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The nonprofit Chopra Foundation in California is bringing its Sages and Scientists Symposium to Bentonville this weekend beginning Thursday. Itll be held at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

Deepak Chopra, the foundations namesake and the co-founder of the Chopra Center for Wellbeing in Carlsbad, Calif., is the organizer of the conference. Chopra moved from India to the U.S. in his early 20s to continue his study of Western medicine. Following a residency in New Jersey, he landed in Boston, where he quickly rose to chief of medicine at New England Memorial Hospital.

Now 73 years old, Chopra is considered a pioneer of integrative medicine, which recommends mixing mainstream Western medicine with alternative treatments. He has written nearly 90 books on the topic, many of them The New York Times bestsellers.

Chopra organized the first Sages and Scientists in 2010 in Carlsbad, where it was held annually through 2014. The most recent Sages and Scientists was in Beverly Hills in 2016.

In a recent interview, Chopra discussed his rationale for choosing Bentonville for this years event, which will attract thought leaders from around the world. The interview has been edited slightly for brevity and clarity.

Paul Gatling: How did you decide on having Sages and Scientists in Arkansas? Whats the appeal of having the event here?

Deepak Chopra: We decided to do it at Crystal Bridges for two reasons. One is Alice Walton was very gracious to give us the venue to do the conference. I have been to Bentonville several times over the years and to Crystal Bridges. And of course Northwest Arkansas has a great tradition of various things: food, culture, music, film and so on. I have a special proclivity to be enchanted by this kind of culture, so we decided to come to Bentonville, Ark., and people are coming from all over the world.

Gatling: Whats your take on Bentonville versus maybe what your preconceived idea of Bentonville was before visiting? I cant imagine youve been to Arkansas too many times.

Chopra: I have, actually. I have been there several times. Over the course of a year I come out at least three or four times. I love the atmosphere. Bentonville, particularly, has grown over the years. I remember it from the late 1980s, and it keeps getting even more culturally, unusually attractive to me. People are unaware of the fact there are direct flights from New York and Los Angeles. Once they come there, they find it very enchanting.

Gatling: How long have you known Alice Walton?

Chopra: I have known her since 1988. I knew Sam [Walton] as well. And I have known the [Walton] family for several years.

Gatling: Sages and Scientists, in general, what was the goal when you first began to organize these events?

Chopra: To bring together luminaries and thought leaders in academia, and also entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley, and also thought leaders in business and philanthropy in three areas. No. 1, well-being; No. 2, humanitarianism; and No. 3, a deeper understanding of the nature of reality or what we call the cosmos. We have thought leaders in every field, from machine learning to deep learning to understanding genetics and neuroscience and cosmology. We have the professor from MIT who created the VR for the landing on Mars. She very kindly accepted the invitation to speak about virtual reality and how that will have immense applications, not only for exploring intergalactic space but right here at home with the treatment of illness and disease.

Its going to be amazing, and every time weve done this conference, it has evolved to a new level of understanding. We have 3.5 days. The first day is the future of well-being and then the future of humanity and the future of the cosmos. Its a very ambitious program.

Gatling: You have said Sages and Scientists Symposium is a catalyst for your work to improve global well-being trends? Which trends need the most work? What is most concerning to you as a thought leader in that space?

Chopra: Right now, we know that only 5% of disease-related gene mutations are fully penetrant, which means they predict the disease. So if somebody has the BRCA gene for breast cancer, its almost 100% likely they will get breast cancer. But that applies to only 5% of all chronic illness, including cancers. For those kinds of mutations, there are new technologies emerging.

You may have heard of CRISPR, which is basically gene editing and splicing. Just like you can read a barcode of an item at the grocery store or cut and paste an email, you will soon be able to its already being done you can actually read the barcode of a gene and delete the defective gene and insert the healthy gene. Even that only helps 5% of chronic illness.

So 95% of chronic illness is related to inflammation in the body low-grade inflammation in the body, low-grade depression, anxiety, stress. If you pay attention to things like sleep, stress management, exercise, movement, yoga, deep breathing, healthy emotions and relationships, nutrition and the connection with nature that is why we also chose Northwest Arkansas then you can actually prevent a lot of chronic illnesses.

So the future of well-being is predictable. It requires your participation. Its preventable, and in many cases even reversible. We want to highlight what the future of health and well-being is. Right now, the discussions around health are not really about health. Theyre about insurance. Everybody needs to be covered, but I think people need to realize that a lot of disease is preventable, and they can participate in their own well-being.

Gatling: You are a proponent of alternative medicine. Whats your definition of alternative medicine? An alternative to what?

Chopra: So I dont use that word, even though I have been given that designation. Its integrative medicine, which means you use whatever works. Pharmaceuticals, surgery, radiation they all work in selective cases, and also particularly in acute illness. Integrative medicine means mostly lifestyle and stress management and nutrition and healthy emotions. Even things like good sleep. We have been doing studies on aspects of well-being, and we were among the first to be published in peer-reviewed journals how you can change the activity of your genes toward health and well-being or self-regulation, instead of inflammation.

Gatling: Whats the single biggest barrier thats keeping integrative medicine from the mainstream?

Chopra: There are special interest groups that have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo, and thats not going to change unless theres public awareness of what it means to be healthy.

Gatling: How would you say you spend the majority of your time these days? Writing, speaking, traveling, advising, podcasting? What occupies most of your time?

Chopra: Writing and public speaking, but also at the Chopra Foundation. We collaborate with other researchers at places like Harvard and Duke and Scripps [Health] and UCLA on looking at integrative modalities. And we publish a lot of research in peer-reviewed journals.

Gatling: Suicide prevention is something that you are specifically focused on through some of your podcast work. Why are those rates so high in America or around the world?

Chopra: This is an epidemic that has reached a proportion that we never envisioned, and a lot of attention has been brought to it recently because of very successful people, celebrities, committing suicide. It is the second most common cause of death in younger people as well, between the ages of 10 and 30.

We need to do something about it. If you bring awareness to people, if you help them create social networks, both online and offline much in the way of Alcoholics Anonymous without the stigma then we can actually do something about the epidemic. And we need to, for the next generation.

Gatling: What are your thoughts on technology today a necessity versus a necessary evil? Smartphones for example. Good or bad?

Chopra: I actually am a big fan of technology. I also think its part of our human evolution, and by itself its neutral. Neither good nor evil. Its up to us how we use it. You can use it to hack elections. You can use it to create a better world. Its all up to us. We should schedule technology time, just like we schedule other times for exercise, sleep, relationships.

Gatling: How old are you?

Chopra: I am chronologically 73, but biologically I feel very young.

Gatling: Still a practicing physician?

Chopra: I have a group practice in California, and I maintain my license in Massachusetts and also California. But I mostly consult with other physicians who are part of our group practice. Once in a while when I am in California I will see patients that are intriguing to our group. Our group practice [Mind-Body Medical Group] in San Diego has lots of physicians internists, oncologists and others who are trained in internal medicine and in some specialties, but also have expertise in integrative medicine.

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Clinic wasgreat success

Dear editor:

I want to thank all the people who helped make the Appalachian Regional Integrative Healthcare Clinic in Bakersville Oct. 27 a great success. In collaboration with Jung Tao School of Classical Chinese Medicine in Boone and Global Alternative Healthcare Project, or GAHP, an international organization that promotes free integrative medicine clinics based mainly in Traditional Asian Medicine, we were able to offer a valuable healthcare event to our community.

The clinical portion of the weekend-long training took place at the Bakersville Community Health Center (many thanks for donating their space). We had 15 practitioners, including local volunteers such as myself, Tara Lee L.Ac., Claudia Green LMT, John Janeski LMT/herbalist and Jennifer Rambo, Certified Holistic Nutritionist. We had a wonderful group of local folks lined up at the door when we opened, and they experienced this innovative approach to integrative medicine: First, triage by an experienced practitioner to determine what treatments would be most beneficial; then they received one or all of the following: acupuncture, tuina (Chinese osteopathic massage) or Swedish massage, therapeutic exercise, and discussion of healthy lifestyle practices if needed. We were busy the whole three-and-a-half hours we ran the clinic, and Im sure many other folks could have benefited if theyd been able to come.

This was a free clinic, and we hope to host more of these clinics in the future. We also hope to apply this innovative approach and offer more frequent, donation-based clinics in the future. If you would like to learn more or would like to help support future events like this, please let me know.

Jade Pierce

Burnsville

A contract isa contract

Dear editor:

I want to address the article the Wednesday, Oct. 30, edition of the Mitchell News-Journal concerning the Mitchell County Board of Commissioners having a hard time deciding if the countys DSS director gets to keep her $12,000 moving allowance. I dont see the problem; it was a moving allowance, she didnt move, so she doesnt get to keep the money. This is not rocket science.

The contract said the DSS director must live within 30 miles of Bakersville, and she failed to honor the terms of that contract. Was afterschool childcare not an issue when she signed the contract? Did she not have a dog that needed 30 acres to run on before she signed the contract? It appears she never had any intention of moving to Mitchell County.

For three years, I worked 30 minutes away from my home, where I had a terminally ill husband. When his caregiver would call me, and I had to go home to take care of his personal needs, it took me at least two to two-and-a-half hours to get back to work. If there is an emergency, our DSS director cant get here any faster than an hour-and-a-half. I think our at-risk children in Mitchell County deserve better.

I do not think our DSS director has a heart for this area. When Commissioner Matthew Vern Grindstaff ask her how she felt about Mitchell County, her answer didnt even make sense. The $12,000 moving allowance was taxpayers money. One thing this fiasco has opened my eyes to is the fact that even in small-town government, politicians do not care what they do with taxpayers money.

If the Commissioners have an extra $12,000 they dont care about, find 120 older adults in Mitchell County who live on $12,000 or less a year and give each one of them a $100 gift card from Ingles so they can have Christmas dinner.

I wouldnt move from Mitchell County to Hendersonville, but I didnt take a job in Hendersonville. Its not about who the DSS director is, its about a contract being a contract.

What it all boils down to is the Commissioners have been had.

Shirley McKinney

Spruce Pine

Help makeChristmas magical

Dear editor:

Its that time of the year again that we prepare for the annual Shop with a Cop, and we need you to help donate your time or money to provide needs and a few wants for children in our community. Shop with a Cop is led by local law enforcement and provides a way for children to receive gifts for Christmas they would not receive otherwise.

My challenge is getting more donations than we have in the past. This is not about recognition for law enforcement; this is about helping children in our community. Help us take care of our children and be a part of one of the more significant programs in Mitchell County. All proceeds go straight to the children, so please consider donating any amount. All donations are much appreciated.

To make a financial contribution, make checks payable to the Spruce Pine Police Department or Mitchell County Sheriffs Office by Friday, Dec. 13, and put Shop with a Cop on the memo line. Mail checks to either the Spruce Pine Town Hall at P.O. Box 189, Spruce Pine, NC 28777 or the Mitchell County Sheriffs Office, 65 Crimson Laurel Way No. 8, Bakersville, NC 28705.

If a monetary donation is not possible, we are always in need of volunteers. If you would like to donate your time, contact me, Spruce Pine Police Chief Billy Summerlin or Mitchell County Sheriff Donald Street. We need your help and ask that you help us make a childs Christmas magical this year.

Det. Kasey Cook

Spruce Pine Police

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Deepak Chopra is one of the most influential integrative medicine and meditation experts in the world. However, he wasnt always the epitome of calm. Early in his medical career, as a resident, Chopra turned to smoking and alcohol to combat the stress he was feeling. But noticing that these habits werent working, on an impulse, he decided to change the course of his life. I was very busy taking care of patients. I wanted them to feel better, but I couldnt give them any advice because of my own situation, he tells Thrive. So I decided to be the change I was seeking in others. I started getting good sleep, cultivating healthy emotions like compassion, joy, kindness, and peace, changed my diet to a more plant-based diverse diet, exercised, and started yoga.

This was over 50 years ago. Since then, Chopra has written over 85 books, founded The Chopra Foundation and Chopra Global, serves as a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California in San Diego, and hosts the podcast Deepak Chopras Infinite Potential. TIME has described him as one of the top 100 heroes and icons of the century.

Chopra sits down with Thrive to discuss his latest book, Metahuman: Unleashing Your Infinite Potential, how you can be present anywhere, how to handle criticism, and his advice for managing your relationship with technology.

Thrive Global: What is your morning routine?

Deepak Chopra: I wake up anywhere between 4:00 to 6:00 in the morning, depending on what time I go to sleep, but I get eight hours of sleep every night. Then I do about two hours of a combination of meditation, reflection, breathing, yoga, and I set my intentions for the day, which are always the same joyful, energetic body, love and compassion in the heart, reflective alert mind, and lightness of being. Then, I just do what needs to be done.

TG: For someone who wants to start meditating, what are your tips to begin the practice?

DC: Meditation simply means going beyond the conditioned mind or thought. You can be in that state any moment by being fully aware of any experience, like attending to your breath, to a thought, to a sensation in the body, to an image in the mind, or to using a mantra. So if you want to be in that space right now, close your eyes and ask yourself, I wonder what my next thought is going to be. And there is silence. Thats meditation. You can be in that state all the time.

TG: Often, people are hesitant resistant, really to change. What advice would you give to someone to embrace change?

DC: I think one can be stuck in a rut and a routine because of the addiction to security. Actually, the addiction to security is the biggest cause of insecurity. We dont live in the past. The past is the known. We live in the present that actually creates the future. So if youre not present to experience right now if youre not enjoying experience right this moment, because youre constantly thinking of the future then when the future arrives, even the future that you want, you wont be present for it. The key to actually creating a more meaningful life, a life of purpose, and ultimately a life of success, is to know that we live, breathe, and move in the unknown. Take a risk, otherwise youll be a victim of the past. If you want to be a pioneer of the future, take a little risk.

TG: You have written over 90 books, which is remarkable. What inspires you to come up with new material and new ways of sharing your experience?

DC: My training. Im a physician. My career has evolved from being an internist to being an endocrinologist to a neuroendocrinologist, to somebody interested in mind-body medicine, which then evolved to integrative medicine. Now, Im going a little bit beyond that, into a deeper understanding of what is fundamental reality. We think that reality is this body, this mind, and this world, but actually, theres a more fundamental reality beyond the conditioned mind. I am obsessed with what the wisdom traditions call higher states of consciousness. So every book that I write is actually just a little step further than the previous book, because I think of evolution as a spiral staircase. When I write books, I dont actually think about who Im writing for, or who the exact audience is. Im sharing my own evolution as it has occurred over the last 50 years.

TG: Are there any principles that have really remained steadfast from book one to book 90?

DC: The main principle that has stood through the whole range of books that Ive written, numbers one through 90, is healing. The word healing comes from the word wholeness, which means all-inclusive mind, body, spirit, environment, personal relationships, social interactions, work, well-being, social well-being, community well-being, financial well-being, physical well-being, emotional well-being, and spiritual well-being. Theres a lot to cover, but it all has to do with healing.

TG: With so many distractions around, whats the best way to quiet the noise?

DC: You can quiet your internal dialogue just by being present in the moment to any sensory experience. Right now, even with your eyes open, just be aware of sound, without labeling it, or be aware of your breath, or be aware of the sensations in your body, or simply ask yourself, Am I present? We are distracted by experience without ever being aware of who or what is having the experience.

TG: What is your relationship with technology?

DC: I believe technology is neutral. Technology can destroy the world, but technology today can also help us in rewiring. The internet is the global brain. Everything about the human condition is there. When we personally evolve in the direction of joy, empathy, and compassion, and we share our spiritual practice with others, then we create a sangha. A sangha is a community. Today, with technology, I personally have a sangha, or a community, of 15 million people and its growing. If we keep doing that, then technology becomes a divine tool to create joy and healing. You use technology, dont allow it to use you. Its that simple.

TG: How do you handle criticism?

DC: Social media is a reflection of who we are, collectively, just like the world is a mirror of who we are collectively. So if you really want to make a difference in the world, then you have to be independent of both the criticism and the flattery you get from people who engage with you. If somebody flatters me, I just acknowledge them with a thank you, but internally, it doesnt make a difference. If somebody criticizes me, sometimes I also acknowledge them with a thank you, but internally Im independent of both. If youre dependent on other peoples opinions of yourself, then be prepared to be offended for the rest of your life.

TG: What is your evening routine?

DC: I stop working at around 5:00. I engage with friends and family for a little bit. Usually I also go for a little walk, eat a very light meal before sunset, and ideally go to bed before 10:00 in a totally dark room with total silence and no technology.

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / November 12, 2019 / Healthcare Solutions Holdings, a medical service and device company focused on providing clinicians with state-of-the-art diagnostic and therapeutic tools, announced the appointment of Christina Robins, M.D., as member of the Medical Advisory Board.

Christina Robins, MD

"We are pleased to have Dr. Robins join HSI's Medical Advisory Board. Her extensive knowledge and understanding of the complex healthcare landscape will be invaluable as we develop cutting-edge clinical programs as well as long-term strategic partnerships," said Travis Revelle, CEO of Healthcare Solutions Holdings, Inc.

Dr. Christina Robins attended the University of Missouri Kansas City Medical School and is Board Certified in Family Medicine. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine and has done extensive training from the Institute for Functional Medicine. Dr. Robins became interested in functional and integrative medicine over ten years ago when she became frustrated that the current medical system many times doesn't address the root cause of disease. Five years ago, she opened up a medical office that integrates traditional medicine with functional and metabolic medicine to help patients reach higher levels of wellness and vitality. Dr. Robins specializes in bio-identical hormone therapy, family medicine, nutritional therapies, and stem cell therapies just to name a few. Outside of her work, she focuses on her family and keeping her own health as optimal as it can be.

"I was attracted to HSI due to its wide range of services that integrated into my practice easily and helped offer my patients advanced testing and treatments that I would not have been able to offer without their support," said Dr. Robins. "HSI has helped me be able to stay up to date with all the emerging technologies in medicine - especially in prevention, detection, treatment, and restoration of health. I see the future of HSI to be growing rapidly and limitless. HSI's management team is very experienced and knowledgeable in this full spectrum of health care and will be able to lead this company to the next level due to its unwavering mission to provide clinicians with the most up to date technologies to treat their patients more effectively."

About HSI

HSI is a medical service and device company focused on providing clinicians with state-of-the-art diagnostic and therapeutic tools. Our mission is to improve patient outcomes by helping clinicians gain broader access to the most advanced technology in the healthcare industry. HSI not only focuses on assisting physicians with exceptional healthcare delivery but also promotes compliance with the industry's best practices.

Healthcare Solutions Management Group, Inc., headquartered in Glen Cove, New York. Please visit http://www.hscorp.biz for additional information.

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Cancer is no longer a death sentence. There are several ways to prevent, manage and even cure a disease that is rapidly increasing in prevalence. Knowing and understanding the disease can help take preventive steps or choosing the right curative path.

The concept of preventive care has been around for a long time. As people are becoming health conscious, many healthcare practitioners are focusing on preventive measures and medicaments.

What is preventive medicine?

Dr. Chatchai Sribundit (M.D) from Akesis Life Bangkok, explains that the ideology of preventive medicine is to take pre-emptive measures to protect and enhance ones health and wellbeing. The aim is to ward off any form of illness that can lead to incidence of disability or death. Doctors would normally focus on a patient as a whole and also look into the surrounding factors that may affect health related implications. Regular health checks and early detection also play an integral role for a lot of high risk diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and heart diseases.

Many medical professionals state that preventive medicine plays a very important role in todays patient care plans. Proper implementation of preventive medicine or preventive care can lower unnecessary medical bills, and most importantly avoid premature death.

Different types of prevention

Primary prevention targets patients who seek to prevent diseases before they occur. It is done by preventing or minimising exposures to hazards that cause disease. Examples are:

- patient education to encourage health and safety; - laws to ban or control the use of hazardous products; - immunisation against infectious diseases.

Secondary prevention aims to reduce the impact of diseases once they occur. This is achieved through detection and immediate treatment to halt or reduce progression, recurrence and prevention, by implementing programs to restore patients to their original health and functionality. Examples are:

- diet and exercise programs; - regular screening and examination to detect diseases in their earliest stages.

Tertiary prevention seeks to reduce the impact of an ongoing illness. The aim is to help patients manage long-term, often-complex health problems. It maximises patients daily functions, quality of life and life expectancy. Examples are:

- cancer management and rehabilitation programs, and chronic disease management;- work retention programs; - support groups for members to share strategies on managing current medical conditions.

How Integrative Medicine works together with Preventive Medicine Integrative medicine combines conventional treatment methods with both complementary and alternative therapies. It is very patient-centred, making use of natural products, modification of lifestyle, diet, a mind-body-spirit healing journey together with conventional treatments such as chemotherapy.

Sciencedirect.com indicates that preventive medicine has commonly been described as encompassing primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention. The fields of preventive medicine and public health have common objectives of promoting good health, disease prevention, and applying epidemiologic knowledge and techniques to these outcomes.

The goal of integrative medicine is to provide a variety of suitable treatment options, narrowing the gap between conventional and complementary medicine. Preventive medicine, when synergised into common practices in complementary and integrative medicine, can promote public health in the context of more responsible practices. Most importantly, the integrative preventive approach involves the responsible use of science with responsiveness to the needs of patients.

Common types of Integrative Medicine for Cancer Management

Integrative Medicine may help relieve common side-effects of cancer or cancer treatment. According to medlineplus.com, these include:

Acupuncture. This ancient Chinese practice may help relieve nausea and vomiting. It also may help ease cancer pain and hot flashes.

Aromatherapy. Treatment uses fragrant oils to improve health or mood. It also may help ease pain, nausea, stress, and depression.

Biofeedback. This therapy may help ease the pain of cancer. It also may help with sleeplessness.

Meditation This has been shown to ease anxiety, fatigue, stress, and sleep problems.

Massage therapy. This may help relieve anxiety, nausea, pain, and depression.

Yoga. This mind-body practice may help relieve stress, anxiety, and depression.

Organic herbs. Some herbs may help ease the nausea of cancer treatment when it is used with standard anti-nausea medicines.

Although all the therapies mentioned above are safe, always talk to the consulting medical professionals before use.

Let food be thy medicine

Leena Morrison quoted in theghoshcenter.org emphasises that a healthy diet includes eating and drinking enough of the right foods to provide the body with the nutrients needed to function properly. A plant-based diet can keep ones body free from certain diseases, reverse incidence of many diseases and assist in risk reduction and prevention of cancer.

Plant-based diets contain mainly whole grains, vegetables, beans/legumes, seeds, fruits and nuts. Of this diet, 20% could contain fish and chicken and minimal low-fat dairy products. Foods that are nutrient-dense provide the body with healing benefits.

Sufficient hydration is also important for optimal health. Rule of thumb: drink half your weight in ounces each day. Having purely water is an optimum way to hydrate and flush toxins.

Consume organic foods when possible. Wash all fruits and vegetables to eliminate pesticides and potential toxins. Chemicals in the environment are detrimental to health.

Let food be thy medicine is a fantastic approach when looking at lifestyle changes and health enhancement. Lifestyles Changes to Improve Cancer Care

On cancer.net, Lorenzo Cohen and Alison Jefferies, maintain that healthy living means making positive behaviour changes as part of an ongoing, life-long process. They recommend focusing on six pillars, called the Mix of Six:

- Eating healthy can help manage cancer side effects, quicken recovery, and improve health. This may also lower ones future risk of cancer.

- Stress management can help maintain physical and mental health.

- Getting enough sleep, as this improves your health, coping ability, moods, weight-management, attention, and memory.

- Exercise regularly during and after cancer treatment. It helps reduce fatigue, weight gain, and loss of strength.

- Accepting practical and emotional support brings health benefits. Studies have shown that patients with the most social support have better quality of life and live longer.

- Avoid environmental toxins that can increase ones risk of cancer and other illnesses, such as tobacco smoke, asbestos, styrene (found in Styrofoam).

Mind and Body practices

Some cancer treatments can have a harsh impact on the body. Hair loss, fatigue, weakness, nausea, and pain are common side-effects. The toll cancer takes on ones emotions is equally serious and may not be easy to detect. Patients have to learn to manage feelings such as anxiety, fear and depression.

Mind-body medicine (complementary medicine) can play a major role in helping patients. It is undertaken together with regular treatments to help relax and focus the mind on controlling emotions and improve physical health.

Webmd.com elaborates further how Mind-Body Medicine works:

Having cancer is stressful. When the body is under stress, it releases cortisol. It sends blood and nutrients rushing to the brain and muscles in order to react to the threat. Muscles become tense, breath quickens, and the heart beats faster. That takes resources away from other important body systems, including the immune system. Mind-body medicine helps one relax and buffer some of these effects.Invitation to learn more about Integrative Medicine and Innovation

To encourage more disease awareness and patient education, Dr Chatchai and the Akesis Life team welcomes guests to a Free Medical Guidance Seminar at Aetas Hotel (Timezone Room) on 23 November (12 5pm). Seating is limited. Please RSVP: ezree.ebrahim@akesisoncology.com.

Author: Ezree Ebrahim, Business Development Consultant (Healthcare), Akesis Life by Absolute Health. For Further information, please contact: ezree.ebrahim@akesisoncology.com

Series Editor: Christopher F. Bruton, Executive Director, Dataconsult Ltd, chris@dataconsult.co.th. Dataconsults Thailand Regional Forum provides seminars and extensive documentation to update business on future trends in Thailand and in the Mekong Region.

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AUSTIN, TX In 1995, Madan Kataria, a physician from Mumbai, India, founded Laughter Yoga with an objective to "bring together an international community of people who believe in love and laughter." According to Kataria, Laughter Yoga helps practitioners relieve stress, boost immunity, combat depression, and ultimately leads people to think more positive thoughts.

Simone Monique Barnes is a firm believer in Laughter Yoga, as a Triple Negative Breast Cancer Survivor and as a Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher (CLYT). Barnes promotes the many benefits of Laughter Yoga and reminds people of the tools we each have available to us to through breath and laughter, movement and stillness, and how these are available to us at all moments, in all places.

As Barnes explains, medical appointments, fatigue, exhaustion, chronic illness, expenses, car troubles, stress, cancer, these are all factors that lead people to become overwhelmed. Laughter Yoga provides an opportunity to engage in an interactive activity designed for all bodies to find joy even in the midst of trying times. A mind-body practice, Laughter Yoga combines deep yogic breathing and unbridled laughter to create an experience unlike anything else.

Barnes leads group laughter exercises, meditation and deep relaxation to allow participants to draw more oxygen to their bodies and brains, and connect with fellow practitioners in an authentic way without relying on language, jokes, or a sense of humor. Practitioners of Laughter Yoga walk away with a few valuable techniques they may begin using to feel energetic and more relaxed, and translate frustrating situations into happy, endorphin-filled meditative experiences.

Cancer Rehab and Integrative Medicine hosts "Laughter Yoga and Wellness with Simone" on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 11:30 a.m. This class is free and open to all and participants are asked to wear clothes that allow for freedom in movement and don't restrict abdomen. No yoga mats or props needed, and this class is Wheel Friendly. For more details and to register through Eventbrite, click HERE.

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Laughter Yoga and Wellness with Simone

Saturday, Nov. 16 at 11:30 a.m.

Cancer Rehab and Integrative Medicine

4130 Spicewood Springs Rd. Ste 100

Austin, TX 78759

Admission: FREE

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Homemade sweets: Sugar is definitely bad for your health. But there's always scope for portion control and moderation. Diabetes, obesity, inflammation and high cholesterol are all conditions caused by a multiple factors, and not just sugar intake. Even if you want to lose weight, a little sugar in your diet will not harm your health. This stands true for diabetics as well.Highlighting the same is lifestyle coach Luke Coutinho on Facebook. In his live video, he talks about homemade Indian sweets as compared to commercially prepared sweets and desserts, and why the former is a clear winner.

Celebrity nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar is of the belief that you should eat homemade traditional sweets, especially during festivals. It is a way to bring families together and should be looked at as an opportunity to share culture with the younger generation. Laddoos, barfis, chikki, and multiple other sweets can be prepared at home with wholesome and nourishing ingredients that are not going to affect your weight or your health.

It is better to have homemade sweets rather than chocolates or fancy dessertsPhoto Credit: iStock

When you cook sweets, or any other food at home, it gives you complete control over what you are going to put in it. Ghee, jaggery, besan, nuts, sesame seeds, cardamom, cinnamon and a variety of other spices go in making Indian sweets. We have discussed health benefits of these ingredients at length previously.

Also read:People With Diabetes, Sugarcane Juice Can Be Your Best Friend: Here's Why

In one of her recent posts featuring kada prasad on the occasion of Gurupurab 2019, Rujuta informs that going gluten-free can increase risk of chronic inflammation, type-2 diabetes with obesity. Well, these aren't these the exact same condition you avoided gluten in the first place?

Kada Prasad on #GuruPurab If we go by the food and weight loss industry, Kada Prasad shouldn't exist. At various points in your life you must have come across the gluten-free, dairy-free, low-fat and sugar is poison trends. The food industry was always ready with alternatives though, profits over people is their motto after all. But Kada Prasad is still here and will continue to always be. Just like Guru Nanak and the essence of his teachings staying strong and true to your beliefs against all odds and leading a label-free life. Science as usual has come around, it may be a few steps behind common sense and time tested wisdom, but it always catches up. This is what we know in 2019 - - going gluten-free led to increased risk to chronic inflammation, type-2 Diabetes along with obesity (diabesity), the exact same conditions for which you avoided it in the first place. - avoiding ghee led to an epidemic of Vitamin D deficiency amongst many other issues. - avoiding sugar made from cane led to increased consumption of artificial sweeteners and the associated illnesses. Hopefully, we will listen to our inner voice, give up looking for health in packets, hashtags and labels and embrace a life of eating and cooking according to the region, season and tradition. #GuruNanakJayanti #Kadaprasad

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She goes on to add that removing ghee from your diet can lead to Vitamin D deficiency. Ghee contains fats that are essential for fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and K. Assimilation of these vitamins in the body happen only in the presence of good fats in ghee, coconut oil, olive oil, etc.

Ghee includes fats that can promote assimilation of Vitamins A, D, E and KPhoto Credit: iStock

Also read:The Truth About Fats And Why They Are Extremely Important For You

Furthermore, if you go completely off sugar, then it can increase cravings and make you switch to artificial sweeteners-which come with their share of side effects and health risks.

The idea is to understand the importance of eating according to your location, culture and tradition for a healthy weight, blood sugar levels, digestion and much more.

Thus, you can have homemade sweets made with natural ingredients used in the right quantity, while practice portion control. This is including diabetes patients, people who are obese and those looking forward to lose weight.

If you are having commercially prepared sweets, chocolates and desserts, make sure they are prepared with minimum ingredients, suggests Luke.

Also read:Attention Diabetics! These Superfoods Are A Must For You To Control Your Blood Sugars Easily And Effectively

(Luke Coutinho, Holistic Lifestyle Coach - Integrative Medicine)

(Rujuta Diwekar is a nutritionist based in Mumbai)

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Prince Charles, who is in India on his 10th official visit to celebrate British-Indian ties, will celebrate his 71st birthday at a wellness centre in Bengaluru.

The Prince of Wales will join his wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, who has already arrived in the City on November 11 for a week-long rejuvenation therapy at Soukya International Holistic Health Centre, Whitefield.

Ms. Camilla arrived here with five others, including members of the royal family. The royal couple will spend the birthday in a low-key fashion just by themselves followed by a private dinner.

Under the care of holistic health practitioner Issac Mathai, who has been a consultant to the royal family for several years now, Ms. Camilla is undergoing therapy at Soukya. While this is her sixth visit to the centre, Prince Charles is visiting Soukya for the first time. She is staying at the royal presidential suite at the centre and is on a South Indian diet comprising vegetarian organic food. The couple is said to be fond of idly, dosa and organic soups.

Sources said the royal couple has chosen Soukya to celebrate the Princes birthday because of his sustainability philosophy in organic farming and eco-friendly practices. His main interest is in integrative medicine and he is also patron of the Faculty of Homeopathy in UK. Last year, Prince Charles along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated an AYUSH centre in London. So spending his birthday in Soukya, a holistic healthcare centre, befits the occasion. The couple will stay in the city till November 16, sources said.

The Duchess had visited Bengaluru in 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2017 during September-November and had undergone various therapies. The Duchess, who was fighting a chest infection before she landed in Bengaluru, has recuperated and is doing fine now, said sources.

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Scientists at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Science (IMS) and the Keio University School of Medicine in Japan have used single-cell RNA analysis to discover that supercentenarians, that is, people over 110, have a excess of a type of cell immunity called cytotoxic CD4 T cells. Supercentenarians are something like a unique group of people. First, they are extremely rare. For example, in Japan in 2015 there were more than 61,000 people over 100 years old, but only 146 over 110 years old. And studies have found that these individuals were relatively immune to diseases such as infections and cancer throughout their lives. This led to the idea that they could have a particularly strong immune system, and the researchers set out to find out what could explain this.

To answer the question, they analyzed the circulating immune cells of a group of younger supercentenarians and controls. They acquired a total of 41,208 cells from seven supercentenarians (an average of 5,887 per subject) and 19,994 cells for controls (an average of 3,999 per subject) from five controls between 50 and 80 years old. They discovered that while the number of B cells was lower in the supercentenarians, the number of T cells was approximately the same and, in particular, the number of a subset of T cells increased in the supercentenarians. When analyzing these cells, the authors discovered that the supercentenarians had a very high level of cells that are cytotoxic, which means they can kill other cells, which sometimes represent 80 percent of all T cells, compared to just the 10 or 20 percent in controls. .

Normally, T cells with markers known as CD8 are cytotoxic, and those with the CD4 marker are not, so the authors first thought that perhaps CD8 positive cells increased. But that was not the case. Rather, it seems that the supercentennial CD4 positive cells had acquired the cytotoxic state. Interestingly, when the researchers looked at the blood of young donors, there were relatively few cytotoxic cells positive for CD4, indicating that this was not a marker of youth but a special characteristic of supercentenarians. To see how these special cells were produced, the team examined the blood cells of two supercentenarians in detail and discovered that they had emerged from a clonal expansion process, which means that many of the cells were the progeny of a single ancestral cell.

According to Kosuke Hashimoto of IMS, the first author of the article, "We were especially interested in studying this group of people, because we consider them to be a good model of healthy aging, and this is important in societies such as Japan, where aging is proceeding quickly. "

IMS Deputy Director Piero Carninci, one of the group leaders, says: "This research shows how transcription analysis of individual cells can help us understand how individuals are more or less susceptible to disease. CD4 positive cells they generally work by generating cytokines. " , while CD8 positive cells are cytotoxic, and it may be that the combination of these two characteristics allows these individuals to be especially healthy. We believe that these types of cells, which are relatively uncommon in most individuals, even young people, are useful for fighting established tumors, and could be important for immunovigilance. This is exciting, as it has given us new ideas on how people living very long lives can protect themselves from conditions like infections and cancer. "

The research, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), was carried out by a collaboration that includes scientists from the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences and the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Keio.

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