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2nd International Conference on Yoga and Ayurveda at Harvard Medical School, Boston

2nd International Conference on Integrative Medicine, Yoga and Ayurveda held at Harvard Medical School, Boston concluded with new hope for millions. Over 250 policy makers, scholars, scientists, researchers, physicians, nurse practitioners and other health workers, and students from USA, India, Canada, UK, Australia and Japan attended the conference. The theme of the conference was on Integrative Medicine – Role of Yoga and Ayurveda in Pain and Opioid Addiction Management. Mr. Kanchan Banerjee, Director of Indo US Health Initiatives, and Co-Chair of the organizing committee welcomed the participantsThe conference was inaugurated by the Chief Guest AYUSH Minister of India, Shri Shripad Naik ...
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Trusha Lakhani
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Practice Yoga for the wellbeing of body and mind

By Dasarath Chetty Trusha Lakhani (B. Comm, CIMA) was a full time Accountant at various corporates. Inspired by the teachings of her Guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar she has now become a full time Yoga teacher practicing in Durban where the movement is growing by leaps and bounds. Dasarath Chetty spoke to Trusha about her approach to Yoga. How did you first become interested in Yoga? It started as an interest in a form of exercise which was more gentle and appeared less challenging than most high impact sports. After getting a taste of it and experiencing the increase of ...
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Harvard Medical Symposium on Integrative Medicine and Role of Yoga and Ayurveda

Boston, June 29, 2016 A one-day Symposium on Integrative Medicine and Role of Yoga and Ayurveda was convened by multiple organizations spearheaded by the Indo-American Health Initiatives at the Gordon Hall of Harvard School of Medicine, Boston. Experts in the field of research, and integrative practice of Yoga and Ayurveda came together to deliberate on the current status, challenges and future growth of Integrative medicine. Today the entire health and wellness industry faces challenges of access, rising cost, standardization and quality control. The purpose of this symposium was to address the solutions to these key issues by bringing in the ...
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The Healthy Convention

American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) hosted the 29th convention at New York City and showered all the healthy ingredients to make it a successful event, reports Mritunjay Kumar. The Big Apple witnessed more than 2000 physicians and their families across North America in the 29th convention of American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI). The annual convention kickstarted from June 22 at the Hilton Hotel with the promise of providing education, entertainment and entrepreneurship opportunities to attendees over the course of five days and thereafter in afternoon a bus tour of the New York City followed ...
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Redefining Healthcare
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Redefining Healthcare

Vinay Pagarani profiles HOSMAC India Pvt Ltd a pioneering label in the hospital and healthcare industry. HOSMAC India Pvt Ltd carved a niche for itself in the field of Hospital and Healthcare Planning & Management Consultancy soon after its inception in 1996. In the present time, HOSMAC has evolved into an unmatched centre of skill sets which tend various facets of a healthcare facility ranging from architecture and engineering to hospital management, public health consultancy (PHC), healthcare training and information technology (IT). The health care industry, unlike others, is extremely complex, in terms of its wide spectrum of specialties, technologies ...
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Identity and the Future of Yoga

In this two-part series, Haimanti Banerjee and Kanchan Banerjee explore the roots of Yoga and the way this ancient knowledge should be passed on to future generations. Recently in the course of a debate on the Washington Post web-site about the origin of Yoga, Dr Deepak Chopra almost denied the roots of Yoga to Hinduism. “Yoga is universal,” he claimed, adding that it is not necessarily a property of any particular group of people or religion – an agreeable proposition in our politically correct times. The question to be asked however is: would attributing the origins of this ancient science ...
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