Frontiers in aging
2025
Meenakshi Kaushik, Anjali Yadav, Ashishdatt Upadhyay et al.
14 citations
Alzheimer's disease (AD) presents profound challenges, significantly impairing quality of life (QOL) for patients and increasing the burden on caregivers. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of a tailored 12-week yoga intervention in improving the quality of life for individuals with mild to moderate AD and reducing caregiver burden (CB). This is yoga interventional study with...
American Journal of Ophthalmology
March 2021
Tanuj Dada, Nithya Bhai, Neha Midha et al.
To evaluate the effect of mindfulness meditation (MM) on intraocular pressure (IOP) and trabecular meshwork (TM) gene expression in patients with medically uncontrolled primary open angle glaucoma (POAG). Parallel arm, single-masked, randomized controlled trial. Sixty POAG patients with IOP ≥21 mm Hg taking maximal topical medication and scheduled for trabeculectomy were included in this study...
Annals of Neurosciences
April 2019
Shilpa Bisht, Bhavna V. Chawla, Madhuri R Tolahunase et al.
Childhood cancers are associated with a psychological burden to the parents and hence, decline their mental and physical health and overall quality of life. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the impact of 12-weeks yoga based lifestyle intervention on psychological stress and quality of life in the parents of children affected with retinoblastoma. Single arm prospective clinical...
Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience
October 29, 2018
Meghal Gagrani, M. Faiq, T. Sidhu et al.
Background: Glaucoma (POAG) is a kind of neurodegenerative disease known to be closely associated with stress and adverse quality of life (QOL). Stress has also been shown to be involved in etiopathogenesis of primary open angle glaucoma (POAG). Complementary treatment in form of Meditation has been reported to improve QOL, brain oxygenation and decrease markers of stress. With this premise, a...
Journal of glaucoma
September 25, 2018
Tanuj Dada, D. Mittal, Kuldeep Mohanty et al.
Background: Reducing intraocular pressure (IOP) in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is currently the only approach to prevent further optic nerve head damage. However, other mechanisms such as ischemia, oxidative stress, glutamate excitotoxicity, neurotrophin loss, inflammation/glial activation, and vascular dysregulation are not addressed. Because stress is a key risk factor affecting these...
Journal of Anatomical Society of India
July 27, 2018
Surabhi Gautam, Bhavna V. Chawla, Shilpa Bisht et al.
13 citations
Introduction Sperm DNA damage is the major cause of defective sperm function. Poor social habits take a toll not only on reproductive health of parents but the resultant offspring too. Adopting a holistic integrated approach like mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR), a yoga based intervention have gained significant impetus in recent years. This study aimed to analyze how mere a simple...
Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience
2018
Madhuri R Tolahunase, Rajesh Sagar, Muneeb Faiq et al.
Current interventions for major depressive disorder (MDD) are suboptimal, and only one third respond to them on initial treatment. Neuroplasticity theories are the basis for several emerging treatments. Evidence on the impact of yoga, a well-known mind-body intervention, on neuroplasticity in MDD is limited. To determine the effects of 12-week yoga- and meditation-based lifestyle intervention...
Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
September 24, 2017
Madhuri R Tolahunase, Rajesh Sagar, Rima Dada
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Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
January 16, 2017
Madhuri R Tolahunase, Rajesh Sagar, Rima Dada
This study was designed to explore the impact of Yoga and Meditation based lifestyle intervention (YMLI) on cellular aging in apparently healthy individuals. During this 12-week prospective, open-label, single arm exploratory study, 96 apparently healthy individuals were enrolled to receive YMLI. The primary endpoints were assessment of the change in levels of cardinal biomarkers of cellular...