Maya Fiennes is a well respected Kundalini yoga practitioner and instructor, based in Los Angeles. Trained as a classical pianist, Maya first found Kundalini Yoga when she was looking for something to help calm her pre-performance nerves. She tried other forms of Yoga, but it was Kundalini Yoga that gave her the key to relaxing […]
Magic rays that cure all cancers or expensive vanity projects of no real clinical value? That has been the argument up to now when it comes to proton beam therapy for cancer. However, I believe the argument is pretty much won now, not least because Aysha King, 6, who underwent proton beam therapy in Prague […]
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One of the most difficult issues about dementia, particularly in developed countries like the UK and the USA is whether we should attempt to diagnose it as soon as possible. There are two lobbies that want to make the diagnosis of dementia earlier and earlier. In one corner are the pharmaceutical companies. The sooner you […]
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If I was in my 40s or 50s I would want to know if I was going to be demented in later life. I have undergone memory tests myself – the last time was around 10 years ago. Thankfully my results showed that my memory was good. If the initial tests had shown abnormality I […]
Maya Fiennes is a well respected Kundalini yoga practitioner and instructor, based in Los Angeles. Trained as a classical pianist, Maya first found Kundalini Yoga when she was looking for something to help calm her pre-performance nerves. She tried other forms of Yoga, but it was Kundalini Yoga that gave her the key to relaxing […]
There is no doubt the medical world is constantly changing, and the use of technology is both increasing, and helping a beleaguered national health service. But it is important to remember that the heart of the NHS is care of patients, and the new innovations are not necessarily a benefit for everyone. Telemedicine is an […]
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The digital revolution has had a huge impact on society as a whole, helping to connect people and build relationships, facilitate business transactions and cut costs. Not surprisingly, the benefits of high-tech communications technology are now being felt in the healthcare arena too. Telehealth – which involves the remote exchange of data between a patient […]
Maya Fiennes is a well respected Kundalini yoga practitioner and instructor, based in Los Angeles. Trained as a classical pianist, Maya first found Kundalini Yoga when she was looking for something to help calm her pre-performance nerves. She tried other forms of Yoga, but it was Kundalini Yoga that gave her the key to relaxing […]
When Phillipe Bozzini first designed and used his Lichtleiter in 1803 to peer into the human body, the medical world unwittingly became reliant on observing the endoscopic view of the human body in only two dimensions and this was 35 years before the mechanism of depth perception was even understood. In 1838 Charles Wheatstone was […]
[youtube id=”cyEdZ23Cp1E” width=”750″ height=”422″ position=”left”] It’s #UniMentalHealthDay today and as medical students are often put under huge amounts of stress and pressure we’d like to share this video from mental health charity Mind on how relaxation can fit into your daily life. […]