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Nyack College established HEOP in 1975. The program is administered by the Division of Student Success under the leadership of its director, Dr. Gwen Parker Ames. HEOP students are among the most actively involved young men and women who serve in leadership positions such as student government officers, class presidents, club presidents, resident assistants, and baccalaureate speakers. The importance of the program has resulted in students regularly attending Student Advocacy Day in Albany to meet with legislators who can preserve funding for the program.
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A Tweak To Health Law Would Eliminate Medicaid For Some
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Should the middle class be eligible for Medicaid?
The health program, funded jointly by the feds and the states, was devised to cover the poor. But if a provision in last year's health law isn't changed that could be the case for people with pretty healthy incomes.
So today, the House approved a bill that would make the change. The bill is backed by President Obama, among others, and it passed relatively easily in a vote of 262-157.
But, as usual with things related to health and tax policy, nothing is quite as simple as it seems.
The "glitch," if it is one, refers to the fact that under the health law, most Social Security benefits are not taxed. And the untaxable portions of those benefits aren't counted to determine eligibility for Medicaid. Same goes for the State Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other income-tested provisions of the law, including subsidies for private health insurance premiums.
By failing to count most Social Security benefits, it's true, as last summer's stories pointed out, that a couple retiring at age 62 (too young for Medicare but just barely eligible for early Social Security) earning as much as $60,000 per year could gain access to Medicaid for those three years.
"This is unacceptable," said Rep. Diane Black (R-Tenn.) sponsor of the House bill, on the floor Wednesday during the preliminary debate on the measure. "The health care law's deviation from the typical method of counting income results in taxpayer dollars being directed to individuals who do not… meet the standard definition of low income."
But the change will affect more than just the near-elderly retiring early. According to the Congressional Budget Office's latest estimates on the effects of the change, the measure would reduce Medicaid enrollment by between 500,000 and 1 million people per year, including those receiving Social Security retirement payments, survivor benefits, disability benefits and some other types of payments.
Some of those people would get other coverage, but some, said CBO, would be uninsured. "It was not a glitch," insisted Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.) on the House floor during debate on the measure. "This language was deliberately put into the health care law to expand affordable health insurance. And it will particularly help early retirees between the ages of 62 and 64, as well as Americans on disability.
But if the prospect of cutting back on people getting insurance alone wasn't enough to bother many House Democrats (only a couple of dozen voted for the measure), the money saved by the bill (an estimated $21.7 billion over the next 10 years) is now being used to offset the cost of another bipartisan bill. That one would repeal a requirement that governments at all levels withhold 3 percent of funds paid to contractors in order to ensure tax compliance. The repeal of the withholding requirement — originally passed under President George W. Bush — is considered a job-stimulating measure. It passed overwhelmingly: 405-16.
"Republicans want to pay for the 3-percent bill by making it harder for retirees, the disabled and poor to get access to health insurance," said Alcee Hastings, (D-Fla.). "My friends in the majority have decided to throw retirees and disabled individuals under the bus in order to offset a completely unrelated bill."
But using the money saved by making the Social Security tax change to pay for the jobs bill means that those health-related savings will no longer be available to pay for other health legislation.
And what legislation might that be? Well, noted House Ways and Means Committee ranking member Sander Levin (D-Mich.), there is that small matter of a 30 percent scheduled cut for doctors on Medicare that will take effect unless Congress acts by the end of the year.
"Essentially what would be done now is to use up a provision that impacts health and lose the possibility of using it in terms of physician reimbursement," he said.
Still, the majority of House Democrats were outvoted. Both the health and jobs bills are now on their way to the Senate, where their tied fates remain uncertain. [Copyright 2011 National Public Radio]
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"Initiative 70" petition goes to D.C. Board of Elections
From one controversy to trying to prevent future ones, there's a new push to end "pay-to-play" politics in the District.
More than 30,000 voters signed a petition to ban corporate contributions for political candidates. The signatures have been delivered to the D.C. Board of Elections.
Those who signed the petition want "Initiative 70" put on the November ballot, giving D.C. voters the chance to decide whether or not corporations can give money to local campaigns, constituent service and more.
Twenty-one states and the federal government already have bans in place.
Ward 8 activist Philip Pannell explained, "This is a grassroots effort with no money."
Dozens of people crowded outside the D.C. Board of Elections Office Monday, hoping to restore public trust in politics.
Bryan Weaver, who lives in Ward 1, said, "Four months ago, groups of activists from every part of the city got together, and we were trying to find a way to work on ethics and campaign financing reform that we thought had failed at the council."
Initiative 70 would end corporate contributions for public officials and candidates. Supporters say that would prevent buying government access and influence.
According to current District law, corporations can donate up to $500 for ward races each year, $1,000 for "at-large" races and $2,000 for mayoral races.
The first step to cutting off the cash flow requires gathering more than 23,000 supporters District-wide.
"We've turned in 30,000 signatures to make it onto the ballot for November," Weaver added.
Several volunteers with D.C. Public Trust say this is an important move to reform a city battered by scandal.
Over the past year, several political dramas have cast scrutiny over the District.
Just last month, former Council Chairman Kwame Brown resigned after pleading guilty to bank fraud, and now accusations of campaign finance fraud taint three of Mayor Vincent Gray's 2010 associates.
"Let's put it bluntly. People here in the District of Columbia are sick and tired of seeing public elected officials playing tricks and trash with governmental and political cash," Pannell added.
Critics of Initiative 70 say it would drive corporations to donate money to political action committees instead of giving directly to candidates which is heavily monitored.
The Board of Elections will spend the next month making sure everyone who signed their name is a registered voter. I
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But mayor Catherine Cumming denies local cyclists are being dudded, accusing BNV of "wearing its helmets too tight".
Cr Cumming said BNV's figures were at odds with the council's own figures on spending and failed to tell the whole picture. "The council number crunchers said we are around the four or five-dollar mark. In the full context of the past 15 years, we are right up there."
Cr Cumming said the figures failed to include money attracted from the state and federal governments. "This means we are only spending on what we need."
I haven't had time to read into the BiXE report yet... anyone know why the council is saying its spending is much higher than what BNV is reporting?
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At 9:10 a.m., on September 11, 2001, I was a college freshman sitting in on my second session of a music humanities class on the top floor of John Jay Hall, a McKim, Mead and White-designed, neo-classical building on Columbia University's Morningside Heights campus in Manhattan.
Our instructor, a young musician with spiky blue hair, was complaining about the broken elevator in our turn-of-the-century building. He had hobbled up seven flights on a fractured foot.
Snugly fitted into a small classroom with north-facing windows overlooking a tree-lined college walk, we were tuning in and out of muted Gregorian chants on a CD player. Flashes of the professor's electric hair and his snarky grumbling punctuated our otherwise soporific state.
Everyone seemed to belong to this urban collegial and sonorously historical context.
Short of being tragically hip in the hippest city in the U.S.A., we indifferently imbibed Gregorian chants, while paying secret homage to the temporarily crippled punk musician at our helm.
The first five minutes passed by, and in the sway of understated cacophony, the student sitting next to me, who made a habit of spending most of his time on his laptop, handed me a note:
I stared at him befuddled. Urgently, I scanned the room.
Nothing had changed.
Everyone seemed as aloof and misty-eyed as before. I tried to catch his eye, but he was once more immersed in the screen, Gregorian chants notwithstanding.
When class finally ended at 10:45 a.m., I walked out into the hallway, having decided to disregard the cryptic note. Mayhem ruled the school as people scrambled up and down stairs and chatted anxiously with one another like brokers in a stock exchange.
I heard someone say you could see the smoke from the top floor of Carman and squarely made my way to the freshman dorm building, climbing the stairs to the 13th floor in a hurried gait. The elevators were running too slowly to wait.
A thick, dark and endless cloud hung in the sky. A friend told me that a third plane had been headed for the Pentagon. In autopilot, I borrowed a cell phone and called home to Washington, DC but hit static like many others around me.
Once again, crammed in a room in upper Manhattan, alongside newly admitted students - gazing toward a horizon obfuscated by smoke and the silent clamor of the towering landscape before us - I alternated my focus between the sea of bobbing heads and the ominous view beyond. Feet firmly on the ground and cut off from cellular communication, each of us was waiting for the next thing.
The repeating silent news footage of the two planes crashing into the World Trade Center towers on the TV in the lounge behind us could have used a Gregorian chant soundtrack. We spent hours waiting up there with no news of our families and friends and no classes to attend for the rest of the day.
Later I found out that a student from my music humanities class had darted downtown and filmed on the ground near the impact area as soon as class had ended. Some called him unscrupulous. Others bold. The administration took down his videos from the university servers as soon as word got out about them.
I did not visit the World Trade Center site until a year passed and all that remained were the somber, hollow foundation ruins and a chain link fence separating the tourists from all that went down that day in September. It was a day to remember, but not one that I was in a hurry to experience from up close.
On September 11, 2001... My Experiences in Manhattan
"gazing toward a horizon obfuscated by smoke and the silent clamor of the towering landscape before us - I alternated my focus between the sea of bobbing heads and the ominous view beyond."
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Bora Mici
September 07, 2011 at 11:31 PM
Here is an interesting New Yorker article with pictures on how close photographers were willing to get to the 9/11 site: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/09/september-11th-ten-years-with-platon.html
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Look out, folks. Bill O'Reilly is about to talk about global warming again on the O'Reilly Factor.
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Fox News continues spreading misinformation on climate change
Fox News continues spreading misinformation on climate change
Media Matters has another example of Fox News spreading misinformation. This despite the commitment to fight global warming made earlier this year by NewsCorp. CEO, Rupert Murdoch, whose company owns Fox News.
This latest example of global warming misinformation is the most blatant yet.
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"[N]ew research by University of Washington mathematicians [that] shows a correlation between high solar activity and periods of global warming" as evidence to support his claim that "[global warming] skeptics are increasingly certain that the scare is vastly overblown."
But an August 9 New Scientist article on the mathematicians' research warned that "[c]limate-change skeptics may seize on the findings as evidence that the sun's variability can explain global warming -- but [the report's co-author] mathematician Ka-Kit Tung says quite the contrary is true."
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It seems that corporate misinformation & hypocrisy are at an all time high right now. Recently I blogged about Starbucks promotion of Arctic Tale, (an eco-friendly film), while they still refuse to implement a serious recycling program in their stores.
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. . . most Starbucks coffee cups end up in waste bins. If I had a latte for every Tim Horton's cup I see by the side of the road I'd have died of clogged arteries by now. But Starbucks is one of the companies that ought to be targeted to get with the program. They have enormous sway, and have a responsibility to use their profile to promote good habits, sort of the way "celebrities" can attach themselves to causes that matter, or make the pages by leaving their panties at home, adopting babies at odds with the local laws, and/or checking themselves into posh rehabs.
Imagine the impact of getting Starbucks to take on the AGW cause! Bring your own cup, fair trade coffee, no "drive-thrus" -- well, okay. They probably don't have any now.
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There is a huge group there who are just trying to get by, keeping their jobs, making their way, for whom the blue box is a nuisance and global warming a distant question mark. The possibility that their actions might have an impact on a global scale doesn't enter into their day to day thinking. Why should it? Every Thursday when I walk my dogs, I pass a pile of stuff out for garbage pickup. The bags clearly contain tons of stuff that is recyclable. I want to stop and sort the bags out, but I can't do it every week. How do we get to these people?
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Alternative therapies for HIV Treatment
Alternative medicine has been variously called natural, complementary, `holistic` and numerous other terms, which refer to elements of a particular modality or tradition. The traditional ethnomedicinal systems are by nature holistic, meaning that they aim to treat the whole individual, rather than a specific disease or symptom, and that they address not only the physical aspect of the patient but also the mind and the spirit. It is assumed that each individual possesses an innate healing capacity (the "immune system" in the broadest sense), and the goal generally is to reinforce this capacity and restore strength and balance to weakened systems using a variety of natural modalities: body work, detoxification, foods, herbs and other botanicals, tailored as much as to the individual`s specific constitution and condition. The use of alternative therapies for AIDS grew out of this same eclectic mix.
At the beginning of the epidemic, little or no treatment was available for people with HIV possible/AIDS. Although as yet there is no cure, over the last decade researchers have identified a number of drugs that slow progression of the virus as well as therapies to treat the many opportunistic infections that attack people with HIV disease. The key to effective treatment is early detection and intervention. Some early treatments aim to strengthen the immune system, help patients reduce stress, and maintain good nutritional practices and appropriate exercise regimens. Many of the gettingalternative therapies described below place significant emphasis on these lifestyle issues. Taking an active role in any disease is an important adjunct to treatment. Consideration of alternative therapies in conjunction with conventional medicine may offer additional opportunities for persons living with HIV/AIDS to be proactively involved in their treatment.
How to Approach Alternative Therapies
Here are a few suggestions to follow before involved in any alternative therapy:
Obtain objective information about the therapy. Besides talking with the person promoting the approach, speak with people who have gone through the treatmentpreferably those who were treated recently and those treated in the past. Ask about the advantages and disadvantages, risks, side effects, costs, results they experienced, and over what time span results can be expected.
Inquire about the training and expertise of the person administering the treatment (i.e., certification). If any uncertainty remains, verify the information.
Consider the costs. Alternative treatments may not currently be reimbursable by health insurance.
Discuss all treatments with your primary care provider, who needs this information in order to have a complete picture of your treatment plan.
People with HIV/AIDS in the United States use many kinds of alternative approaches to treatment. Some of the most common are briefly described below.
Traditional Chinese Medicine
The use of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medications has become one of the most commonly used alternative therapies for AIDS. Its use has become so widely accepted that two Chinese Medicine Clinics in San Francisco have been awarded contracts through the SF Health Department`s AIDS Office to provide Chinese Medical treatment to people with HIV. The contracts are funded by Ryan White CARE Act allocations. Most people with HIV who use acupuncture and Chinese herbs do so in conjunction with western medicine. There are, however, some who use it as their principal form of medical treatment. It is strongly suggested that it be used under the supervision of a licensed practitioner.
The systematic practice of Chinese Medicine dates back over two thousand years, making it the oldest medical system in the world. Where western medicine is derived solely from scientific method as a means of treating disease, Chinese medicine is intertwined with a philosophy of life, and is based on a holistic view of supporting the mind-body`s innate ability to maintain health and to heal itself should illness occur. This approach is the result of many thousands of years of accumulated experience. Rather than dealing with mechanistic components of the human organism, as western science advocates, the TCM approach is one of aligning the functions of the organs and systems as a whole, promoting the dynamic balance of energy polarities which maintains health and well-being.
Central to the philosophy of Chinese Medicine is the concept of ch`i, or qi, which can loosely be defined as the vital energy of the universe, of which all things are made. Ch`i patterns fluctuate between the polarities of what are called yin and yang, the active and passive sides of the life force. Illnesses can crudely be viewed as either excesses or deficiencies in either the yin or yang components of ch`i. Ch`i is believed to vitalize the body by its movements along the pathways which are known as meridians. The "meridian theory" of Chinese Medicine is not accepted in western medicine, because they have never been objectively identified anatomically. The circumstantial evidence of their existence, however, is undeniable to Chinese doctors, since points along the meridians have been used successfully as the sites for acupuncture needling for thousands of years.
In San Francisco, where Chinese medical treatment has been funded for three years by the Ryan White CARE Act, the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine has treated over 300 symptomatic HIV-positive patients in long-term care. A study of the medical records of these patients, and of quarterly health surveys, has identified seven HIV-related conditions which appear to be most responsive to Chinese medicine. These seven conditions are: weight loss; diarrhea/loose stools; abdominal pain; nausea; headaches; enlarged lymph nodes; and neuropathy.
Chinese medicine was first popularized as a treatment for AIDS in San Francisco by Misha Cohen, a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, in 1984. A good deal of western type research on certain aspects of Chinese Medicine has since been conducted. Many of the herbs have been found to inhibit HIV and other viruses in laboratory experiments. Other herbs have been shown to act as biological response modifiers, enhancing certain immune responses. In addition, a small, strictly controlled study using acupuncture to treat HIV infected individuals was conducted at Lincoln Hospital in Bronx, NY, a few years back. It was reported that individuals receiving correctly applied acupuncture needling had notable increases in their CD4 counts after only a brief course of therapy. This pilot study certainly demonstrated the need for further research.
Some human efficacy studies of Chinese medicine for HIV disease are currently underway. Chinese herbs may be a rich source of therapeutic agents for AIDS and its related illnesses. It is essential that people with HIV have all the information they need to select the treatment options most suited to their own needs and dispositions. Chinese Medicine is a promising option which is safe, appears to be somewhat effective, and is affordable to most.
Prior to the emergence of AIDS, few people were familiar with or cared about the immune system. Now, more than ever, the general public is interested in exploring ways to bolster immune response to prevent the progression of AIDS, as well as to reduce the number and intensity of opportunistic infections and to improve the overall state of their health. By strengthening a person`s own defenses, the body is best enabled to defend itself.
Homeopathy is one way to do this. Although no therapy can or will help every HIV+ person or everyone with AIDS, homeopathy is beginning to develop a reputation for helping people at varying stages of this disease. To understand what homeopathy has to offer, it is necessary to learn something about a different approach to infectious disease than simply attacking a pathogen.
As increasing numbers of physicians learn about homeopathic medicine, they will be exposed to viable alternative treatments which can play an integral role in the care and treatment of people with HIV and AIDS.
Homeopathic medicines, which include minerals, vitamins, and animal products, are natural substances given in very low doses. Homeopathy is based on the principle that "like cures like", that is, substances that in large doses would cause adverse symptoms will, in small doses, treat those same symptoms. Homeopathy is highly individualized to a patient`s symptoms.
The treatment of people with HIV or AIDS requires professional health care, even when their ailments are seemingly minor. Ideally, they should receive treatment from a homeopath who is an M.D. or a D.O., but otherwise the best care is one that integrates homeopathic treatment with appropriate medical diagnosis and, in emergency situations, with appropriate medical treatment.
One of the advantages of using homeopathy in treating people with AIDS is that they tend to get various unusual symptoms, diseases, and syndromes which evade immediate diagnosis. A homeopath, however, can prescribe a remedy before a definitive conventional diagnosis is made. Because homeopathic medicines are prescribed on the basis of a person`s unique pattern of symptoms, a conventional diagnosis is not necessary for a curative remedy to be prescribed. Preliminary results of a study initiated by the Central Council for Research in Homeopathy (CCRH) in 1989 testify to immunostimulatory role of homeopathic medicines in HIV infection.
A randomized placebo-controlled study during 1995-1997 to ascertain the treatment efficacy involved 39 people prescribed homeopathic medicinesAmyle Nitricum-30CH and Azadirachta indica-6Xtaken as medicated globules. The individuals also underwent physical and breathing exercises, besides half ounce of honey and 30 grams to 50 grams of moong dal (green gram) sprouts in their daily regimen. At the end of each month, the individuals tested remained asymptomatic.
Despite the seemingly positive results that homeopathic medicines provide for people who are HIV positive, for those with early onset of AIDS, and for those with nonextreme cases of AIDS, most homeopaths do not observe significant improvement in treating people who have advanced stages of AIDS. But there are exceptions to this general rule, and numerous homeopaths find that select patients with advanced stages of AIDS experience dramatic improvement in their quality of life.
Dr. Issac Mathai, a homeopath based in Bangalore, India, recounts: "I have handled around 20 AIDS cases since 1987 with positive changes. The treatment, which improves our immune system by stimulating it to fight this immunity related disease, includes homeopathic medicines, herbal supplements and vitamins. This helps in AIDS cases as the condition itself is related to immunity. Besides, dietary or lifestyle changes make a lot of difference in the patient`s general health."
Dr. Mathai mentions a 38-year-old, diagnosed HIV positive in 1985 along with his partner, who was asymptomatic after the treatment: "During the treatment his general health was good. Occasionally, he suffered from colds, coughs and stomach upsets, which were treated appropriately with acute homeopathic medicines. During this time his partner passed away. Yet he survived with maintenance medicines, which keep his immune system in good condition."
Concludes Dr. Mathai: "Since homeopathic treatment is customized to a patient`s requirement, it could vary from person to person."
Mumbai-based homeopath Dr. Mukesh Batra also treats HIV/AIDS. Says Batra: "We have treated about half-a-dozen AIDS cases in the three years. The treatment works on building up the immune system. Our success rate has been almost 100 per cent in treatments that relieve symptoms of AIDS patients such as repeated cold, cough, weight loss, diarrhea. A patient with AIDS was treated at our clinic in Mauritius a couple of years ago. He tested HIV positive. He was losing weight and had repeated attacks of cold, cough and pneumonia. With homeopathic treatment for about a year and a half he began to put on weight and his tests returned to normal."
The history of homeopathy`s successes in treating infectious disease epidemics, the research that suggests the immunomodulatory effects of homeopathic medicines, and the clinical research on HIV+ and AIDS patients that indicates beneficial response to homeopathic medicines should command attention by physicians, scientists, and public health officials. Despite this body of work, it is both surprising and depressing that homeopathic medicine has been consistently ignored as a viable part of a comprehensive program in treating HIV positive and AIDS patients.
Acupuncture involves the relatively painless insertion of extremely thin needles into the skin at specific points to help balance the body`s flow of energy, referred to as qi ("chee"). When needles are inserted into the appropriate points, it is thought that energy is unblocked, and symptoms can be relieved. Variations of acupuncture include acupressure and shiatsu (pressure and massage of acupuncture points). Acupuncture is sometimes used to relieve some HIV-related symptoms such as neuropathy, fatigue, and pain. It is also used in an attempt to strengthen the immune system.
Acupuncture is based on the understanding that just as energy can be disrupted or depleted, so also can it be rechanneled and replenished. Thus, the acupuncture needles may stimulate the body`s own energy reserves or they may transmit energy from the environment into the body. Because each individual will have a unique interplay of energies, organs, and elements, as well as a unique character, the treatment is, theoretically, individualized.
It is important to find a licensed acupuncturist who is experienced in treating people with HIV. Local AIDS hotlines and community-based organizations may be helpful in offering referrals. After finding a qualified acupuncturist, the first step in treatment is accurate diagnosis. The practitioner uses several traditional diagnostic techniques to determine whether treatment should be aimed at stimulating or dispersing energy. Needles are then inserted at specific points along the appropriate meridian.
Initially, practitioners used acupuncture to provide symptom-relief for persons with AIDS. Michael Smith, MD, D.Ac., of Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx has noted that after the first four or five treatments, most patients begin to experience a decrease in abnormal sweating, diarrhea, and skin rashes. Patients have also reported higher energy levels and many have gained substantial amounts of weight.
Patients on chemotherapy have noted a reduction in side effects such as nausea, fatigue, and weakness. "Acupuncture helps the body help itself," claims Dr. Smith, who emphasizes that the affects of the treatment on the overall health of a person is the key to understanding acupuncture. The Somerville Acupuncture Center in Boston, The AIDS Alternative Health Project in Chicago, and Quan Yin herbal support program in San Francisco have reported similar symptomatic relief and overall improvement.
Recently, at a local conference on AIDS, Dr. Merrill, M.D., presented a compelling view regarding acupuncture and HIV-infected individuals. Dr. Merrill stated that he would not recommend alternative therapies as a sole treatment for HIV, but that acupuncture may add significantly to an overall improvement in the sense of well being of HIV-infected patients. Additionally, while Merrill believes acupuncture may not cure infections or increase T4 cells, it does provide subtle enhancing properties, like increasing endorphins and possibly reducing stress and pain. Merrill also stated that acupuncture might be helpful in reducing spasms in gastrointestinal conditions, common drug-induced nausea, and some neurologic problems.
The validity of acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine remains controversial in the Western culture. There is no claim that acupuncture has direct antiviral effect on HIV. But many professionals trained in both Western and Chinese medicine, have found that acupuncture offers many benefits to the overall health of a person with HIV. In fact, more and more people with HIV are using acupuncture to reduce stress, pain, and tension, among other conditions.
Siddha Medicine
The Tamil Siddhars are 18 enlightened men and women who wrote down the causes of 4,448 different diseases and prescribed medicines. AIDS was called `Vettai Noi`. AIDS syndrome was already known to the Siddha system of medicine. It was further classified into 21 types, most of which are caused due to wrong diet, excessive sex causing depletion of prana (meaningless sex depletes a person emotionally, physical and spiritually according to the Siddhars). The chief cause of Vettai Noi is the defects in the three humorsTridohas.
The 18 Siddhars of the Siddha traditional have classified 4,448 diseases and prescribed medicines in the form of herb, roots, salts, metals and mineral compounds. AIDS was classified as Vettai Noi as early as a few thousands of years ago in the cradle of the ancient prehistoric civilization in Tamil Nadu, Southern India.
Siddha system is based on hypothetical and biological laws of nature. The Siddhars were pioneers to the world in the field of minerals, metals, and medicinal herbs. They found out the methods of processing metals, minerals, herbs and natural raw materials to make churnams, chenthurams and leyhams (Churnam is powdered formulation, leyhams is thick batter like formulation).
Vettai Noi, was further classified into 21 types, most of which are caused by depletion of the Prana and/or Ojas through excess indulgence and abuse of the body, rendering the immune system weak and susceptible to pathogens.
The chief cause of Vettai Noi is due to the three humors, Tridoshas and mainly due to Azhal Kurtrum (Pittam or bile, acidic nature) exhibited in the blood stream.
The following herbs are recommended for the effective treatment of Vettai Noi.
1. Aragumpul (Cynodon Dactylon Pers)
2. Karisalinkanni (Eclipta Alba Hassk)
3. Musu Musukkai (Mukai Scavrillia)
4. Thoodhovali (Solanum Trilobatum Linn)
5. Jeeragam (Luminum Cyminum)
Other Siddha medicines that could be prescribed under medical supervision and administered for AIDS as supportive therapy are as follows:
1. For purification of blood: Kanthaga Rasayanam, Paranki Pattai churam, Palakaria Parpam.
2. For reducing fever: Linga chenduram, Gowri Chinthamani, Thirikadugu Churnam, Rama Banam, Vadha, Piththa, Kaba Sura Kudineer.
3. For persistent diarrhea: Thair Sundi churnam, Kavika churnam, Amaiodu Parpam.
4. Revitalizers and rejuvenators to the disabled immune system of the body: Orilai Thamarai karpam, Serankottai Eagam, Thertran Kottai leyham, Amukkara.
5. Antiviral drugs: Rasagandhi, Mezhugu, Murukkanvithtu, Masikai, Edi Vallathathy mezhugu.
6. Restoration of the disturbed mind: Vallarai.
The medications rasagandhi mezhugu, amukkara chooranam and nellikkai lehyam are effective for HIV/AIDS patients who do not have overt neural HIV.
Drugs that control opportunistic infections complement these. Since 1992 all the three formulations are said to have been tested on over 35,000 patients at the Government Hospital of Thoracic Medicine, Tambaram Sanatorium, Chennai, India, and are apparently without side effects. They are said to reduce viral load, boost counts of CD8 and CD4 cells, control symptoms and increase body weight. Although prolonged viral suppression has occurred in a few patients, these drugs are as yet unable to cure AIDS.
(Reference: Dr. V . Kalidoss, Siddha System of Medicines for Treatment of AIDS)
The Treatment for AIDS Prospects in Siddha Medicine
The body`s immunity gets heavily depleted by excess indulgence as stated by the Siddhars. Siddhars have evaluated that Azhal thathu is responsible for the defense of the body. Disease takes place with the deterioration of the Vindhu thathu. Such deterioration leads to diseases such as pain, skin lesions, formation of nodes, malignancy, fistula, abscess, cervical adenitis, inquinal adentitis (adentitis is inflammation of the glands), ulcers in the loin, eczematous eruptions, pustules, constipation, TB, diarrhea, chronic dysentery, anemia, jaundice and upper respiratory infections. Siddha medicines are formulated in such a way as to have a total rejuvenating effect on the body and not only effective against a particular disorder.
The special feature of the Siddha medicine is that most of the preparations are in compound formulation, and because of its synergistic action, toxicity is diminished, thereby increasing bioavailability through the cells of the body. The pharmacodynamics of this system is entirely different from other systems of medicines.
Drugs that could be prepared for AIDS may be classified as follows:
1. Herbal preparations
Serankottai Nei (herbal ghee), Mahavallathy leyham, Parangi rasayanam.
2. Herbo mineral preparations
Gandhak Parpam, Gandhaka rasayanam.
3. Herbo mercuric preparations
Idivallathy mezhugu, Poona Chandrodayam.
4. Herbo-mercuric-arsenal preparations
Rasagandhi mezhugu, Nandhi Mezhugu, Sivandar Amirtham, Kshayakulanthan Chenduram.
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Maduro, 49, was sworn in as the government's new number two on Saturday, one week after Chavez won re-election despite a strong opposition and questions over the leftist leader's health following a battle with cancer.
"Maduro's appointment was expected since last year due to (Chavez's) health situation," Ricardo Sucre, political scientist at the Central University of Venezuela, told AFP.
Maduro, a burly and mustachioed former bus driver, often visited Chavez while his mentor was being treated for cancer in Cuba after he was diagnosed with the disease in June 2011. Chavez declared himself cancer-free in July.
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"Look where Nicolas, the bus driver, is headed. He was a bus driver and they had mocked him," Chavez said last week when he named Maduro as his new deputy, replacing Elias Jaua.
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During the president's absence, Maduro adopted the same anti-US rhetoric as Chavez, denouncing American "imperialism" while defending US foes such as Syria and the regime of late Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi.
As foreign minister since 2006, Maduro participated in political and economic talks with new partners such as Russia and China, and the creation of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).
A former union leader, Maduro began his political career as legislator in 1999 as a member of the Fifth Republic Movement (MVR), a party founded by Chavez, and rose to become national assembly president in 2005 and 2006.
According to the constitution, the vice president takes the helm if the president dies, steps down or is mentally unfit in the last two years of his six-year term. But if a president is sidelined in the first four years of his mandate, new elections are called.
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