Washington: A first-of-its-kind RSV vaccine for pregnant women guards their newborns against the scary respiratory virus -– and federal health advisers have backed Pfizer’s shot despite some lingering questions. RSV fills hospitals with wheezing babies each fall and winter, and the virus struck earlier than usual and especially hard in the U.S. this past year. If the vaccine...
Sacramento, Calif.: California lawmakers blocked two big environmental bills Thursday: One that would have ramped up the state’s emissions targets, and another that would have made oil companies liable for the health problems of people who live close to oil wells. They are among the hundreds of bills that did not survive the Legislature’s suspense...
By Atul Vyas There is a very simple, traditional, uncommon but effective yoga pose called Avayasana or the assurance pose. The spine is the center of the body's universe. The functions of the spine are support, balance, connection, protection and movement. It connects the lower extremity to the upper extremity. By articulating ribs, it protects the heart and lungs. The vertebra...
By Bal Ram Singh, PhD Where and when does Yama or Sanyama start? What is its cause and who is responsible for conveying it? How does it fit in the grand scheme of things for a human being from birth to death, and perhaps even before and after those? For a living being, it has to be the mother, who...
By Atul Vyas The abdomen is a very complex area anatomically, and it has emotional aspects as well. It is also called the second brain of the body as there are receptor sites in the abdomen that respond to the same neurotransmitters as the brain does. In classical yoga, abdominal organs are considered key to health....
By Bal Ram Singh While Yoga has picked up throughout the world, especially after the United Nations declared June 21 as the International Yoga Day, its true meaning and the practice is being realized only slowly. Major schools of thoughts in India are known as darshanas, which are derived to mean “to see”, and those who...
By Atul Vyas Utkat or squatting pose is an intensely powerful innate body position for energization of body. It strengthen one's will power. The chair pose or awkward pose activates the largest muscles in one's body stimulate one's heart and gets it pumping and engages one's core strongly. This energizing standing pose improves one's thigh strength, which...
By Bal Ram Singh, PhD According to Bhagvadgita (10.29): अनन्तश्चास्मि नागानां वरुणो यादसामहम् | पितृणामर्यमा चास्मि यम: संयमतामहम् || 29|| anantaśh chāsmi nāgānāṁ varuṇo yādasām aham pitṝīṇām aryamā chāsmi yamaḥ sanyamatām aham Its translation according to Swami Muktananda, Amongst the snakes I am Anant; amongst aquatics I am Varun. Amongst the departed ancestors I am Aryama; amongst dispensers of law I am Yamraj,...
NYC Health + Hospitals on April 11, 2023, announced that it now offers preventive dental hygiene services at its pediatric practices within the 11 public hospitals, in addition to Gotham Health Belvis and Morrisania neighborhood clinics. Dental hygienists will perform assessments, provide oral hygiene education, and apply a dental treatment called fluoride varnish that can help prevent tooth decay,...
