding of ourselves."

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August 23, 2007 21:59 - Which Is Better? Mammography Or MRI Scan For Scanning Breast Cancer

When we try to get investigated and there are more than one choices, we always ponder about which one is better for me. Which of the two diagnostic modality will serve as the best.

There is no definite and clear cut answer to it. Each of the test offers it benefit and some limitation. Doctors have to judge based on this. One of such debating issue is that which of the two diagnostic tests - MRI or Mammography is better than the other in scanning Breast Cancer.

Here are some guiding inputs from experts....

"Most of us who do breast MRI know very well that MRI is highly sensitive for all cancer, invasive and DCIS. If you look at the high-risk screening studies (eg, Kriege et al, the MARIBS study, or Werner et al), you will find that MRI will be about 75% sensitive for all cancers and mammography, about 40% sensitive for all cancers."

A direct comparison of the 2 imaging modalities suggested that MRI was nearly twice as effective as mammography.

"These findings can only lead to the conclusion that MRI outperforms mammography in tumor detection and diagnosis, the observation that MRI detects many DCIS lesions that go unnoticed on mammography implies that some invasive carcinomas can be prevented by timely intervention on the basis of MRI findings," write Carla Boetes, MD, and Ritse M. Mann, PhD, from the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre in the Netherlands. "As such, MRI has the potential to increase survival when used to detect breast cancer."

"Although MRI is twice as sensitive as mammography for all cancers, and more sensitive then mammography for DCIS, it is not perfect," Dr. Schnall continued. "There are still 20% or so cancers that are not detected by MRI, and most of these are DCIS that present with microcalcification. So although MRI alone will outperform mammography alone in detecting invasive cancer and DCIS, as Christiane and Carla both state (and in full disclosure, I consider both of them friends), the addition of mammography to MRI will increase the cancer yield over MRI alone, particularly in the setting of DCIS, by detecting MRI occult lesions that present with calcification. Unless we are prepared to argue that the 10% to 20% additional yield contributed by mammography is not important, it is hard to eliminate mammography from the cancer screening regimen."

The conclusion is that MRI is better when you are choosing one of these two methods. But using both of them are the best.

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August 24, 2007 23:24 - Simple Nuggets Of Wisdom About Good Eating

Eating well goes beyond the healthy high-fat, low-carb diet. It means making every meal special - and that doesn't take as much effort as you might imagine. You don't have to spend a lot of money either. Eating well doesn't mean that you forget about taste and make your tongue an ascetic.

Follow some of the simple rules and you can fufill many of the good eating principles....

1. Correct Selection Of Food: Select good-quality foods that are good for you - and avoid foods that are bad for you. Foods that are bad for you are those that, although they may taste good, make you sick or give you stomach problems or make you tired. Why make yourself miserable for a cheap, temporary thrill?

2. Plan Your Meals: Don't burden yourself into recipes and dietetics books. Planning meals can be done everymorning in a few minutes.

3. Practice Moderation: This is one of the fundamental principle of eating in Ayurveda. Don't stuff your stomach and later suffer with belching and bloating.

4. Eat Slowly: You will be able to enjoy your meals and what you eat will be more nourishing and health providing.

5. Stay Focused: Don't distract yourself while eating. Watching TV, reading magazines, engaged in intense talking all obstruct your attention and energy and possibly some digesive juices from eating.

6. Enjoy What You Eat: This is one of basic thing that we habitually forget to observe in most of the worthy and deserving things. John Gray, the famous author of "Men Are From Mars.." has written a book on this subject.

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August 24, 2007 23:47 - What Are You Going To Have - Whole Grain Wheat Flour Or Enriched Wheat Flour

Modern day marketers are making a lot of noise with so many of the natural things that we have been using for centuries or for millenia. Wheat flour is one of the such food that is used in every home.

They have something like Enriched Wheat Flour. See the logic. First wheat grains are processed in way that the outer covering of the grains is stripped off. This outer covering of seeds has good variety of roughage, great vitamins and minerals. They call this flour White Flour. Studies have shown that this outer covering has great nutritional and medicinal value as it is found to have more than 11 vitamins and minerals.

Now Flour manufactureres are at first taking away the natural and precious 11 vitamins and minerals plus roughage from your flour and then adding some 2 or 3 chemicals and call it Enriched Wheat Flour.

Are you going to buy into this theory? Certainly you should not. Use Whole Grain Whole Wheat Flour and not White Flour or Enriched Wheat Flour or Processed Wheat Flour.

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August 31, 2007 21:07 - Medical And Healthcare Equipment And Products Fair

Vantage Medifest (P) Ltd. in association with international associates and other event partners presents Medifest '07, the complete International Medical, Healthcare Pharmaceutical and Hospital Equipment Trade Fair. Tabulated to be held from 12th to 14th October 2007 at Pragati Maidan, one of the most happening trade fair hubs of the national capital, the second edition of the fair is aimed at bringing together all those related to the medical and healthcare fraternity under one roof. The fair will provide a global overview and comprehensive information of the developments of the healthcare sector. Medifest '07 is a platform for visitors and exhibitors to get directly to the heart of the medical business sector in a cost effective manner.

Product Profile

Medifest '07 will create waves in the history of trade fairs with its impressive range of products that will be showcased at the fair. The list of products is enumerated below:
» Medical Technology » Medical Publication & Services
» Healthcare Informatics » First Aid Equipment
» Medical Consumables » Clothes and Linen
» Disposables » Rehabilitative Products
» Diagnostic Kits » Educational Equipments
» Reagents » Bio-Tech Products
» Healthcare Products » Nursing Care Products
» Nutritional Products » Natural & Mother Care
» Dietary Products » Herbal Healthcare Products
» Medical Process Equipment » Homeopathic Preparations
» Labware » Electromedical Equipment
» Optical Equipment » Diagnostics
» Surgical Tools » Lab Equipment
» Personal Hygiene Products » Dental Products

Visitors' Profile:

The visitor portfolio of Medifest '07 will be enriched by the presence of the entire medical and healthcare community from across the world. They include Doctors, Scientists, Nurses, Paramedics, Manufacturers, Distributors, Retailers, Importers, Health Organizations, Hospitals, Pharmaceutical Houses, Research and Development Organizations, Govt. Agencies, Ministries of Health Department, Embassies, Medical Institutes, Public Health Services amongst others.

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August 31, 2007 21:15 - Professional Beauty India 2007

Expomedia Events India present PROFESSIONAL BEAUTY INDIA, a B2B exhibition aimed at bringing together the entire spectrum of the beauty industry. From professional beauty treatments, spa and massage, holistic treatments and wellbeing products, nail care, hair care, retail beauty products and industry suppliers of packaging, ingredients and machinery, Professional Beauty India presents a one stop shop for all professionals whose business is related to the beauty industry.

Highlights of Professional Beauty India 2007

2nd December

PBI07 will also play host to India Cup Open Competition - India's first national level Hair & Beauty competition. Expomedia Events India has joined hands with National Hairdressers and Beauticians Association (NHBA) (which is also the India Chapter for OMC) to organize a national level competition for the Hair and Beauty industry. Poised as the most respected Hair & Beauty competition of India the main categories of the competition will be:
• Hair
• Make-up
• Nail
• Body Painting

The winner of the competition will get a direct entry to the finals of OMC World Cup in Chicago (March 2008) Workshop on Crystal Therapy to be hosted by a well known international expert from UK. Seminar on Franchising Opportunities in the Salon and Spa industries by the Franchising Association of India (FAI).

3rd & 4th December

PBI07 will also host the 2nd Spa Strategy Conference during the exhibition. Spa Strategy Conference is an ideal forum for those working or investing in this sector. The conference provides a platform for spa owners, directors, investors, managers and hoteliers to network and discuss strategy on improving their spa business and learn from leading national and international experts.

Prominent national and international Hair Stylists, Makeup Artists and Cosmetologists will hold Master Classes for the knowledge savvy professionals on two days of the event. All the above programmes will attract senior industry professionals from all over the country to the exhibition.

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