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 Indian Board Of Alternative Medicine, Indian Board Of Alternative …

Founded in 1991, Indian Board of Alternative Medicines is a premier institution in the field of alternative and complementary medicines conducting programs in alternative medicine education including holistic nutrition, …



 AYURVEDIC TREATMENT: Top 20 Classical Ayurvedic Herbal OTC Products

Ayurvedic medicines are normally made from raw materials of herbal, mineral, metal, marine as well as animal origin. However, for this particular exercise only those classical Ayurvedic products with herbal ingredients have been …



 PIK3CA, MEK and mutant KRAS in cancer

One of the current challenges with developing new targeted agents in oncology is the tendency to rush various agents, whether monoclonal antibodies (mAB) or tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) into the clinic before we know how they might best work or in what potential combinations based on the precise underlying biology. Another challenge I see is old school chemotherapy approaches permeating new development thinking. By this, I mean the traditional concept of testing therapies in advanced, metastatic and highly refractory disease where the tumour burden is high and the chances of getting a decent response is low.



 Selective cell death mediated by small conditional RNAs

Cancer cells are characterized by genetic mutations that deregulate cell proliferation and suppress cell death. To arrest the uncontrolled replication of malignant cells, conventional chemotherapies systemically disrupt cell division, causing diverse and often severe side effects as a result of collateral damage to normal cells



 Webinar Forum: Traditional Chinese Medicine

Natural Standard is offering a series of upcoming complimentary webinars on integrative medicine. Natural Standard offers these impartial webinars as an informational public service. All webinars are recorded and archived at www.naturalstandard.com/webinars



 Dwarfing the BP Oil Spill: Bhopal, by Sanjay Lohar

As people watch the BP oil spill get bigger and bigger, the marine life continues to be threatened by the invasive spread.  In light of all the media coverage that the spill receives, the coverage that the findings of a certain report received seem trivial.  What recieves even less coverage are the events that transpired 25 years ago at the end of 1984, and the hundreds of thousands lives that it’s affected.  Be warned, this post contains disturbing content.  Read at your own discretion. Sunil, one of the many victims of the Bhopal tragedy, sits back and reminesces. Dec



 No Name Key’s Fight to Remain Off the Grid

When you live off the grid, it becomes part of your persona. It is part of your identity; one way you might describe yourself to strangers.  Off-gridders take personal pride in their ability to make their own power, be energy efficient, and live without the gadgets many Americans take for granted as part of life.



 The Crop Mob Unleashes Community on Sustainable Farms

You may have seen a “flashmob” as part of a guerrilla marketing stunt in the last few years, where hundreds of people descend on an urban location to participate in a coordinated show that is a surprise to everyone but those involved. How would that marketing idea play out in the green world? The Crop [ The Crop Mob Unleashes Community on Sustainable Farms from Green Living Ideas ]



 Detoxification Method Developed by L. Ron Hubbard

Summaries of Published Papers Regarding the Detoxification Method Developed by L. Ron Hubbard Evaluation of a Detoxification Regimen for Fat Stored Xenobiotics Medical Hypothesis, Vol.9, 1982. Summary: One hundred and three individuals undergoing detoxification with Hubbard’s procedure volunteered to undergo additional physical and psychological tests concomitant with the program.



 Solar Leasing Makes Solar Power Affordable

Anyone I know who is interested in solar power usually has two thing that make them tilt their head, clench their teeth and do the breathe-in hesitation- high up front costs and maintenance. It can cost a lot of money to buy solar panels, and even more to keep them in optimal shape once you [ Solar Leasing Makes Solar Power Affordable from Green Living Ideas ]