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Benefits of the Holy Tulsi (Basil)
http://www.theindiapost.com/?p=7001

Dhanvantri Jayanti Celebrated with Traditional Enthusiasm in the Region
http://www.theindiapost.com/?p=6620

Comments of the Department of Ayush on"Heavy Metals in Ayurvedic
Medicines"
http://www.theindiapost.com/?p=4892

Health Ministry Rejects Jama (USA), august 27, 2008 Report on `Heavy
Metals in Ayurvedic Medicines'
http://www.theindiapost.com/?p=4915

No sex please, we're different
http://www.theindiapost.com/?p=3104
Jul 9th, 2008 | By News Team | Category: Articles, Love & Beauty

8 July:After centuries of acceptance, age-old sexual attitudes, one of
the world's oldest living civilizations, are facing different new
challenges under the impact of its rapid economic and cultural
transformation with globalization. In the 1960s, the traditional
sexual liberalism India was a source for Western free love movements.

Regular Sexual Congress May Reduces Erectile Dysfunction Risk in Older Men
http://www.theindiapost.com/?p=3092
Jul 8th, 2008 | By News Team | Category: Health

Dr. Avnish Jolly, Chandigarh:Researchers from Finland have conducted
this new study on Erectile Dysfunction (ED) risk in men and finds that
regular Sexual Congress can play a significant role in preserving
erectile function among elderly men. Regular sexual activity can help
to preserve fertility of men. The risk of erectile dysfunction was
inversely related to the frequency of intercourse. The older man may
avoid Erectile Dysfunction (ED) if they have regular sex at once a week.

The researchers have conducted a study on 989 men between 55 to 75
years for around five years. They answered a questionnaire mailed to
them. The men who returned the questionnaire five years later were
included in the study. None of them had ED at the beginning of the
study. Out of 1000 cases, 79 cases had sexual congress less than once
per week. The cases dropped to 32 for men who had sex once per week.
The number further dropped to 16 per 1000 for men who performed
intercourse 3 or more times per week. Further the men who had less
than one morning erection per week were 2.5 times more likely to get
erectile dysfunction.

There is increased risk of erectile dysfunction in men with some
serious medical condition or overweight who had sex less than once a
week. But the study had one major limitation also. The researchers did
not ask men about masturbation and other modes of sexual activity.
National Institutes of Health finds erectile dysfunction is common in
older men. Some modern medicines like Viagra can also prevent erectile
dysfunction but these medicines have some side effects.
Erectile Dysfunction (ED) can be treated according to Ayurveda and in
its pretext Tri Stamb (Three Pillars of Healthy Life) – Ahar (Diet),
Nidra (Sleep) and Bramcharya (Rights of Sexual Congress) are
foundation of Healthy Life. According to Ayurveda one can retain his
sexual health through Rich food, Sound sleep, Yoga, Rasyan (Immune
Modulators) and Vajikaran (Sexual Modulators for Men only) under the
supervision of Vaid (Doctor).  With induction of Nutritional Food,
Healthy Life Style and different Modulators in ones daily life one can
maintain longevity and healthy life. With food and sleep one can
attain physical health for spiritual and hormonal health yoga and
modulators' plays significant role in daily life.
Regular Sexual Congress also impacts the general health and quality of
life. The study is published in the July issue of The American Journal
of Medicine and Ayurveda is advocating role of sexual congress for
healthy life from last around 5000 years.

Ingredients' of Wine Eases Age-Related Ailments
http://www.theindiapost.com/?p=3069

Jul 6th, 2008 | By News Team | Category: Articles

Dr. Avnish Jolly, Chandigarh 6th July, 2008:Ingredients found in red
wine, grapes and nuts can prevent many age-related problems in mice,
an intriguing new study reveals. The substance, resveratrol, led to
healthier hearts, better bone density, fewer cataracts and greater
motor coordination in the animals.

Resveratrol is an ingredient of red wine, grapes, red grape juices,
blueberries, peanuts, peanut butter, pistachios and other foods.
According to Ayurveda / Unani / Siddha, in the traditional South Asian
food we usually have juices and different dishes of seasonal
vegetables' and dry fruits for appetite and precautionary seasonal
health measures. Even the intakes of Asavs and Arishts in control
quantity under the supervision and prescription of qualified Vaid /
Hakim (Doctor) before, after and during meals not only have medicinal
value but also effects on the longevity and sexual functioning of the
human body. Mostly People Living with Asthma, Neurological Disorders,
Heart Problems, Osteoporosis and Arthritis etc. are prescribed to
consume   different Asavs and Arishts according to ailment on regular
basis to overcome their problems of daily life.

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White Coat lost in Modern World
http://www.theindiapost.com/?p=2413

Rules regarding donating or gifting (ACCORDING TO LAL KITAB - Part-2
http://www.theindiapost.com/?p=2325
--- In aash_4all@yahoogroups.com, "Dr. Avnish Jolly" <avnishjolly@...>
wrote:
>
> Rules regarding donating or gifting (ACCORDING TO LAL KITAB - Part-I)
> http://www.theindiapost.com/?p=2324
> Jun 8th, 2008 | By News Team | Category: Articles, Religion
> Kulbir Bance and Dr. Avnish Jolly ,8 June:It is a general rule that
the
> karak objects of a planet should not be gifted or donated if it is
> either exalted or well placed in the horoscope. On the contrary
> accepting gifts of these items is considered auspicious.
>
>
> If a planet is in debility or badly placed in the horoscope then the
> karak objects of such planets can be gifted or donated; but should
not
> be accepted as gifts or as donation.
>

Medical Astrology - Upaya for a Cancer patient
http://www.theindiapost.com/?p=2329

Jun 8th, 2008 | By News Team | Category: Health
Kulbir Bance and Dr. Avnish Jolly:Cancer is such a disease which would
always need medical attention. How ever a few upaya could make the
treatment work . According to Lal Kitab we are suggesting a couple of
upaya which we known to be effective in bearing the pain and making the
patient respond to the medicine. Some thime we find these upayas are
also beneficial in blood related diseases.

Rules regarding donating or gifting (ACCORDING TO LAL KITAB - Part-I)
http://www.theindiapost.com/?p=2324
Jun 8th, 2008 | By News Team | Category: Articles, Religion
Kulbir Bance and Dr. Avnish Jolly ,8 June:It is a general rule that the
karak objects of a planet should not be gifted or donated if it is
either exalted or well placed in the horoscope. On the contrary
accepting gifts of these items is considered auspicious.


If a planet is in debility or badly placed in the horoscope then the
karak objects of such planets can be gifted or donated; but should not
be accepted as gifts or as donation.

Amarnath Shivlingam shows Signs of Growth - Blessings of Lord Shiva
http://www.theindiapost.com/?p=2312

Fruit and Leafy Green Vegetables - Keep Arteries Clean
http://www.theindiapost.com/?p=2310

The Next Generation of the Spa Industry in the Interest of Ayurveda –
II
http://www.theindiapost.com/?p=1986

Dr. Avnish Jolly:Post treatment may include long-term weight
management programs with Nutritionists and sessions with Personal
Trainers. Estheticians and Massage ...


--- In aash_4all@yahoogroups.com, "Dr. Avnish Jolly"
<avnishjolly@...> wrote:
>
> The Next Generation of the Spa Industry in the Interest of
Ayurveda -
> I
> http://www.theindiapost.com/?p=1987
>
> May 27th, 2008 | By News Team | Category: Health
> Dr. Avnnish Jolly:There are several Ayurveda Resorts and Spas
spread
> across the world catering a wide range of clientele and for a
variety
> of Reasons. This section intends to give guests a perspective on
them
> and therefore help them choose the correct option for them. Western
> Medicine has failed to recognize the healing benefits of the Spa
and
> Fitness Industry- With the arrival of the latest trend, the Medical
> Spa, the two fields have converged and caused a genuine sudden
> increase, making this new trend of the future.
>
>
> According to Dr. Bhupinder Gupta, CEO, BHC running a Panchkarma
> Center at Chandigarh Ayurveda is traditional Indian Science that
has
> evolved over period of centuries a set of medicines and therapies
> that are required to be customised for individual body constitution
> for effective results. Ayurveda apparently given the time and
correct
> application of procedures and follow ups, can cure all ailments.
Some
> of the Ailments that are treated are Arthritis, Psoriasis, High
Blood
> Pressure, Parkinson's Disease, Asthama, acidity etc. Ayurveda also
> has developed a set of therapies and processes for Rejuvenation
(Feel
> Good), Stress relief (De-stress),  Detoxification (From Tobacco
etc.)
> and Body Purification or Rejuvenation (Panchkarma).
>
>
> Purva and Pancha Karma treatments add different approaches to
healing
> and balance.The word spa comes from the Latin meaning "health
through
> water."  Modern spas have evolved from ancient European towns known
> for the healing powers of their springs. Spas range from a day spa,
> where people can drop in for massage and body treatments on a day-
use
> basis OR destination spas where people immerse themselves in a
total
> spa experience for several days. Spas target Rejuvenation (Feel
Good)
> aspect and therefore a minimum stay is not recommended and guests
can
> even enjoy the benefits over a weekend. Spas world over have come
to
> associate with luxury and style and celebrities and glitterati have
> been known to patronise them regularly.
> A Medical Spa is an institution whose primary purpose is to provide
> comprehensive medical and wellness care in an environment, which
> integrates spa services as well as conventional and complimentary
> therapies and treatments. Dermatologists and Plastic Surgeons have
> been jumping on the bandwagon joining Day Spas and even expanding
> their practices to offer `higher level' Spa services and care. As a
> consultant for the development of Medical and Day Spas, Fitness
> Centers, Health Resorts and Hair Salons. This is due to different
> change in the health care industry shared by Dr. Rajesh Singla,
> Aarogya Ayurvedic Clinic, Chandigarh.
> Doctors in private practices are providing `spa-like' services to
> patients to ease and soften harsh clinical treatments. A notable
> example is the prominent Dentist who has now added light therapy to
> detract from the pain of oral surgery. We will be seeing more
Medical
> Spas bridging its multitude of Spa services with various Medical
> environments.
>

The Next Generation of the Spa Industry in the Interest of Ayurveda -
I
http://www.theindiapost.com/?p=1987

May 27th, 2008 | By News Team | Category: Health
Dr. Avnnish Jolly:There are several Ayurveda Resorts and Spas spread
across the world catering a wide range of clientele and for a variety
of Reasons. This section intends to give guests a perspective on them
and therefore help them choose the correct option for them. Western
Medicine has failed to recognize the healing benefits of the Spa and
Fitness Industry- With the arrival of the latest trend, the Medical
Spa, the two fields have converged and caused a genuine sudden
increase, making this new trend of the future.


According to Dr. Bhupinder Gupta, CEO, BHC running a Panchkarma
Center at Chandigarh Ayurveda is traditional Indian Science that has
evolved over period of centuries a set of medicines and therapies
that are required to be customised for individual body constitution
for effective results. Ayurveda apparently given the time and correct
application of procedures and follow ups, can cure all ailments. Some
of the Ailments that are treated are Arthritis, Psoriasis, High Blood
Pressure, Parkinson's Disease, Asthama, acidity etc. Ayurveda also
has developed a set of therapies and processes for Rejuvenation (Feel
Good), Stress relief (De-stress),  Detoxification (From Tobacco etc.)
and Body Purification or Rejuvenation (Panchkarma).


Purva and Pancha Karma treatments add different approaches to healing
and balance.The word spa comes from the Latin meaning "health through
water."  Modern spas have evolved from ancient European towns known
for the healing powers of their springs. Spas range from a day spa,
where people can drop in for massage and body treatments on a day-use
basis OR destination spas where people immerse themselves in a total
spa experience for several days. Spas target Rejuvenation (Feel Good)
aspect and therefore a minimum stay is not recommended and guests can
even enjoy the benefits over a weekend. Spas world over have come to
associate with luxury and style and celebrities and glitterati have
been known to patronise them regularly.
A Medical Spa is an institution whose primary purpose is to provide
comprehensive medical and wellness care in an environment, which
integrates spa services as well as conventional and complimentary
therapies and treatments. Dermatologists and Plastic Surgeons have
been jumping on the bandwagon joining Day Spas and even expanding
their practices to offer `higher level' Spa services and care. As a
consultant for the development of Medical and Day Spas, Fitness
Centers, Health Resorts and Hair Salons. This is due to different
change in the health care industry shared by Dr. Rajesh Singla,
Aarogya Ayurvedic Clinic, Chandigarh.
Doctors in private practices are providing `spa-like' services to
patients to ease and soften harsh clinical treatments. A notable
example is the prominent Dentist who has now added light therapy to
detract from the pain of oral surgery. We will be seeing more Medical
Spas bridging its multitude of Spa services with various Medical
environments.

I will request liquor vend owners to relocate, says DC R K Rao

Posted online: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 03:49:30
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/I-will-request-liquor-vend-
owners-to-relocate-says-DC-R-K-Rao/309381/
RituSharma
Updated: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 05:17:06

Chandigarh, May 13 The haphazard allotments of liquor vends in the
city, many in the vicinity of residential areas and educational
institutions, has attracted the ire of many but the city policy
makers say they are helpless. Even UT Deputy Commissioner R K Rao,
who is also the UT Excise and Taxation, expressed helplessness and
shirked off the responsibility when asked about the uncontrolled
mushrooming of liquor vends in the city.
Chandigarh Newsline went around various areas in the city and found
innumerable liquor vends at all possible locations next the
educational institutions, in the middle of the residential areas,
marketplaces. The city administration seems to have turned a blind
eye towards the menace though.

When given certain specific instances, particularly of liquor vends
in Mauli complex, this is what Rao had to say. "I will call the
owners of such liquor vends for talks next week and request them to
relocate the liquor vends as there has been similar complaints
earlier. But I cannot force them to do so as they had been issued
license after they followed the requisite rules."

There are around seven liquor vends in an area of around 500 meters,
stretched between Mauli Jagran and Rajiv Colony. Somewhere, liquor
vends are even located on both the sides of the road, even face to
face. Rao said that the administration can not interfere in this
matter at all as there is no such rule wherein the administration can
restrict the number of liquor vends.

"With the lapse of auctioning system of liquor vends on March 31,
2008, and introduction of licensing policy from April 1, 2008, the
licenses are issued only after certain parameters are met by the
applicants. It is entirely demand and supply policy now. If these
vends are not viable in a particular area they certainly will move
out on their own," he added.

On the similar grounds, in the same area, Rao has earlier too
requested a liquor vend owner to shift his vend, as the same was
being opened near a vocational training centre, which is under
construction for under privileged children and is being brought up by
the Chandigarh Housing Board in collaboration with the Social Welfare
Department.

The problem of liquor vends has been aggravating with new vends
opening each day in the city. This has not only given an upsurge to
the phenomenon of children getting involved in alcohol abuse but also
creating uproar in the residents who are affected by these vends
being operational right next door



--- In aash_4all@yahoogroups.com, "Dr. Avnish Jolly"
<avnishjolly@...> wrote:
>
> Chandigarh and Child Rights
> http://www.theindiapost.com/?p=1581
>
> Posted by: Dr. Avnish Jolly on Monday, May 12th, 2008
> Chandigarh,12 May:More than half of Indian children under the age
of
> five do not get the health care they need, according to a recent
> report by Save the Children. It ranks India alongside Ghana when it
> comes to providing basic health care to its children less than five
> years of age.  The annual report looks at whether developing
> countries are delivering health care effectively to children.
>
> It found the Philippines was performing best with almost 69% of
> children able to get access to health care.  Ethiopia ranks last -
> only 16% of children under five get health care when they need it.
> Although India has cut child its mortality rate by 34% since 1990,
> Indian girls are 61% more likely than boys to die between the ages
of
> one and five. Inequity of health care among male and female
children
> is responsible for this situation, the report says. The report says
> experts predict that over 60% of the nearly 10 million children who
> die every year could be saved by delivering basic health services
> through a health facility or community health worker.
>
>
> Even Chandigarh - the City Beautiful with highest per capita income
> and highest literacy rate has a darker side too what about rest of
> the country. Recently a survey conducted on `Migration and
Morbidity
> Pattern among Residents in Chandigarh Slums' by the Department of
> Community Medicine, PGIMR along with the Department of Science and
> Technology, UT. Chandigarh, says that only 28 per cent of the
migrant
> population can manage basic necessities like food, shelter and
> clothing.
>
> There are 41 slums and colonies in the city, six were selected. In
> these, 600 families were interviewed. Over a third of the families
> had their per capita income between Rs 1,500 and Rs 2,000. Around
30
> per cent had it between Rs 1,000 and Rs 1,500. As many as 135 were
> families below the poverty line. The literacy rate among them was
> 58.6 per cent.
>
> The study reveals that around 80 per cent of the migrants are from
UP
> and Bihar. Around 97 per cent of the slum migrants in Chandigarh
come
> from rural areas. In the total migrant population, around 68 per
cent
> belong to the scheduled castes, while 13.5 per cent are OBCs. Half
> the households have no toilet facilities, though as an upside,
around
> 96 per cent had access to water. The more interesting is Municipal
> Corporation Chandigarh made Public Toilets in the slums and charges
> one rupee per day for each member of the family. If there are six
> members of the family they are paying around Rs. 200/- per month
for
> morning natural call.
>
> Commonly reported problems were fever, abdominal pain, cough and
> diahorrea. The commonest chronic morbidities in the group are
> hypertension, followed by anaemia and TB. The number of females
with
> chronic morbidities was 37.4 per cent, compared to 21.7 per cent in
> males. Though around 90 per cent people knew about availability of
> health care services, only 78 per cent of those who fell ill
utilised
> them, they prefer to visit quacks and faith healers. Usually for
> Jaundice they prefer treatment from Ojha (faith healer).
>
> The great matter of concern was that the most of students going to
> school is without morning meals and parents give them little money
to
> eat food (junk) at school canteen or food venders near school gate.
> Liquor vends hardly 50 meters from the premises of Government High
> School, Mauli Jagran, a slum in Chandigarh and state is not
concerned
> with the Child Rights. NGOs and Social Activists have reported that
> students, especially boys of higher classes, are getting into
alcohol
> abuse as well as other abuses like smoking, tobacco chewing, fluid
> sniffing etc. Think the money for food is utilize on what? Talking
to
> The India Post, a man working at the vend admitted that the school
> students both boys and girls do come to the vend to buy alcohol
> pretty often.
>
> Mr. Ashwani Kumar, Family Planning Association of India and works
for
> MSM in the area, shared that the children from slum areas and those
> who are involved in begging rag-picking, stealing goods, even male
> commercial sex workers (what ever thy earn from these activities)
are
> common visitors at the liquor vend. Whatever they earn in the day,
> they spend on liquor. Even the guardians gave overdose of
> expectorants to children so that they complete their household
> activates without any disturbance.
>
> As per the statute, no liquor and tobacco shop is permitted in the
> area of 50 meters from the main gate of a place of worship,
> educational institution and a place of public entertainment
according
> to Law in City Beautiful., but then who cares. This is a new kind
of
> role of state for the welfare of the citizens and migrants live in
> there own country without social security and public health support.
> People also migrated to the city for better education because city
> beautiful is also known as educational city. Recently the news
report
> about a large number of failures in a particular subject in class
> VIII conducted by Chandigarh U.T. Board is a mater of grave
concern.
> It appears that some school teachers, who was not well-versed with
> the syllabus in particular subject, was assigned to set the
question
> papers. This caused misery to parents.
>
> Coordination between different organs badly needed. We need to do a
> better job of reaching the poorest children with basic health
> measures like vaccines, antibiotics and skilled health care
providers
> to protect their Child Rights.
>

Chandigarh and Child Rights
http://www.theindiapost.com/?p=1581

Posted by: Dr. Avnish Jolly on Monday, May 12th, 2008
Chandigarh,12 May:More than half of Indian children under the age of
five do not get the health care they need, according to a recent
report by Save the Children. It ranks India alongside Ghana when it
comes to providing basic health care to its children less than five
years of age.  The annual report looks at whether developing
countries are delivering health care effectively to children.

It found the Philippines was performing best with almost 69% of
children able to get access to health care.  Ethiopia ranks last -
only 16% of children under five get health care when they need it.
Although India has cut child its mortality rate by 34% since 1990,
Indian girls are 61% more likely than boys to die between the ages of
one and five. Inequity of health care among male and female children
is responsible for this situation, the report says. The report says
experts predict that over 60% of the nearly 10 million children who
die every year could be saved by delivering basic health services
through a health facility or community health worker.


Even Chandigarh - the City Beautiful with highest per capita income
and highest literacy rate has a darker side too what about rest of
the country. Recently a survey conducted on `Migration and Morbidity
Pattern among Residents in Chandigarh Slums' by the Department of
Community Medicine, PGIMR along with the Department of Science and
Technology, UT. Chandigarh, says that only 28 per cent of the migrant
population can manage basic necessities like food, shelter and
clothing.

There are 41 slums and colonies in the city, six were selected. In
these, 600 families were interviewed. Over a third of the families
had their per capita income between Rs 1,500 and Rs 2,000. Around 30
per cent had it between Rs 1,000 and Rs 1,500. As many as 135 were
families below the poverty line. The literacy rate among them was
58.6 per cent.

The study reveals that around 80 per cent of the migrants are from UP
and Bihar. Around 97 per cent of the slum migrants in Chandigarh come
from rural areas. In the total migrant population, around 68 per cent
belong to the scheduled castes, while 13.5 per cent are OBCs. Half
the households have no toilet facilities, though as an upside, around
96 per cent had access to water. The more interesting is Municipal
Corporation Chandigarh made Public Toilets in the slums and charges
one rupee per day for each member of the family. If there are six
members of the family they are paying around Rs. 200/- per month for
morning natural call.

Commonly reported problems were fever, abdominal pain, cough and
diahorrea. The commonest chronic morbidities in the group are
hypertension, followed by anaemia and TB. The number of females with
chronic morbidities was 37.4 per cent, compared to 21.7 per cent in
males. Though around 90 per cent people knew about availability of
health care services, only 78 per cent of those who fell ill utilised
them, they prefer to visit quacks and faith healers. Usually for
Jaundice they prefer treatment from Ojha (faith healer).

The great matter of concern was that the most of students going to
school is without morning meals and parents give them little money to
eat food (junk) at school canteen or food venders near school gate.
Liquor vends hardly 50 meters from the premises of Government High
School, Mauli Jagran, a slum in Chandigarh and state is not concerned
with the Child Rights. NGOs and Social Activists have reported that
students, especially boys of higher classes, are getting into alcohol
abuse as well as other abuses like smoking, tobacco chewing, fluid
sniffing etc. Think the money for food is utilize on what? Talking to
The India Post, a man working at the vend admitted that the school
students both boys and girls do come to the vend to buy alcohol
pretty often.

Mr. Ashwani Kumar, Family Planning Association of India and works for
MSM in the area, shared that the children from slum areas and those
who are involved in begging rag-picking, stealing goods, even male
commercial sex workers (what ever thy earn from these activities) are
common visitors at the liquor vend. Whatever they earn in the day,
they spend on liquor. Even the guardians gave overdose of
expectorants to children so that they complete their household
activates without any disturbance.

As per the statute, no liquor and tobacco shop is permitted in the
area of 50 meters from the main gate of a place of worship,
educational institution and a place of public entertainment according
to Law in City Beautiful., but then who cares. This is a new kind of
role of state for the welfare of the citizens and migrants live in
there own country without social security and public health support.
People also migrated to the city for better education because city
beautiful is also known as educational city. Recently the news report
about a large number of failures in a particular subject in class
VIII conducted by Chandigarh U.T. Board is a mater of grave concern.
It appears that some school teachers, who was not well-versed with
the syllabus in particular subject, was assigned to set the question
papers. This caused misery to parents.

Coordination between different organs badly needed. We need to do a
better job of reaching the poorest children with basic health
measures like vaccines, antibiotics and skilled health care providers
to protect their Child Rights.

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learn something new related to our work, health, family. Nature, a
word which reflects the purity, which satisfies our needs. Nature
gives us so many things, which are really helpful for us. Mamaherb
site is all about it. http://www.mamaherb.com/ contains the diseases
which we heard or some are new for us. The best part of this site is
that the treatment is all based on home remedies that we never think
off. The ingredients names are new and we get the whole information
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are also given in this like cancer, goiter, skin, baldness, eyesight,
related to brain  and many more and by using the simple home available
products, we get relieved from the disease. It also includes the way
of taking the dose.

When I go through this site, I find details about each disease along
with its cure and the ingredients used are mostly present at our home.
We sometimes ignore our health and avoid going to the doctor. But,
once you visit the site, you really find so many treatments for one
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The remedies are simple and very effective to use. Natural treatment
treats diseases which have no cure in conventional treatment, it has
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PGI fires worker accused of exploiting HIV +ve women

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efault&AW=1197774379343

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zMzAz&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom

By Anilesh Mahajan/TNN

Chandigarh: The report of exploitation of HIV positive
women by healthcare providers rocked the country’s
premier Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education
and Research (PGIMER). In a swift reaction to the
expose, authorities at PGIMER terminated the service
of one of the persons found involved after an internal
inquiry.
    While informing that an inquiry was on to track
down all the accused, Dr S Prabhakar, HOD, neurology
department said, ‘‘We have asked a person associated
with research project to leave.’’ A Delhi-based
tabloid, quoting female victims, said that some
technicians and healthcare providers, including
counsellors abused HIV positive women in lieu of
providing them medicine and assisting them in the
hospital.
    Investigations by TOI seemed to hint at a nexus of
healthcare workers with pimps to exploit these women
who were vulnerable because they lacked support from
their families and were emotionally starved after
acquiring the infection. A victim revealed that a
healthcare worker had a physical relationship with her
using a condom. ‘‘He later asked me to arrange for
girls for his friends.’’
    Another shocking revelation by sources was that
some HIV positive men-having-sex-with-men (MSM) were
being abused in the tricity by the police. Angry about
his exploitation, an MSM, picked up by a policeman and
taken to the outskirts of the city for a physical
relationship, said, “I did not tell him that I was HIV
positive. Let him pay for his misdeed.
    Alarmed at such reports, P Kaushalya, president,
Positive Women Network, India, said, ‘‘It is a serious
issue. We plan to send a team of counsellors to
Chandigarh to motivate victims to come out in the open
and register cases against the accused.’’ While
informing that similar cases poured in from other
states, she said, ‘‘Very often, such women who are
exploited by healthcare workers do not muster courage
to stand up against injustice.’’
    Stating that some instances of harassment were
reported during an independent study, carried out on
HIV positive people, along with social activist Dr
Avnish Jolly, Dr Upneet Lali, deputy director,
correctional administration, Chandigarh said, ‘‘Some
women indicated that the environment for counselling
should be congenial, but they never said anything
about physical abuse.’’



Dr. Avnish Jolly,
#3008,Sector-20D,
Chandigarh 160020, India.
Cell: +91-9814213809



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Yoghurt good for people living with AIDS
http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/goodhealth/2007/dec/04/
goodhealth-04-12-2007-001.htm

By ROSE EJEMBI, Makurdi
Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Truly, Asiwaju Isaac Akinkunmi is not a doctor. He is not even a
scientist – perhaps by conventional definition. At best, you can call
him a researcher or a reporter who has merely applied investigative
journalism, coupled with over 20 years experience in the food
industry, 80 per cent of which is spent and still being spent in the
dairy industry to delve into what experts have discovered about
yoghurt.

In this presentation, the Managing Director and Chief Executive
Officer (MD/CEO) of Tito Group of Companies put paid to the
insinuation that milk or yoghurt makes one fat.

Milk or yoghurt does not make one fat. Before answering this
question, permit me to digress a little to correct a popular dogma
that yoghurt makes you fat. This is a fallacy. Yoghurt or indeed,
milk does exactly the opposite. You can gain weight by abstaining
from it and shed it by including it in your diet. As reported, in the
July 2002 edition of Readers Digest, Zamel, a renowned researcher on
yoghurt discovered that yoghurt actually slims one down through the
activity of calcium, which is richly contained in milk. This is how
it works. Calcium has inhibitory effect on fat cells. When the level
of calcium in the blood is high, the fat cells are inhibited from
storing calories; instead they start burning off fat. The interesting
thing in this discovery is that as far as weight loss is concerned,
it does not matter whether the milk or yoghurt is full cream.

However, taking yoghurt made from skimmed or partially skimmed milk
would have an even greater effect on weight reduction. We can,
therefore, say more yoghurt makes for more calcium and more calcium
makes for less fat cells and less fat cells make for less fat people.
This is not, however, to say weight watchers should embark on yoghurt
diet only. For quick result, it must be backed up with some physical
exercises and abstinence from some kinds of foods. Permit me to
borrow from mathematical equations to propound without any fear of
equivocation that yoghurt + exercise – some kinds of foods = weight
loss. Y + E + S = WL where S stand for other kinds of fatty foods.

Let us leave Zamel, the researcher alone and come back home to
question the veracity of this question. Let us look at our own local
Fulanis. These people, though unschooled, perhaps form one of the
most healthy tribes in Nigeria . They are generally slim, healthy and
robust looking people.

Three things we believe were responsible for this. One, their diet,
like the Maasias of east Africa is 70 per cent combination of
fermented milk (defatted) and fresh milk.

Two, though the main source of cows and meat to Nigerians, their
regular meals contain no meat. Read meat, a great source of bad
cholesterol is, therefore, eliminated from their diets.

Three, another likely cause for this healthy living is that the
Fulanis are great trekkers, covering between five and 10 kilometers
daily to hawk milk or graze. A lot of fat is burnt by this life style.

Their infants, unlike infants of other Nigerian tribes in their level
of income, are generally healthy looking. Robust and only comparable
to infants on baby friendly-feeding and the Fulanis do not know this
concept neither do they know vitamins or nutritional supplements.
Their old men and women are equally agile and seem to age in reverse
when compared with their town dweller age groups who scarcely have
yoghurt in their diets. This made us to propound this hypothesis and
we invite you to join us to prove it that `the bush Fulanis live
healthier lives, live longer and many times less likely to suffer
osteoporosis, obesity, diabetes, stroke, or other forms of
cardiovascular diseases and a breakdown of immune functions than
other Nigerian tribes.

Antibiotic induced diarrhea?
Let us put in focus the place of probiotic yoghurt in antibiotic-
induced diarrhea. To forge ahead, we shall now define yoghurt and
more appropriately probiotic.

The World Health Organization (WHO) defines yoghurt as coagulated
milk product, produced by means of specific micro-organisms. The
fermentation process in probiotic yoghurt produces billions of
friendly bacteria that are antagonistic to a wide range of pathogens
especially in the gut.

Probiotic yoghurt is produced by the marriage of bacteria to milk. It
is manufacturered by lactic-acid fermentation through the activities
of lactobacillus bulgaricus, streptococcus thermophilis,
bifidobacterium and lactobacillus acidophilus.

What has this got to do with antibiotic-induced diarrhea?
To do justice to this question and to see the place of probiotic
yoghurt as remedy, we should first put into perspective the Gastro
Intestinal Tract (GIT) of Humans. The Gastro Intestinal Tract (GIT)
is the primary interface between food consumed and humans. According
to Chr. Hansen LAB, world largest producers of friendly bacteria and
culture partners to Tito yoghurt, the GIT of an adult human contains
over 100 trillion micro-organisms. That's over 1000 times the
population of man on the face of the earth. They are made up of over
400 different species, which, according to Rebecca Wood, writing for
Mail Tribune in India, weighs about two pounds. This complex micro-
flora exists as a delicate balance of beneficial and potentially
harmful organisms. This makes up the intestinal micro-flora and it is
the seat of the immune system working to metabolize or anabolism the
food we eat to give us the fuel needed to do our daily activates or
build tissues.

A well-balanced intestinal flora is, therefore, the beginning of good
health. It is involved in one's nutritional status, and affects aging
and immune system function. A balanced intestinal micro-flora is one
in which a healthy balance is maintained between the friendly and the
harmful bacteria in the gut.

What are probiotics?
We shall answer this question in the Nigerian way by asking another
question. What are antibiotics?
Ian Morgan, General Manager of Chris Hansen, said recently in Chris
Hansen News letter that probiotics literarily means `for life' and it
is the opposite of antibiotics. Antibiotics are drugs doctors
prescribe to kill bacteria after they have caused infection.
Probiotics, on the other hand, are not drugs but specially engineered
foods that friendly, healthy bacteria are deliberately introduced to
fight harmful bacteria before they settle down in your system to
cause harm.

Probiotics and HIV positives
Probiotic yoghurt is an excellent addition to the meals of people
living with HIV Good intestinal micro-flora and its positive effect:
By maintaining a well balanced intestinal flora, foods taken are well
metabolized to ensure good nutritional status and drugs taken have
fertile grounds to perform the jobs they are sent for. This delays
the unset and progression of AIDS. Anti-retroviral therapy (ART) must
be backed by good nutrition to succeed.

The effect of friendly bacteria:
The inhibitory effects of friendly bacteria in probiotic yoghurt
especially the activities of lactobacillus acidophilus on pathogens
can prevent numerous opportunities infections from taking hold as
explain earlier.

Omega 3 fatty acid and calcium:
Probiotic yoghurt is a high protein diet as a milk product with high
reputation for rich natural calcium which is important to build
muscles, bone mass and tissues lost by repeated infections. As a
fermented product, it generates new nutrients including omega 3 fatty
acids. This delays the unset and progression of AIDS.
Well tolerated: As a fermented milk product, it is well tolerated
even by people allergic to milk. I mean people who are lactose
intolerant. Fermentation breaks down the lactose to lactic-acid which
is metabolically acceptable to people of all ages. ART may not work
in the same way for all people but good nutrition will.

Other clinical values of probiotic yoghurt
Probiotic yoghurt has many other clinical values, too numerous to
mention in this paper. They include inhibitory effects on tumor
especially colon cancer. Others include diarrhea prevention.
Michael T. Murray, writing in Encyclopedia of nutritional
supplements, recommends acidophilus supplementation as important for
preventing and treating antibiotic induced diarrhea, candida
overgrowth, and urinary tract infection. It can correct the increase
of gram-negative bacteria observed following administration of broad
spectrum antibiotics. It equally inhibits the lowering of fecal flora
induced by ampicillin. A dosage of between 15 and 20 billion
organisms, he said, is required. And this should continue long after
the antibiotic therapy is discontinued.

AYURVEDIC TREATMENT OF AIDS
http://www.lifepositive.com/Body/body-holistic/AIDS/aids-drugs.asp

Ayurvedic practitioner Dr G. Shanthakumar, based in Mumbai, India,
claims that ayurveda identified AIDS over 2,000 years ago. The
ancient malady was termed Rajayakshma (the king of diseases) and its
symptoms were identical to AIDS going by the descriptions of Vagbhata
in Ashtanga Hridayam (Chikitsitam section) and its supplementary
text, the Ashtanga Sangraham, as well as in another ayurvedic
classic, Charaka Samhita (Nidanam section).

The major symptoms are: (1) drastic loss of weight (2) fatigue and
lethargy (3) susceptibility to allergies and contagious diseases (4)
skin irritations (5) bronchial disorders, often leading to
tuberculosis of the lungs (6) damage to intestinal flora resulting in
diarrhoea, dysentery, gastritis and (7) wide fluctuations in body
temperature.

Significantly, the root causes of this disease are: (1) unhygienic
sexual practices such as anal intercourse (2) indiscriminate
intercourse with multiple partners (3) not cleaning the genitals
after coitus (4) washing the body with contaminated or dirty water
(5) bestiality, and (6) contaminated blood.
Top

Despite this, whether AIDS and Rajayakshma are the same disease is a
contentious issue. Dr Shanthakumar, however, believes they are and
says the treatment used for Rajayakshma can be applied fruitfully in
the war against HIV/AIDS.

Initially, the patient is given tonics and rejuvenators (Rasayanams)
to boost immunity levels. Subsequently, select medicines to counter
the virus are administered. Ajamamsa Rasayanam (prepared from cow's
milk, ghee and an extract of goat's meat) and Indukantham Ghritham
are given to strengthen the system and stimulate appetite.

Later, Rasasindoor (prepared with purified mercury) is applied along
with some medicines that impart strength. "This treatment regimen is
followed for six months and usually shows good results, depending on
the severity of the case and associated parameters," says Dr
Shanthakumar. The success could be provisional, though. The virus may
continue to lurk in the body, but it is unable to do further damage
because of the bolstered immune response. The individual may then
live out his normal life span.

If the patient begins to recover, shodhana (elimination) techniques
are used to expel toxins from the body through enemas, purgation and
emesis. The medications administered at this stage are not hard, hot
or drastic, but soft, ghee-based and eco-friendly so that the patient
withstands them with ease. As overall immunity improves, the blood is
purified with cooling medications.

Once the blood has been purified, a strengthening, non-vegetarian
diet along with ghee preparations and soups is recommended. But
spicy, oily and acidic foods are to be avoided. A little alcohol is
recommended as anupana (carrier) to aid the digestive process, and
also remove blockages in the blood vessels, i.e. srothorodham.

The patient is bathed twice or thrice a day with cold water, followed
by applications of sandalwood paste on the body. The baths cool the
body and blood while sandalwood purifies by penetrating the
follicles.

"Heated blood is also said to weaken, and even destroy, the virus in
some cases. If the patient is incapable of exercising or running due
to weakness, then steaming (swedanam) is recommended," Dr
Shanthakumar discloses.

The Healed Ones
Dr Shanthakumar first treated an AIDS victim in 1992: "About eight
years ago, an AIDS patient met me. I applied the ayurvedic therapy
keeping his symptoms in mind. He would collapse with high temperature
once a week, though he did not harbor malarial parasites. After a
month's treatment, the fever and shivering subsided. After three
months, his weight increased from 43 kg to 48 kg. After ten months,
he tested negative for HIV.

"I then became confident about treating AIDS. Through my first
patient, two others came to me and were both equally successful. But
I never cure. I simply assure a longer lifespan with a constitution
and metabolism that functions as close to normal as possible. Out of
the 64 patients I have treated in the past eight years, 43 are
leading healthy, normal lives. Of course, three of my patients died,
possibly because they had reached the last stage."

--- In aash_4all@yahoogroups.com, "Dr. Avnish Jolly"
<avnishjolly@...> wrote:
>
> Ayurveda can help prevent AIDS
> http://www1.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/articleshow?
> art_id=11079993
> 26 May 2002, 1907 hrs IST,PTI
>
> NEW DELHI: Ayurveda can help in preventing AIDS by strengthening
the
> body's defence system through herbs and a supplementary code of
> conduct, doctors at a recent meeting of international policymakers
on
> HIV here, said.
> "Apart from 'Achaar Rasayan' (code of conduct), the ancient system
of
> Indian medicine provides for a whole range of herbs for the
> prevention of AIDS through strengthening the immune system," Naveen
> Gupta, president of Ashtvaidyan Ayurveda, an NGO of Ayurvedics,
told
> the International Policy Makers Conference on HIV/AIDS 'Towards a
> world without AIDS', which concluded here recently.
> Some of the herbs found useful in the prevention process included
> amla ( Emblica officinalis ), bala ( Sida cordifolia ), haritaki (
> Terminalia chabula ), nirgundi ( Vitex nirgundo ) and amrita (
> Tinospora wedifolia ), Gupta said.
> The code of conduct or Ayurveda lifestyle prohibits organised
> commercial sex or even casual sex with unknown partners, he said.
> "The basis of Ayurveda lies in prevention, strengthening the body's
> defence system and self-repair mechanism to enable the individual
to
> resist the disease process," he said.
> Gupta said the goal of Ayurveda was to preserve health, prevent
> disease and promote longevity of life with the help of prescribed
> regimen of diet and lifestyle including sex behaviour pattern. "The
> prevention of AIDS benefits no one except the patients," he said,
> adding, cure only benefits pharmaceutical lobbies and health
> maintenance organisations.
> --- In aash_4all@yahoogroups.com, "Dr. Avnish Jolly"
> <avnishjolly@> wrote:
> >
> > Ayurveda takes on allopathy in AIDS fight
> >
>
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2002/10/22/stories/200210220253010
> > 0.htm
> > P.T. Jyothi Datta
> >
> > NEW DELHI, Oct. 21
> >
> > IT may not be long before a certain green-eyed Bollywood diva or
> the
> > man who almost won India an Oscar Award this year are roped in to
> > spread awareness on AIDS in the country. But this and much more
are
> > on the anvil in the anti-AIDS segment, with Maharashtra-based
> > Veronica Laboratories Ltd (VLL) set to take on the Goliaths of
> > the "highly-cartelised" drug industry with Herbtab, an herbal
anti-
> > AIDS drug.
> >
> > Mumbai-based Enpee Healthcare Ltd owns Herbtab. But its marketing
> > would be spearheaded by the Rs 22-crore VLL, following a 10-year
> > marketing deal that VLL recently inked with Enpee. India alone
has
> an
> > estimated 3.8 million HIV positive people - , but VLL has no easy
> > road ahead as it seeks to propel itself into the drug industry's
> big
> > league.
> >
> > Given the stiff competition from allopathic counterparts, Mr
Bipin
> > Shah, MD, VLL, told Business Line that Herbtab would be supported
> by
> > social marketing in India, tie-ups abroad and public interests
> > campaigns. Domestic pharma big daddies to contend with in this
> > segment include: Ranbaxy, Cipla, Aurbindo and Hetero, while
> > GlaxoSmithKline is among the biggest global players.
> >
> > "Herbtab is born out of Ayurvedic and Unani therapies and has no
> > toxic elements or side-effects. Unlike the allopathic anti-AIDS
> > cocktail that need to be taken life-long - Herbtab needs to be
> taken
> > only for 12 to 15 months. It strengthens the immune system by
> > facilitating increase in CD4 blood cells, vital for immunity. And
> > this has been proved in clinical trials," he claimed.
> >
> > Priced at Rs 10 per tablet, the dosage per patient is three
tablets
> > taken three times a day or about Rs 2,700 per month. "Allopathic
> > drugs cost between Rs 1,000 to Rs 20, 000 per month, per patient.
> And
> > yet, anti-AIDS drugs clocked a sales of only Rs 30 crore last
> year,"
> > he points out.
> >
> > Cost to patient being of paramount concern, VLL seeks to network
> with
> > non-governmental organisations and government-run institutions to
> > make Herbtab available to the consumer at one-third the cost, Mr
> Shah
> > informs
> >
> > Multi-centre Phase III trials, at an Rs 5-crore budget, are being
> > negotiated with premier government institutes in New Delhi,
> Bangalore
> > and the North East. After successful trials at Mumbai's KEM
> Hospital,
> > Herbtab is available in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra
Pradesh.
> It
> > would be available nationally in three months.
> >
> > Roping in Bollywood
> >
> > VLL has roped in Dr Jabbar Patel, director of Bollywood-flick
> > Ambedkar, for a documentary on AIDS, expected to feature silver
> > screen's biggest names. In the past, Shabana Azmi and more
> recently,
> > Madhuri Dixit had featured in anti-AIDS campaigns. But the
> grapevine
> > has it that film world's leading model-turned-actress and actor-
> > turned-producer may be roped in this time. Unwilling to spill the
> > beans, Mr Shah revealed that different regions would have their
> > respective matinee-idols in the documentary. Meanwhile, public
> > interest campaigns, to be aired in a month, are being done by
> > Avishkar Advertising Services.
> >
> > Send this article to Friends by E-Mail
> > Comment on this article to BLFeedback@
> >
>

Ayurveda can help prevent AIDS
http://www1.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/articleshow?
art_id=11079993
26 May 2002, 1907 hrs IST,PTI

NEW DELHI: Ayurveda can help in preventing AIDS by strengthening the
body's defence system through herbs and a supplementary code of
conduct, doctors at a recent meeting of international policymakers on
HIV here, said.
"Apart from 'Achaar Rasayan' (code of conduct), the ancient system of
Indian medicine provides for a whole range of herbs for the
prevention of AIDS through strengthening the immune system," Naveen
Gupta, president of Ashtvaidyan Ayurveda, an NGO of Ayurvedics, told
the International Policy Makers Conference on HIV/AIDS 'Towards a
world without AIDS', which concluded here recently.
Some of the herbs found useful in the prevention process included
amla ( Emblica officinalis ), bala ( Sida cordifolia ), haritaki (
Terminalia chabula ), nirgundi ( Vitex nirgundo ) and amrita (
Tinospora wedifolia ), Gupta said.
The code of conduct or Ayurveda lifestyle prohibits organised
commercial sex or even casual sex with unknown partners, he said.
"The basis of Ayurveda lies in prevention, strengthening the body's
defence system and self-repair mechanism to enable the individual to
resist the disease process," he said.
Gupta said the goal of Ayurveda was to preserve health, prevent
disease and promote longevity of life with the help of prescribed
regimen of diet and lifestyle including sex behaviour pattern. "The
prevention of AIDS benefits no one except the patients," he said,
adding, cure only benefits pharmaceutical lobbies and health
maintenance organisations.
--- In aash_4all@yahoogroups.com, "Dr. Avnish Jolly"
<avnishjolly@...> wrote:
>
> Ayurveda takes on allopathy in AIDS fight
>
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2002/10/22/stories/200210220253010
> 0.htm
> P.T. Jyothi Datta
>
> NEW DELHI, Oct. 21
>
> IT may not be long before a certain green-eyed Bollywood diva or
the
> man who almost won India an Oscar Award this year are roped in to
> spread awareness on AIDS in the country. But this and much more are
> on the anvil in the anti-AIDS segment, with Maharashtra-based
> Veronica Laboratories Ltd (VLL) set to take on the Goliaths of
> the "highly-cartelised" drug industry with Herbtab, an herbal anti-
> AIDS drug.
>
> Mumbai-based Enpee Healthcare Ltd owns Herbtab. But its marketing
> would be spearheaded by the Rs 22-crore VLL, following a 10-year
> marketing deal that VLL recently inked with Enpee. India alone has
an
> estimated 3.8 million HIV positive people - , but VLL has no easy
> road ahead as it seeks to propel itself into the drug industry's
big
> league.
>
> Given the stiff competition from allopathic counterparts, Mr Bipin
> Shah, MD, VLL, told Business Line that Herbtab would be supported
by
> social marketing in India, tie-ups abroad and public interests
> campaigns. Domestic pharma big daddies to contend with in this
> segment include: Ranbaxy, Cipla, Aurbindo and Hetero, while
> GlaxoSmithKline is among the biggest global players.
>
> "Herbtab is born out of Ayurvedic and Unani therapies and has no
> toxic elements or side-effects. Unlike the allopathic anti-AIDS
> cocktail that need to be taken life-long - Herbtab needs to be
taken
> only for 12 to 15 months. It strengthens the immune system by
> facilitating increase in CD4 blood cells, vital for immunity. And
> this has been proved in clinical trials," he claimed.
>
> Priced at Rs 10 per tablet, the dosage per patient is three tablets
> taken three times a day or about Rs 2,700 per month. "Allopathic
> drugs cost between Rs 1,000 to Rs 20, 000 per month, per patient.
And
> yet, anti-AIDS drugs clocked a sales of only Rs 30 crore last
year,"
> he points out.
>
> Cost to patient being of paramount concern, VLL seeks to network
with
> non-governmental organisations and government-run institutions to
> make Herbtab available to the consumer at one-third the cost, Mr
Shah
> informs
>
> Multi-centre Phase III trials, at an Rs 5-crore budget, are being
> negotiated with premier government institutes in New Delhi,
Bangalore
> and the North East. After successful trials at Mumbai's KEM
Hospital,
> Herbtab is available in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
It
> would be available nationally in three months.
>
> Roping in Bollywood
>
> VLL has roped in Dr Jabbar Patel, director of Bollywood-flick
> Ambedkar, for a documentary on AIDS, expected to feature silver
> screen's biggest names. In the past, Shabana Azmi and more
recently,
> Madhuri Dixit had featured in anti-AIDS campaigns. But the
grapevine
> has it that film world's leading model-turned-actress and actor-
> turned-producer may be roped in this time. Unwilling to spill the
> beans, Mr Shah revealed that different regions would have their
> respective matinee-idols in the documentary. Meanwhile, public
> interest campaigns, to be aired in a month, are being done by
> Avishkar Advertising Services.
>
> Send this article to Friends by E-Mail
> Comment on this article to BLFeedback@...
>

Ayurveda takes on allopathy in AIDS fight
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2002/10/22/stories/200210220253010
0.htm
P.T. Jyothi Datta

NEW DELHI, Oct. 21

IT may not be long before a certain green-eyed Bollywood diva or the
man who almost won India an Oscar Award this year are roped in to
spread awareness on AIDS in the country. But this and much more are
on the anvil in the anti-AIDS segment, with Maharashtra-based
Veronica Laboratories Ltd (VLL) set to take on the Goliaths of
the "highly-cartelised" drug industry with Herbtab, an herbal anti-
AIDS drug.

Mumbai-based Enpee Healthcare Ltd owns Herbtab. But its marketing
would be spearheaded by the Rs 22-crore VLL, following a 10-year
marketing deal that VLL recently inked with Enpee. India alone has an
estimated 3.8 million HIV positive people - , but VLL has no easy
road ahead as it seeks to propel itself into the drug industry's big
league.

Given the stiff competition from allopathic counterparts, Mr Bipin
Shah, MD, VLL, told Business Line that Herbtab would be supported by
social marketing in India, tie-ups abroad and public interests
campaigns. Domestic pharma big daddies to contend with in this
segment include: Ranbaxy, Cipla, Aurbindo and Hetero, while
GlaxoSmithKline is among the biggest global players.

"Herbtab is born out of Ayurvedic and Unani therapies and has no
toxic elements or side-effects. Unlike the allopathic anti-AIDS
cocktail that need to be taken life-long - Herbtab needs to be taken
only for 12 to 15 months. It strengthens the immune system by
facilitating increase in CD4 blood cells, vital for immunity. And
this has been proved in clinical trials," he claimed.

Priced at Rs 10 per tablet, the dosage per patient is three tablets
taken three times a day or about Rs 2,700 per month. "Allopathic
drugs cost between Rs 1,000 to Rs 20, 000 per month, per patient. And
yet, anti-AIDS drugs clocked a sales of only Rs 30 crore last year,"
he points out.

Cost to patient being of paramount concern, VLL seeks to network with
non-governmental organisations and government-run institutions to
make Herbtab available to the consumer at one-third the cost, Mr Shah
informs

Multi-centre Phase III trials, at an Rs 5-crore budget, are being
negotiated with premier government institutes in New Delhi, Bangalore
and the North East. After successful trials at Mumbai's KEM Hospital,
Herbtab is available in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. It
would be available nationally in three months.

Roping in Bollywood

VLL has roped in Dr Jabbar Patel, director of Bollywood-flick
Ambedkar, for a documentary on AIDS, expected to feature silver
screen's biggest names. In the past, Shabana Azmi and more recently,
Madhuri Dixit had featured in anti-AIDS campaigns. But the grapevine
has it that film world's leading model-turned-actress and actor-
turned-producer may be roped in this time. Unwilling to spill the
beans, Mr Shah revealed that different regions would have their
respective matinee-idols in the documentary. Meanwhile, public
interest campaigns, to be aired in a month, are being done by
Avishkar Advertising Services.

Send this article to Friends by E-Mail
Comment on this article to BLFeedback@...

Medical journal slams popularity of homoeopathy in India
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/142896.html
Posted : Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:04:01 GMT
Author : IANS

London, Nov 16 - Even as homeopathy gains popularity in India, it is
coming under pressure in Britain, with a proposed seminar on its role
in the treatment of HIV/AIDS sparking protests.

The seminar, organised by the Society of Homeopaths and scheduled to
be held here on Dec 1, has invited criticism from Michael Baum,
professor emeritus of surgery at the University College London (UCL),
according to the medical journal The Lancet.

The Lancet has also slammed the growing popularity of homeopathy in
India.

'People say homoeopathy cannot do any harm but when it is being
promoted for HIV then there is a serious problem,' Baum is quoted as
saying in a two-part special report in the medical journal.

Baum and others had sent a letter last May to all primary care trusts
in Britain to voice concern about homoeopathy treatment through the
National Health Service (NHS).

Seemingly in response, one trust stopped NHS funding for the
Tunbridge Wells Homeopathic Hospital, one of five that provide
homoeopathy treatment on the NHS.

Despite this, says the report, homoeopathy remains popular with the
public, with the 2007 market estimated to be worth 38 million pounds
($78 million). This figure is expected to rise to 46 million pounds
in 2012.

Baum believes the public backs homeopathy in the belief that it is
herbal medicine.

'Although many herbal medicines are unproven, they, unlike
homoeopathic remedies, have scientific plausibility,' he said.

Several studies, including one by The Lancet, have shown that the
clinical effects of homoeopathic remedies are placebo effects.

The report also focuses on the thriving homoeopathy industry in
India, where an estimated 100 million people depend solely on this
form of therapy for their health care.

It refers to the case of a man who sold his tractor to pay the
Rs.150,000 to pay for a miracle homoeopathic cure for HIV, which had
no effect.

Chinese doctors develop new technique in birth control for men
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/008200711151124.htm

Beijing (PTI): Chinese doctors have claimed to have developed a new
birth control surgery for men as alternative to vasectomy that could
be made available to the people beginning next year.

The new technique involves making a small incision along the testicle
and placing a tiny tube, about the size of a match, which functions
as a filter that blocks the sperm, the state-run China Daily said.

"The success rate for this form of birth control is 97 per cent," Wu
Weixiong, Director of Guangzhou Family Planning Technology Centre,
said.

The patented new technique would be promoted by the health department
as soon as it receives approval by the National Food and Drug
Administration, Zhu Jiaming, Vice-president of the Guangzhou Sexology
Association said. He expects the approval by next year.

The operation lasting only 10 minutes is very difficult and requires
highly skilled doctors, he said. Only a few hospitals and staff are
equipped to handle the procedure.

The newspaper said the technique was developed after more than 1,600
clinical trials all over the country in a four-year research led by
the science and technology institute of the National Population and
Family Planning Commission and Guangzhou family planning science and
technology institute.

Herbal Sex Pills Not Quite Safe
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by Anna Boyd  15:58, November 13th 2007

Pills marketed as safe herbal alternatives to prescription sex
medication such as Viagra are not as innocuous as consumers may
think, an investigation conducted by the Associated Press found.

Impotency products heralded as "all-natural" and bearing labels
abundant in herbal ingredients also include unregulated versions of
precisely the chemicals they are supposed to replace, the Associated
Press reports.

These chemicals clash with nitrates millions of men around the world
take in prescribed drugs for high blood pressure and heart disease,
and often lead to a heart attack or stroke.

The AP says that its investigation emphasizes a growing public health
concern that officials do not yet know how to track or ameliorate.
This could prove difficult, as herbal impotency pills are much sought
after – as sales worth approximately $400 million in 2006 prove.

At greatest risk are men who take nitrates and are well aware that
prescription sex medication like Viagra, Cialis or Levitra is not
recommended for them, should they wish to enhance their sexual
performance.

James Neal-Kababick, director of Oregon-based Flora Research
Laboratories, told the AP that about 90 percent of the hundreds of
samples he has analyzed contained forms of patented pharmaceuticals.
Some of these presented doses more than twice that of prescription
erectile dysfunction medicine.

No deaths have been reported, yet all-natural sex pills have caused
numerous emergency room visits, the AP notes.

Older men, more likely to have heart or blood pressure problems as
well as erectile dysfunctions, are not the only ones that suffer
unanticipated side effects of herbal pills.

The wire service reports that records of emergency room visits showed
men in their 30s, in good health, nevertheless suffered after taking
herbal sex pills, presenting side effects of the active ingredients
in regulated impotency pharmaceuticals, such as difficulty seeing
clearly or severe headaches.

Public health officials consider that these cases could be vastly
underreported, with patients too embarrassed to share such
experiences.

Sales of supplements marketed as natural sexual enhancers have been
riding a good wave over the past years, rising $100 million since
2001, to an astounding $398 million last year, including herbal
mixtures, according to estimates by Nutrition Business Journal, the
AP reports.

Some encouragement comes from the fact that not all sellers
advertising "magical" sexual enhancement are roaming freely on the
Internet, where most "herbal" pills are sold. According to the AP,
the U. S. Food and Drug Administration has been instrumental in eight
recalls over the past year. The recalled products contained
ingredients found in Viagra, Cialis or Levitra.

© 2007 - eFluxMedia

Diwali, the festival of prosperity and wealth  \
http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/1413
By  Binita Tiwari Views:59
New Delhi Comments:0

  Nov 08: Diwali, `the festival of light, prosperity and wealth' is
celebrated in the entire country along with some other parts of the
world. Though it may be known as some different names but the
celebration purpose is always same. To celebrate this festival in the
name of joy, wealth and happiness, though there is also a scientific
reason behind it to clean up the home after the end of rainy season,
which becomes the major cause of the growth of insects and several
microorganisms.

Diwali also known as Deepawali is a one of the major festival of
Hindus, but it is also celebrated by Jains, Sikhs and several other
communities irrespective of their faith. It is one of the social
festivals of India like Holy, Eid, Christmas Day and Baishakhi.
Besides India it is also celebrated in Nepal by the name of Tihar, in
Malaysia, it is known as Hari Deepawali, Singapore and Sri Lanka
celebrates it by the name of Deepawali and beyond the Asian
subcontinent. Deepawali is celebrated by lighting diyas (Earthen
lamp) with diyas. When all the diyas enlighten on the earth, the
stream of light shows that a new sun rises on the horizon. The
enlightened diyas express the spirit of fighting with the darkness
despite of `Amavasya' the darkest night of the month. Deepawali shows
the victory of `good' over `evil', `light' over `darkness'
and `knowledge' over `unawareness'.

The mighty hurricanes we suppress in our heart welled up during night
as festival is also about meeting and enjoying with our loved ones.
In this day all the rival melts in the heat of the light and the
people celebrate it with their hearts forgetting all the austerity.

Story behind this festival

This festival is celebrated to commemorate the returning of Rama in
Ayodhya (the kingdom of Lord Rama), after 14 years of exile; the
people of Ayodhya welcomed him back by lighting up the diya.

According to some other views, it is celebrated as the day when Lord
Krishna defeated the demon Narakasura and also as a victory
celebration of Rama over Ravana. According to Jainism, on this day
Lord Mahavira acquired `Nirvana'.

The Five days festival
Day 1: Dhanterus: The celebration begins from the day of Dhanteras,
two days before Diwali that bring good fortune and prosperity.
Dhanteras is regarded as the origin day of god Dhanvantari, who
originate during the churning of the great ocean by the gods and the
demons. Dhanterus means Dhan+terus, in which Dhan denotes money and
terus is the thirteenth day of the month. It is also known as
Dhanvantri Jayanti or Dhantrayodasi because of the origin day of god
Dhanvantri, the god of health and ayurveda. On this day people buy
utensils and jewellery for performing tradition, as it is believed a
symbol of fortune.

Day 2: Naraka Chaturdashi: The second day of Diwali is known as Narak
Chaturdashi, the fourteenth day of the month on which demon
Narakasura was killed. It signifies the victory of good over evil and
light over darkness. It is the prime day of the festival in south
India. The people perform puja of Lord Sri Krishna or Lord Sri
Vishnu. The people enlighten the `Diya' (earthen lamp) before the
main door of their homes on this day. This day is also known as Roop
Chaturdashi.

Day 3: Lakshmi Puja: In the north India, the third day of this
festival is the most important day on which the goddess of wealth,
Lakshmi and God of fortunate, Ganesha been worshipped across
devotees. People enlighten the earthen lamp across the streets and
homes, and pray for their prosperity and well-beings. Children play
fireworks and massive crackers are fired to express their joy on this
day.

Day 4: Govardhan Puja : The day after the prime day of Diwali is
known as Govardhan Puja or Annakut. On this day Lord Krishna defeated
Indra by lifting Govardhan Mountain on his little finger. On the
other hand, Annakut denotes a mountain of food that is decorated as a
symbol of Govardhan Mountain. The people present gifts to their wives
on this day.

Day 5: Bhaiduj (also Bhayyaduj, Bhaubeej or Bhayitika) : The last day
is for an auspicious relationship of brothers and sisters, especially
married brothers and sisters. Brothers and sisters express their love
and affection for each other by tying a thread. This festival is very
similar to the festival of Raksha Bandhan.

Scientific Significance: The festival of Deepawali always celebrated
in October or November, when the rainy season completely finishes
off. The rainy season becomes the cause of various insects and
microorganism that are killed of earthen lighting, house cleaning and
fireworks and provide us a healthy new winter season.

Importance of Deepawali for the small shopkeepers and businesspersons

According to Hindi Calendar (Vikrami Samvat), the day of Lakshmi
pujan (Worship of goddess Lakshmi) is the last day of financial year.
The businesspersons ended the account on this day and calculate the
profit or loss. A new account begins from the next day for the next
financial year.

Finally I along with our NewstrackIndia family wish you a happy and
prosperous Diwali.

May this Diwali illuminates your life ….

Comfort your tears..Promises a new beginning

Lighten up your way…and gives you hope

Here is a wishing from the bouquet of NewstrackIndia

Wishing you a very happy Diwali….

Yoga boosts health in heart failure patients - study
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-30349520071106
Tue Nov 6, 2007

By Susan Kelly

ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - An eight-week regimen of yoga proved safe
for patients with chronic heart failure and helped reduce signs of
inflammation often linked with death, according to a study released
on Monday.

More than 5 million Americans have chronic heart failure, a long-term
condition in which the heart no longer pumps blood efficiently to the
body's other organs. Health problems and deaths from the disease
remain high despite widespread use of effective drug and device
therapies to treat the condition.

Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta who
measured the effects of an eight-week yoga regimen on 19 heart
failure patients found the exercise routine reduced markers of
inflammation associated with heart failure while also improving
exercise tolerance and quality of life.

"Many people believe the addition of yoga may be beneficial in
cardiac rehabilitation," said the researchers, whose findings were
presented at the annual meeting of the American Heart
Association. "Furthermore, it may be that yoga has an impact on the
mechanisms of action involved in the progression of heart failure."

The study found significant differences in levels of biological
markers in the blood -- interleukin-6, C-reactive protein and extra-
cellular superoxide dismutase -- between patients who completed the
yoga therapy and those who received standard medical therapy.
Patients on yoga therapy completed the regimen without complications.

Patients who did yoga saw a 26 percent decrease in symptoms on a
standard assessment that measures quality of life in heart failure
patients, compared to a 3 percent decrease for the patients on
medical therapy alone.

"Yoga is aerobic. It is not surprising, in terms of its effects on
the inflammatory markers," said Dr. Nieca Goldberg, who prescribes
both yoga and tai chi, a Chinese martial art, to her heart failure
and heart attack patients.

Goldberg, a professor of medicine at New York University, said heart
failure patients often have trouble with exercise due to fatigue and
shortness of breath caused by the heart's reduced pumping ability.

"What's nice is they found not only does it reduce inflammatory
markers, but it is a safe form of exercise and it improves the
quality of their lives," Goldberg said.