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When Medicine and Yoga Meet: Q & A with Loren Fishman, MD
April 25th, 2011 
kate 
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March 9th, 2011 levis25 
Yoga was a hot topic at the 7th annual Integrative Healthcare Symposium. From yoga in the military to a planned teacher training in Haiti to an explosion of web applications for medical professionals to introduce yoga to patients, the practice is reaching deep into America’s most venerable institutions and professions.
Posted in Personal Stories, Relaxation Techniques Tags: academic, america, anthony-fisher, chairman, considerations, devastating, director, haiti, health, military, practice, such-as-guided, symposium, training Comments OffGiving the Ax to Yoga Studies?
February 23rd, 2011 kate In a bit of political news, the topic of yoga recently reached our country’s capital.
California Republican Darell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, is proposing amendments that would ban government-funded studies on health issues, including whether video games improve the health of older people, the impacts of a soda tax–and the effects of Integral Yoga in treating hot flashes for menopausal women.
At this point, no one knows if they will be passed. According to an article in Politico:
Typically, the lawmaker argues that the study is a waste of taxpayer
money and the administration–or the researcher who won the grant in
question–counters that the research is important for disease
prevention or treatment.
We want to know: Do you think it’s important to have government-funded yoga studies such as these?
Read the whole story on:http://blogs.yogajournal.com/yogabuzz/
Posted in Event, Personal Stories, Relaxation Techniques Tags: Event, government, health, house, house-oversight, such-as-these, the-researcher, video-games Comments OffCongrats to Matt!
March 9th, 2010 levis25
California Pacific Medical Center is honoring one of our beloved yoga
teachers. CPMC’s Institute for Health & Healing
teachers. CPMC’s Institute for Health & Healing
Posted in Event, Relaxation Techniques Tags: april-congrats, biography, book, Event, health, helping-others, matthew-sanford, pacific-medical, sister Comments OffChronic Back Pain Reduced through Yoga, Study Says
September 3rd, 2009 levis25 A study published recently in the journal Spine found that yoga may help relieve pain and improve mood in patients with chronic back pain. The study, which was funded by the National Institutes of Health found that patients who took a yoga class tailored to people with chronic back pain twice a week were in less pain and less likely to be depressed than their counterparts who did not practice yoga. (For more information about the study click here.
Are you surprised? Has yoga helped you or someone you know manage chronic back pain?
Read the whole story on:http://blogs.yogajournal.com/yogabuzz/
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