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Who: The Institute for Spirituality and Health and its Greater Houston Healing Collaborative (GHHC) partners will host a free virtual event for the community to help people recover from the mental and emotional stress caused by Hurricane Beryl. “Breathing After Beryl” will be held on Wednesday, July 24, 2024.”In times of crisis, the strength of community connections becomes more evident and essential. The mind-body medicine skills we share provide evidence-based tools to help individuals manage stress, heal trauma, and foster resilience. These promote individual health, strengthen community fabric, and create supportive environments in which everyone can thrive,” said Aproteem Choudhury,…

Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin was received by Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori at the Governor’s House. News Desk | July 24, 2024 Spiritual leader of the Dawoodi Bohra sect, Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin, visited the Governor’s House on Tuesday and announced the donation of 100 laptops to students pursuing IT courses under the Governor’s initiative. During his meeting with Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori, the leader discussed his visit to Pakistan, promotion of religious harmony during Muharram and fostering tolerance and understanding, among others. He commended Governor Tessori for his welfare efforts, saying, “The Governor’s efforts towards welfare are commendable. Serving humanity is true…

Author: Cara Masset | July 23, 2024 | 5 min read | share Article Summary Ashlyn Annes Gary helped launch a program to explore hypnotherapy for people suffering from chronic eye pain. Gary worked with an ophthalmologist and a psychiatrist to organize a clinical study of people with neuropathic eye pain. Researchers have found that hypnotherapy reduces both pain and anxiety in patients. As a first-year medical student, Ashlyn Annes Gary saw a documentary about a patient undergoing a tooth extraction procedure without anesthesia. The patient was incredibly calm and in no pain because the hypnotherapist kept him in a…

Getting older means getting wiser. It also means your skin will get a few wrinkles. But not the cool ones for Halloween. As the years go by, aging skin loses its slack and not only wrinkles but also sagging. So, can the best skin tightening creams on the market solve this very common yet annoying problem? The answer is yes and no. In truth, you can swim in a giant tub full of the best anti-aging skin care products, but they won’t give you the tightening effect of a facelift.”It’s important to note that at-home firming creams take time to…

By Rosama Thomas* Pala city in Kottayam district, Kerala, is about 25 km from the district headquarters. St. Thomas College in Pala is currently hosting a three-day workshop on knowledge systems, bringing together philosophers, sociologists, homeopathic and Ayurvedic health practitioners (one from Nepal) and guests from Europe. Discussions on the first day focused on knowledge systems, power structures and epistemic diversity. French researcher Jacquiline Decalpentry, who represents a unique researchers’ cooperative, some of whom are not affiliated to any formal institution, addressed the audience via internet to lay the groundwork.It is significant that the French researcher cooperative LUCI was founded…

Taking care of your skin is more than just a beauty routine, it’s an investment in your overall health: glowing, healthy skin boosts self-esteem and improves mental health. If you’re already following a balanced diet, staying hydrated, exercising regularly, getting enough sleep, and following a dermatologist-approved skin care regimen, you might also want to consider taking supplements, especially if you’re over 40. Skin care and health experts suggest seven key supplements that can help you age gracefully and maintain a youthful glow. Read on for their valuable insights. We spoke with Dr. Debra Jaliman, MD, a board-certified dermatologist in New…

Yeast strains and vectorsYeast strains used in this study are shown in Table 1.Table 1 Yeast strain and their vectors used in this studySelection of yeast strains carrying cab1 mutationscab1Δ/pFL38-CAB1 wild type and mutant strains were generated using plasmid shuffling as previously described from the parent strain cab1Δ/pFL39-cab1G351S 16. Briefly, pFL38-CAB1 plasmids with wild type or mutant cab1 (cab1G351S, cab1N290I, and cab1S158A) were transformed into a cab1Δ/pFL39-cab1G351S strain. Transformants were selected on minimal medium lacking uracil and tryptophan. Plasmid loss of pFL39-cab1G351S from the strains were conducted by growing the strains in the minimal media supplemented with tryptophan and 5-fluoroanthranilic acid…

Pre-treatment vitamin D levels were associated with subsequent multiple sclerosis (MS) disease activity.Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry) Several brands of mushroom-infused nootropic gummies advertised as cognitive enhancing contained undisclosed amounts of psilocybin and psilocin.Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) The researchers uncovered how psilocybin desynchronizes neural networks and alters communication pathways connecting brain regions.Nature) Two executives at Cassava Sciences, Inc., whose Alzheimer’s drug simufilam is in Phase 3 clinical trials, have resigned after a federal grand jury indicted a research collaborator on fraud charges.The New York Times) The Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California announced that…

President Joe Biden made history on Sunday (July 21) when he withdrew his bid for a second term. The reshuffled Democratic presidential field he endorsed, led by Vice President Kamala Harris, is historic in itself, but it also provides a map of America’s future. With Democratic Party leaders increasingly endorsing Harris, her nomination seems likely in the coming days, which would make her the first Black woman and the first South Asian to be nominated for president by a major party. Harris also comes from a diverse religious and spiritual background that is now far more representative of America’s multi-religious…

Aging is a complex process that involves accumulating damage to the cellular machinery of life. Anti-aging researchers hope to understand and address this process so that we can live healthier and longer lives. Part of the aging process is cellular senescence. Several types of cells in our bodies are constantly being replaced by new cells through cell division throughout our lives. After a certain number of divisions, accumulated damage to the cell’s DNA, its genetic material, causes the cell to stop dividing and become senescent. Senescent cells lose function and secrete harmful substances that cause inflammation. Their accumulation contributes to…