Dinesh Gyawali, a doctoral student in physiology, recently received a grant from the Cochrane Collaboration to help subsidize expenses associated with his project to systematically review research on the effect of Ayurvedic preparations on cardiovascular risk factors, specifically high cholesterol.
On February 29th, 2016, Dr. Paul Morehead of MUM’s Department of Physiology and Health gave a lecture about how the Vedic Literature, or “Veda” relates to the human physiology.
Every semester, MIU’s department of Physiology and Health hosts a games day for its students. It’s an opportunity for new students, current students, faculty members and staff to come together to get to know each other better and bond over fun, games and some snacks.
MIU’s department of Physiology and Health held an ayurvedic cooking demonstration for its Maharishi AyurVeda Wellness Consultant track and Pre-Integrative Medicine students.
Dil Siwakoti was working as assistant manager in a small restaurant in Albany, New York, when a new customer came in. His name was Tom Bojarksi, a teacher of the Transcendental Meditation technique, who told Dil about his work and travels in India and Nepal. Dil, who grew up in Nepal, immediately took to Tom and soon learned the TM technique from him.
This year MIU’s department of Physiology and Health joined the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) for its annual PremedFest in Plant City, FL, held on January 30th, 2016. This wonderful event was preceded by an inspiring talk given by keynote speaker Patch Adams, known by many for the 1998 semi-biographical film named after him which starred Robin Williams.
Featuring four different venues (the Stage of Mind, Stage of Spirit, Stage of Community and The Exchange), the different workshops and events at AMSA PremedFest 2016 educated and inspired students...
A new paper by faculty researchers Fred Travis and Keith Wallace published in the Journal of Ayurveda & Integrative Medicine lays out the possible areas of the brain that are associated with each of the three doshas: basic body types described by Maharishi AyurVeda that are fundamental to mind, behavior, physiological function — and health and well-being.
A new study published last month in PLOS One found that the Transcendental Meditation technique and lifestyle changes both appear to stimulate genes that produce telomerase, an enzyme that’s associated with a decrease in cellular aging, reduced blood pressure, prevention of cardiovascular disease, and reduced mortality.
Recently, students from MIU’s Physiology and Health department made a visit to local dairy farm Radiance Dairy. This field trip was a part of ‘MAV Diet, Digestion and Nutrition‘ class, where the students are learning how the food we eat can be used to keep the body in balance or bring it back in to balance. There are several products that are considered Sattvic (i.e. promoting purity of mind and body and giving more life energy) in AyurVeda. Cow’s milk and purified butter (ghee) are among them.
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Doctors wanting to learn more about treating the body by managing the brain recently had the opportunity to hear a talk by Robert Schneider, MD, FACC, dean of the Maharishi College of Perfect Health.
