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...alternative treatments, herbs, homeopathy, handbooks." Rose distinguished the nostrum pushers from those seeking to bring yoga and science together. "Thousands of research studies have shown that in the practice of yoga a person can learn to control such physiologic parameters as blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory function, metabolic rate, skin resistance, brain waves and body temperature, among other body functions." Critics are quick to note that few of those studies were published in leading science journals...
...duties here are advisory," he said, "I hate to say it, but they could probably function without...
...able to function is something we should all envy," Ford said...
...Holtzman: Yes. The site in question, called the nucleus basalis, which needs the nerve growth factor for normal brain function, is in the middle of the brain - so potentially, if the treatment worked, one could perform gene therapy on both sides of a patient's brain...
...force would be a standing army of troops trained in the arts of humanitarian relief and peacebuilding. In some regards, it would function like our existing branches of the armed forces—just as young Americans can choose to volunteer for the Army, Navy, Air Force or Marine Corps, they would now have the option of serving in the peacekeeping force. However, unlike the other armed forces, instead of blowing up things and people, the peacekeeping force would specialize in providing safe havens from genocidal armies, escorting refugees, and rebuilding civil societies...