Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) describes meridians as channels through which vital energy (Qi) flows, with disturbances in this flow associated with disease. Contemporary research has demonstrated that classical meridian points possess distinctive electrical properties that vary with autonomic and metabolic states. This study investigated the effects of different yogic practices,...
Background: Both cardiovascular exercise and mindfulness meditation have been shown to influence cognitive performance, particularly executive functions such as attention, inhibitory control, and cognitive flexibility. Virtual reality-guided meditation (VRM) is an emerging intervention that combines mindfulness techniques with immersive technology and may enhance engagement compared to...
We studied the effect of the single bout mindfulness meditation on cardiovascular reactivity (CVR) to acute mental stress to devise a method to assess and attenuate mental stress among Indian undergraduate medical students. This was a pre- and post-comparative interventional study conducted in thirty healthy male undergraduate medical students. Anthropometric measurements, heart rate (HR), and...
CONTEXT The competency-based medical education curriculum by the National Medical Commission promotes holistic development, including yoga training, to support mental health and resilience in medical students. While yoga is known to reduce stress and enhance mindfulness, its impact on academic performance and stress management in medical students is not well-established. AIM This study aims to...
Vipassana meditation (VM), a mindfulness-based practice, has been known to promote good health all the way. Global chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and hypertension often bring physical and mental pain together. Through developing emotional regulation and helping to reduce stress, VM can be used as an alternative medicine in combination with the conventional therapies...
Immunosuppressant effects of anesthesia can be reduced by avoiding opioids and volatile anesthetics. We retrospectively compared incidence of recurrence of malignancy in patients with advanced head-and-neck malignancies who had undergone excision with reconstruction surgery 1 year back and had received two different regimens of opioid free anesthesia (OFA) versus standard regimen using...