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Qigong Help Chronically Ill People to Cope With Anxiety and Discrimination

... have shown that people who practiced the Oriental art of Qigong – which combines gentle exercise with breathing techniques, meditation and visualisation – reaped considerable benefits during the SARS outbreak in Hong Kong. It also helped them to cope with the stigmatisation and discrimination that dev...

Japanese Flower Art Helps Calm a Frantic Moscow

...llapse around it in 1991, an expert in the ancient art of Ikebana flower arranging flew in from Japan. ...ace of life was slower under the Soviet Union, the art is today taught by Yamada and her fellow teachers as an antidote to the frantic existence in the new...

Stem Cell Treatment Offers Hope for Paralysis Patients

...peciality Hospital (LMSH) has nearly perfected the art of making paraplegics walk again and managed to instill many of them with the confidence to lead a normal life. The Lifeline Institute of Stem Cell Therapy and Research (LISTR) - the research and development division of LMSH - has discovered that ...

Life After Death: Organ Donation

...th. Well trained professionals, state- of- the- art hospitals, and an ever- growing 'needy' population have ensured that Tamil Nadu, is indeed the ' kidney hub ' of the world. Organ donation by a relative does not require any credentials or approval. However, all hell breaks loose when the donor is ...

Asthmatics Arrived in Hyderabad to Take Fish Medicine

...Dozens of family members of Goud have mastered the art of administering the drug. If taken for three successive years, the medicine is believed to cure asthma. However, the medicine has lost its popularity in recent years due to a controversy surrounding its ingredients. The turnout has come down over ...

People With Physical Disabilities can Now Play Music With Their Nose!

...at fosters a unique approach to music, literature, art and meditation. They hope that their system may offer a way for the physically challenged patients to express the song they have on the tip of their nose....

Surgeons Perform Nasal Reconstruction for War Veteran Using His Own Body Parts

...his new nose. Garcia, an assistant professor in art as applied to medicine, at Hopkins, also took a silicone impression of Fletchers damaged midface and created a stone model of the damaged terrain on which his new nose would be built. On to this base, the artist applied hot wax and sculpted a replica...

Art in Hospitals to Enhance Patient Care

... chief executive of the Arts Council of Wales said art can have a beneficial impact on patients. He said,... a medium for public health promotion in the past art forms, such as theatre, have been used to get across messages about teenage pregnancy, drug and subs...

Digital Music Project Aims to Save Tibetan Folk Songs from Extinction

...ought to wipe out all "feudal" practices and "make art serve politics." The biggest threat today, however, is modernization. "After we got electricity ten years ago, people began buying tape recorders, radios, and TVs, and then they began losing interest in traditional things," Drolma said of her r...

Living With Stress

...the most stressful condition; spectacular works of art and literature have been produced when individuals have been emotionally stressed. Havent each one of us experienced more alertness and a sharpening of senses when confronted with a dangerous situation? Thats because, our defence mechanism goes on...

Witchcraft in Focus at Arctic Rendez-vous

...y in the West believe they are following a certain art form that was on the verge of dying out. They focus on positive magic or healing techniques," said Hagen. Beyond the relatively limited circle of Wiccans, witchcraft is also benefiting from the Harry Potter effect, the bestseller series written by ...

Norwegians Take in the Sun in Spain on Doctors' Orders

...ather is good, conditions are ideal," said retired art history teacher Tor Tvinnereim who was completing a fifth stay at the centre. The centre has a heated pool to allow for swimming in winter and is fully wheelchair accessible. Every week excursions to neighbouring towns are organized and on Saturd...

Hair Restoration Procedures Performed Worldwide Increased 34 Percent in 2006

...al association dedicated to the advancement of the art and science of hair restoration. With a membership of over 650 physicians worldwide, the ISHRS provides continuing medical education to physicians specializing in hair loss and restoration surgery and serves as a resource for the public on the latest...

Traditional Tibetan Medicine Gaining Acceptance in Himachal Pradesh

...nother tourist. It is a combination of science, art and philosophy that provides a holistic approach to health care. "People are attracted to Tibetan medicine because it is a holistic system. It means Tibetan medicine sees mind and body as one integral element, said Sonam Dolma, a practitioner. ...

Paris at Her Self-obsessive Best

...h her face printed on it, probably inspired by pop art figure Andy Warhol . The socialite, who famously said in an interview that she wanted to involve in social service after finishing jail term, was spotted visiting a spa. Recently, the Simple Life star was present at a screening of Michael Moore'...

Kate Moss Takes Refuge With Pal After Break-up With Doherty

... van to chuck out Doherty's possessions, including art work and instruments....

Nanospectrometer Aids in Identifying Nutrient Cycle

... publication of The ISME Journal. A state of the art NanoSIMS instrument (short for nanometer-scale, secondary ion mass spectrometry) located at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory can image and measure minute amounts of chemical elements. Douglas Capone and Kenneth Nealson, USC Wrigley Professors...

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