Ayurveda in Medical News

Shahnaz Hussain Takes Ayurveda to London's Harley Street

India's leading beautician Shahnaz Hussain has tied up with a partner in Harley Street - a street here known for private health care centres that are frequented by celebrities - and is introducing Ayurveda treatment for high-end clients. Hussain will enter into tie-up based on her franchise...

Huge Ayurveda Library Coming Up in Jaipur

An ayurveda library with a collection of nearly 50,000 books, including old and rare manuscripts on the ancient Indian art of healing, is coming up here. // To be built at the National Ayurveda Institute at a cost of over Rs.20 million, it will be one of the biggest ayurveda libraries in India. ...

Apollo Eyes Expansion in Kolkata, Opens Ayurveda Clinic

Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals has asked the West Bengal government for 10 acres of land in the new township of Rajarhat near here for setting up// a Rs.1.5 billion institute. The medical institute would provide training as well as conduct research in the medical field, said V. Satyanarayana Red...

Can Ayurveda provide a treatment for Alzheimer's?

Scientists in India and the UK are looking into the India's ancient system of medicine; Ayurveda in search of a cure for Alzheimer's disease. // According to researchers, Ayurveda boosts mental alertness in the same manner as the conventional drugs. An improvement in memory and concentration w...

India To Highlight The Potential Role Of Ayurveda In London

A team of Indian experts will project the scientific value of Ayurveda before the European Medicines Agency on May 15.// The experts will give a presentation on the potential role of Ayurveda in the healthcare system, an official statement said here Friday. The presentation is being done...

Doctors In New Zealand Warns Against Using Ayurveda Medicines

Doctors in New Zealand have warned against using traditional Indian medicines after eight patients suffered lead poisoning using them, it was reported Friday.// "We wish to alert the medical community to a substantial threat to well-being posed by a particular form of herbal remedy, namely, Ay...

Proposal to license Ayurveda Practitioners in the US

An Indian American ayurveda practitioner has proposed that ayurveda practitioners should get licences to practice this ancient system of Indian health care// in the US. Lakshmi C. Mishra, director of the Ayurvedic Health Care Center in Rockville, Maryland, has proposed to Maryland's Board of Ph...

Ramdev Signs MOU With Jharkhand Govt To Set Up Ayurveda Hospital

Yoga guru Ramdev signed agreements with the Jharkhand government to set up an ayurveda college-cum-hospital and to promote the efficacy of herbal plants.// The memorandums of understanding were signed in the presence of Chief Minister Arjun Munda and Ramdev. Announcing government aid of Rs.1...

Yoga Guru Ramdev Invited to Tap Ayurveda Potential by Jharkhand Govt

It has been proposed by the Jharkhand government to donate nearly 100 acres of land to guru Baba Ramdev to exploit the potential of Ayurveda.// The yoga guru has also been invited to set up a facility for manufacture and marketing of Ayurvedic medicine preparations using the abundant state reserve ...

Exclusive Health Care Packages To Be Launched By Ayurveda Hospital

Somatheeram Ayurvedic Hospital and Beach Resort, located close to Kovalam is expected to launch exclusive health care packages for treatment of what is called new-age ailments such as fibromyalgia and carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). //The unique health care service would be initiated by February. ...

Himachal Pradesh Government To Cancel Licences Of Some Ayurveda Units

A decision has been taken by the State Government of Himachal Pradesh to come down heavily upon ayurveda pharmacies which do not measure up to the minimum quality// standards. The licences of about 11 such units are to be cancelled. The units were found not fulfilling the good manufacturing practic...

NY Health Dept Bans 3 Ayurveda Drugs

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has banned at least three herbal medicine products produced in India, for containing "dangerous levels" of lead and mercury. // "Though there are no specific federal standards, the Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of M...

Indian Ayurveda in troubled waters abroad.

Ayurvedic medicines exported from India to Canada have run in troubled waters. An alert has been sounded on 18 types of Ayurvedic medicines by the Canadian government. // The action has been taken because the samples which were tested contained heavy metals like lead, mercury, arsenic much b...

International conference on Ayurveda to be held on Kerala

On the global ayurveda submit to be held on Friday about 100 delegates are proposed to participate from all parts of the world like Russia, Italy, Brazil, Britain and south Korea//. Scientist and research scholars of all leading Indian university and academic institutions will participate in t...

Yoga, ayurveda being documented to stop patent misuse

Bitten by patent rows over basmati and turmeric, India doesn't want to be caught off guard again// by the West, certainly not when it comes to its ancient healing systems of yoga, ayurveda, unani and siddha. A task force appointed by the government for protecting traditional knowledge and int...

Degree Course In Ayurveda

In view of the growing demand for traditional Indian medicine, a four-year degree course in Ayurveda would be offered by the prestigious Jadavpur University (JU) for the first time in eastern India//. The course, which would be the second of its kind in the country after Gujarat, would be of...

IT Professionals Turn To Ayurveda

IT industry professionals who are prone to backaches, insomnia and eyesight problems are to be treated by Ayurveda//. A detailed treatment protocol for treating software professionals would be outlined at the three day Global Summit on Ayurveda at Thrissur next month, said eminent ayurveda exp...

Iran Blocks Access to the Chopra Center's Web Site, Podcasts, and Blogs

...Ahmadinejad regime has stepped up its censorship of independent media and web sites, including information on mind-body healing, meditation, yoga, and ayurveda offered at www.chopra.com San Diego, CA (PRWEB) -- The Chopra Center web site has joined the ranks of more than five mill...

Chopra Center Co-Founder and Best-Selling Author David Simon, M.D., Will Lead Two Special Events in New York City This June

... and physical health, and answer questions from the audience. Then on June 27-28, Dr. Simon will lead "Living Consciously through Meditation, ayurveda & Yoga" - a weekend workshop held in the tranquil setting of Pure Yoga. "For the past ten years, we have repeatedly seen patients and g...

World-Renowned Neuroscientist Dr. Candace Pert will be Featured Speaker at the Chopra Center's Signature Mind-Body Healing Workshop in San Diego

... Chopra Center co-founders, Deepak Chopra, M.D. and David Simon, M.D., in San Diego for a 4-day workshop that integrates the ancient healing system of ayurveda with the latest breakthroughs in neuroscience, psychology, and modern medicine. Carlsbad, CA (PRWEB) May 1, 2009 -- Mind-bo...

The Chopra Center Introduces Mind-body Health Programs for Spanish Speakers: Chopra en Espanol Connects Spanish Speakers Worldwide to Deepak Chopra and David Simon's Global Message of Wellness

..., the Center will soon offer its teacher training courses in Spanish, enabling those who want to become certified instructors of meditation, yoga, and ayurveda to learn in their native language. Chopra en Espanol's new director is Juan Carlos Briseno Merino, a project management expert who previously hea...

Miraval Tucson Introduces New Programming for 2009

...etreat is designed to help participants discover balance, joy, and health everyday. Translated as the science of life, the ancient Indian tradition of ayurveda explores an individual's unique make-up of nature's elements and how they influence us. Retreats include accommodations at Miraval, three gourme...

Healing Power Inc. Introduces New Web Site with 14 New Ayurvedic Products to Promote a Healthier Life

...e unique Ayurvedic approach. Literally meaning the 'Science of Life', ayurveda is the world's oldest science of healthcare with its tradition dating back... which provides solution to mental and physical ailments faced by millions. ayurveda does not focus on decreasing symptoms, it focuses on increasing health. Whe...

The Chopra Center Co-founders Bring Mind-Body Healing to New York City

...igned Renewal Weekend as a practical introduction to mind-body medicine and ayurveda -- the holistic system of medicine that developed in India thousands of yea...including: -- Primordial Sound Meditation -- Mind-body integration and ayurveda -- The wisdom of natural herbs and your inner pharmacy -- Revitalizing yo...

Should You Worry About Mercury Poisoning? Find out in the March Issue of Natural Solutions - Now on Newsstands

...Type Many Americans are facing an energy crisis -- we're exhausted and stressed out, all the time. Find out how the ancient Indian healing system of ayurveda can boost your metabolism, no matter what your body type. For more information on Natural Solutions or to speak with Editor-in-Chief Linda Sparrowe,...

Dabur India Q4 Profit Surges 31%

...lds largest Ayurvedic and Natural Health Care Company. The largest Indian Personal Care and Health Care Company, Dabur India is also a world leader in ayurveda with a portfolio of over 250 Herbal/Ayurvedic products. Riding on strong growth across its core categories, Dabur India Ltd recorded a 30.8 pe...

Yoga Should Not Be Patented: Ramdev

...lth first and stop sending regular notices to me," he said. "Around 10 percent of the population of India is suffering from diabetes. Yoga and ayurveda are one of the most effective ways to cure this deadly disease." "We have carried out studies at our center by treating patients suffering fro...

Ayurveda Resorts in Kerala Gear Up for the Monsoon Season

...est time for Ayurvedic treatment. Although ayurveda evolved centuries ago in India, it has only in rec...ly in the months June-August. According to ayurveda specialists, the monsoon season is the best time f...s the body more receptive to herbal oils and other ayurveda medicines. Ayurveda believes in the treatm...

Swami Ramdev to Hold Yoga Camps in U.S.

...n now underway in the world is that he lays more emphasis on pranayama, or breathing exercises, than on asanas, or postures, and has combined yoga and ayurveda (ancient Indian form of medicine). People attending his camps and following his system report dramatic results in getting rid of ailments. The ...

Karnataka Pharmacy Gets Licence to Produce Medicines from White Arecanut

...nd to combat tapeworms. The Mangalore foundation had initiated research on alternative use of arecanut through the Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheswara ayurveda Pharmacy, Udupi. The the Directorate of Indian Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy (ISMH) has now given the foundation its nod for commercial produ...

Malaysia Seeks Help to Set Up Ayurvedic Hospital

...p of a premier Jaipur-based institute to introduce ayurveda in their country//. A high-level delegation ... health minister visited the National Institute of ayurveda (NIA) in Jaipur to check out the academic, researc...in collaborating with the institute for developing ayurveda in their country, they added. "We have asked...

Kerala Sees Medical Tourism Soaring

... more than 100 exhibitors, including leading hospitals, private clinics, medical bodies, private clinics and spas, to take part. Special pavilions for ayurveda and dental treatment will be put up. "Over the last few years, the number of foreign medical tourists has gone up. According to reports, 15,000 ...

Ayurveda Firm's Name Change Irks Experts

...uram: Experts of the traditional Indian science of ayurveda have questioned the name change of leading firm Kerala ayurveda Pharmacy Ltd (KAPL) to Kerala// ayurveda Ltd, saying it could mislead patients and tourists...

Homeopathy can Cure Many Chronic Diseases

...at German doctor Samuel Hahnemann invented homeopathy, the founding principles of homeopathy were well established in India thousands of years ago, in ayurveda and in our spiritual sciences. Dr Pareek also quoted scriptures from the Gita to assert that the principle of homeopathy was widely accepted eve...

Now Vedic Mantras to Cure Diseases

...hants. A state-of-the-art astrological lab costing Rs.8 million ($1.5 million) will be set up in the university premises. The city-based National ayurveda Institute is also participating in the research. The lab would involve modern scientific gadgets and instruments like high-capacity binoculars, ...

Kerala Drafts a New Health Tourism Policy

... Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan said the government would extend all help to NRK investors who venture to set up health care centres, be it allopathy, ayurveda or nature cure. But only hospitals that conform to stipulations of the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Health Providers would qualify f...

Government Announces Steps To Promote Ayurvedic Medicine

... Inaugurating the second World ayurveda Congress at the University of Pune on Sunday, the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Anbumani Ramadoss, //announced a series of steps to be ...

Resort Mello Rosa Teams Up With Ayurvedic Natural Health Center

...nvironment to rejuvenate. The Ayurvedic Centre is equipped with : * A team of ayurvedic physicians, graduate and post-graduate/ masters in ayurveda * A team of ayurvedic paramedical nursing staff. The Center offers courses in Yoga and Meditation as well as Ayurvedic treatment. All Package...

Kerala to Venture into Medical Tourism

...us cures, healing procedures and herbal therapies, ayurveda has attracted several patients. With the rapid mushrooming of ayurveda centres and resorts, modern medical practitioners ...rist, Hans Nowak, “People come to India because of ayurveda as it’s expensive in Germany. Moreover,...

'Experts Confusing us on Chikungunya': Kerala CM

...gunya. The government is doing its best to contain it. We will call an all party meeting and we have asked people from other systems of medicines like ayurveda and homeopathy to help," Achuthanandan told the Kerala Assembly. Most of the deaths have occurred in Alappuzha district since chikungunya was fi...