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Balfour Sartor, MD, Midget Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, is the senior author of a study that shows how a novel consortium of bacteria that live in the digestive tracts of healthy individuals can be used to prevent and treat aggressive colitis in humanized mouse models.

CHAPEL HILL, NC A new study published in Nature Communications demonstrates that a consortium of bacteria designed to complement missing or underrepresented functions in the imbalanced microbiome of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients, prevented and treated chronic immune-mediated colitis in humanized mouse models. The studys senior author, Balfour Sartor, MD, Midget Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, Co-Director of the UNC Multidisciplinary IBD Center, said the results are encouraging for future use treating Crohns disease and ulcerative colitis patients.

The idea with this treatment is to restore the normal function of the protective bacteria in the gut, targeting the source of IBD, instead of treating its symptoms with traditional immunosuppressants that can cause side effects like infections or tumors, Sartor said.

The live bacteria consortia, called GUT-103 and GUT-108, were developed by biotech firm Gusto Global. GUT-103 is comprised of 17 strains of bacteria that work together to protect and feed each other. GUT-108 is a refined version of GUT-103, using 11 human isolates related to the 17 strains. These combinations permit the bacteria to stay in the colon for an extended amount of time, as opposed to other probiotics that are not capable of living in the gut and pass through the system quickly.

GUT-103 and GUT-108 were given orally three times a week to germ-free mice (no bacteria present) that had been specially developed and treated with specific human bacteria, creating a humanized mouse model. The therapeutic bacteria consortia worked by addressing upstream targets, rather than targeting a single cytokine to block downstream inflammation responses, and reversed established inflammation.

It also decreased pathobionts bacteria that can cause harm while expanding resident protective bacteria, and produced metabolites promoting mucosal healing and immunoregulatory responses, Sartor said. Simply put the treatment increased the good guys and decreased the bad guys.

Because of the robust results seen in this study, and the need for more alternative therapies for Crohns disease, Sartor would like to see GUT-103 and GUT-108 studied in Phase 1 and 2 clinical trials in the future. He plans to continue his work with Gusto Global to further explore uses of the bacterial consortia.

This work was funded by Gusto Global, LLC. Daniel Van der Lelie, PhD, Chief Executive Officer of Gusto Global, is the first author of this study. Germ-free mice were provided by grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Crohns and Colitis Foundation.

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This report covering the current COVID-19 impact on the Alternative Medicine market globally along with several changes in market conditions. The research report studies the past, present, and future performance of the global Alternative Medicine market. The report further analyzes the present competitive scenario, prevalent business models, and the likely advancements in offerings by significant players in the coming years. It features interior and outside research with every bit of market to the understanding of the market. This study analyzes current short-term and long-term market impacts and helps policymakers develop short-term and long-term business strategies through geography.

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Hyderabad: Even though COVID-19 vaccination is in full swing, the pandemic continues to affect a huge population, severely affecting the countrys economic and social fabric. There are many who recommend tapping Unani, Ayurveda and other Indian systems of medicines which are Indias ancient alternative medical system.

Even as positive cases in India begin to decrease, most people are wondering how they can protect themselves from contracting coronavirus.

Siasat has come across Dr. M.A. Waheed, former director of Central Research Institute of Unani Medicine and member of Board of Governors, Central Council of Indian Medicinewhohas developed a medicated inhalation therapy to treat initial cases of COVID-19 with simple home ingredients and an easily available Unani drug.

The drug is a combination of decongestants drugs, anti-inflammatory immune modulators. Once these drugs are combined and converted into steam and inhaled it may prevent the virus from making major damage to lungs.

On how did he embark on this therapy? Dr. Waheed said that based on the clinical experience he has come up with a process. He claimed that even COVID-19 patients are getting benefitted by the therapy.

As coronavirus normally goes into the lungs, the inhalation therapy focuses on lower respiratory tract. The therapy included use of steam using natural ingredients and unani medicine called Triyake Azam available in any unani store. .

Initially, simple natural ingredients like Kalonji (nagella sativa seeds), Methi dana (fenugreek seeds) Darchini (Cinnamon), Adrak (Ginger), mint leaves, black peppercorns and Triyake Azam, which is a combination of three ingredients namely satte podina, satte kafoor and satte ajwaeen, were boiled in a pressure cooker and the steam generated was asked to be inhaled.

After realizing its benefits, Siasat Daily has asked Dr. Waheed to come up with a project that will have multi-level inhalation so that more people can inhale at one go. This inhalation machine can be installed at temples, dargahs, mosques, churches and public places where people can freely take the steam.

Soon, Syeed Kaleem Ahmed a manufacturer came up with a solution using MS pipe which had four points for inhalation. This pipe is connected with a nylon pipe from one end to the pipe and the other end connected to a pressure cooker at whistle point. This MS pipe is placed horizontally and from the point, steams is released and people can easily take the same.

Siasat and Faiz-e-Aam Trust have decided to distribute 100 kits.

Doctor Waheed said that the same ingredients i.e. 4 tsp of kalonji, 4 tsp of methi dana, 10-15 cloves, 10-15 black peppercorns, small bunch of mint leaves, 50-100 grams of ginger, small piece of dalchini, adrak around 50 grams and podina leaves are boiled in one litre of water and this can be had as a decoction. However, in steam therapy, the same ingredients are used along with unani medicine Triyak E Azam.

Asked if any trials or study is done to find its efficacy he said that patients recovery is the clinical evidence. Most of these patients were not monitored at any hospital and were being treated at home. There was a good feedback from patients and reduction in symptoms besides improvement in oxygen level were good enough to see the progress

He however cautioned people not to take decoctions in excess. In normal cases two to three cups of decoction can be had during a day. While in cases of COVID-19, it can be had 4 to 5 times and steam inhalation can be done thrice. This therapy he claims builds immunity, reduces inflammation.

He says Indian traditional methods play a pivotal role to augment preventive measures provided in the guidelines by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). The current understanding of COVID-19 indicates that good immune status is vital to prevention and to safeguard from disease progression.

Dr. Waheed can be contacted on his cellphone number +91 93462 87487

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Reiki may sound new age to some, but its anything but new. In fact, its a form of energy healing with roots in ancient cultures. Reiki uses whats known as universal life force energyki or qito improve peoples lives and ailments.

The term reiki comes from the Japanese words rei, meaning universal, and ki, which means vital life force energy that flows through all living things. Some practitioners describe reiki as acupuncture without the needles.

Reiki is a complementary health approach in which practitioners place their hands on or just above different areas of the body. Its based on an Eastern medicine belief that living beings have energy fields that support their health and vitality.

Energy blocks, on the other hand, impede innate flow of energy, causing not only health problems, but also negative life circumstances like financial troubles or relationship problems, according to belief. Energy blocks of any living being can be treated, according to belief, which is why some practitioners also work on animals and plants. Reiki practitioners focus on sensing energy blocks and moving the energy for the greatest good of the client.

There are at least 30 slightly different branches of reiki, but Usui is by far the most popular form. Usui is the method practiced and taught in Japan as early as the 1900s by Makao Usui, who is credited as the founder of modern reiki.

Usui reiki came to the West via Hawaii in the 1930s thanks to a Japanese-American woman named Hawayo Takata. She traveled back to her native Japan to seek healing for her own physical and mental ailments, including a lung condition, asthma and a nervous breakdown after the death of her husband. One of Makao Usuis students, Dr. Chujiro Hayashi, taught reiki to Takata. Her healing experience was so profound that Takata returned to Hawaii and became the first person to teach reiki in the West.

However, due to the abundance of anti-Japanese and anti-Asian sentiments in the United States around World War II, Takata shied away from using the name reiki and instead referred to her establishment on the island of Kauai as a healing studio, according to researcher Nat Newton, Ph.D., a Usui reiki master in Orange County, California.

Takata modified some of the teachings for her English-speaking students and ended up training 22 students in reiki as we know it today, says Newton. Today, thousands of people worldwide are trained in Usui and similar reiki methods.

While reiki can easily be done in just about any setting, a typical reiki session takes place in a relaxing environment or treatment room, akin to massage therapy. Newton holds some of her reiki sessions in well-ventilated outdoor spaces. Meanwhile, many reiki practitioners do remote healing where they arent even in the same building as the client.

In a typical treatment room setting with a reiki practitioner and a client, the client begins face up and fully clothed. They might briefly discuss their ailment or situation they hope to heal. The session might begin with a brief meditation, and then the practitioner uses various hand movements to lightly touch or hover over various parts of the clients body while they are face up and face down. Throughout the session, the practitioner focuses specifically on their intent for healing.

We usually think about activating whatever is in the highest good for the client, says Newton. Sometimes well visualize the client as healed. But always well set a positive intention for whatever they need at the moment that would serve their highest good. We dont know what that is and dont presume to know. We let reiki do what it needs to do.

A typical session lasts 30 minutes to an hour, and a client-practitioner discussion uses a good amount of that time, according to Newton. After the session, I always spend time talking to my clients about what came up for them and perhaps also what I intuited, she says.

The most well-documented benefits of reiki revolve around the relaxation response, which practitioners say invokes the bodys natural healing process.

Dr. Rachel Lampert, M.D., a professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine, and her colleagues studied 37 patients after having a heart attack. The patients were randomized into three groups: patients who simply rested, those who received a single session of reiki treatment from a nurse trained in reiki and those who listened to relaxing music. The researchers measured activity of the autonomic nervous system (ANS), which regulates heart rate, breathing, blood pressure and digestion.

Lamperts team zoomed in on heart rate variability (HRV), a measure of the pattern of heartbeats thats controlled by the ANS. The higher the HRV after a heart attack, the better the outlook for the patient, explains Lampert.

In the Yale study, patients who received reiki had a higher HRV and improved emotional state. Our study was a very nice demonstration that doing things that are relaxing has benefits, says Lampert. We showed increased activity of the healthy arm of the nervous system.

Researchers at Harvard Medical School followed 99 patients at multiple sites to determine the effects of a single reiki session. The studya single arm effectiveness study published in 2019 in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicinefound statistically significant improvements in anxiety and depression symptoms, as well as pain and nausea.

Additional research suggests reiki helps with depression and insomnia. A 2012 study in the Indian Journal of Positive Psychology looked at 40 women who suffered from depression and anxiety. Half of the group received a reiki treatment twice a week for 10 weeks and the other half received no treatment. The women who received reiki saw significant improvements in both their depression symptoms and sleep quality.

A range of studies address reikis role in pain alleviation after knee surgery, the restoration of range of motion in injured shoulders, post-cesarean section recovery, hypertension management and the improvement of quality of life for patients with rheumatoid arthritis or patients undergoing various cancer treatments.

Portuguese researcher Zilda Alarcao and her colleagues looked at the impact of reiki treatment versus sham or fake reiki in two groups of patients with blood cancer. Each group contained 58 patients who received an hour-long treatment once a week for four weekseither someone trained to administer reiki worked on them or someone pretending to do reiki (sham reiki) spent an hour with them.

The researchers found the patients who received real reiki showed significantly more improvements than the other group in general, physical, environmental and social dimensions of quality of life using the Portuguese version of the World Health Organizations Quality of Life survey (WHOQoL-Bref), a well-regarded research tool that measures pain and other quality of life issues after undergoing an intervention. They published their results in 2016 in the European Journal of Integrative Medicine.

Multiple studies report no adverse effects of reiki, likely because its a noninvasive treatment. Practitioners note clients usually report feeling relaxed after a session, but some feel energized. Depending on the nature of the problem, Newton says some clients also may feel more emotional or have other intense feelings in the days or weeks following a session.

While there is a professional code of ethics that governs reiki practitioners, there are no licensing boards like there are for doctors, nurses or even hair stylists. Reiki master is the highest level of training, but theres a wide range of training and expertise among practitioners. To ensure the best result, practitioners advise clients to do their homeworkask a practitioner about their training and credentials, but also find someone you connect with and trust.

One potential risk is that clients can misunderstand the role reiki should play in a treatment plan. The code of ethics of the Reiki Alliance, a professional reiki association, clearly states that reiki practitioners work as a complementnot a replacementto the medical care a patient receives. Reiki is also not a practice intended to instill doubt in other medical treatments and interventions. Clients are strongly discouraged from viewing reiki as a substitute for medical doctors, surgery, therapy or prescribed medications.

Clients should also be aware that while reikilike yoga or meditationmay have roots in spiritual practices from long ago, modern reiki is not a religion. Practitioners and clients come from all walks of life and belief systems. Receiving reiki is not intended to interfere with or change a clients spiritual or religious beliefs.

According to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, reiki has been studied for a variety of conditions, including pain, anxiety, and depression, but most of the research has not been of high quality, and the results have been inconsistent.

Naturally, scientists who study reiki beg to differ with that assessment. They say institutions simply need to catch up with the rapidly evolving science. At this point, there are probably 60 or more published studies that I can point to that show reikis benefit, and yet theres still this persistent myth that no credible science backs reiki, says neuroscientist Natalie Dyer, Ph.D, president of the Center for Reiki Research, a nonprofit that aims to advance the scientific knowledge and study of reiki.

Dyer acknowledges, however, that some studies have lacked rigor and some have not found statistically significant benefits with reiki. She calls for more high-quality research to understand the practice, how it works and its limitations.

In the Yale study of reiki following a heart attack, researchers note that its unknown whether the beneficial effects of reiki treatment over music stem from the presence of another person, the presence of a person with healing intention, the light touch technique, or a combination of factors.

Like any intervention, reiki practitioners warn it isnt a cure-all and shouldnt be viewed as such. But its deemed safe and potentially effective enough that a considerable number15% and growingof U.S. hospitals offer reiki healing specifically. Leading institutes like Yale, Harvard, the University of Minnesota, the University of Arizona, UCLA and others offer reiki as a complement to medical interventions.

Costs for reiki sessions vary nationwide, but expect to pay about what youd pay for a massage. In a major metropolitan area, you might pay $80 to $150 for a one-hour reiki session.

Professional associations are a great way to locate reiki practitioners and teachers who take the practices and training seriously. The Reiki Alliance, the International Reiki Association and the International Association of Reiki Practitioners all offer online tools for locating a practitioner in your area.

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Xanax is a prescription medication that is generally used as a treatment for stress, anxiety, and panic disorders. Its the most prescribed psychiatric medication in the United States.

There are also natural alternatives that have a similar effect but without the potential health risks and can be obtained without prescription.

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The natural alternatives to Xanax are over the counter supplements designed to improve cognitive function. These types of brain boosting supplements are called nootropics. They can help you think more clearly.

Nootropics are also called smart drugs they can help your brain and mind function better by removing brain fog and increasing concentration, mental energy and reducing fatigue.

Nootropics can help reduce the symptoms of anxiety and stress.

Xanax is a branded version of the drug Alprazolam. It belongs to a class of drugs known as benzodiazepines. You generally take it orally and, as is the case with many medications that have a tranquilizing effect, Xanax is often abused and used for recreational purposes.

When used under the correct medical supervision, Xanax can be very effective for reducing stress and anxiety; including anxiety caused by depression.

Alprazolam acts on the brain and central nervous system. It has a calming effect that is largely due to its ability to control neurotransmitter activity and boost the effects of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA).

The main thing GABA does is reduce neuronal excitability in the nervous system. Once you know that, its not hard to understand why Xanax works as well as it does.

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Fortunately, there are some very good Xanax alternatives that you can buy legally and use instead.

The best Xanax alternatives are supplements, capsules and pills. They contain natural ingredients instead of chemicals. They are safe and effective options that reduce stress and anxiety without causing side effects and you dont need a prescription to get them.

Finding a good Xanax alternative can be difficult. There are so many natural anti anxiety medications to choose from and many of the nootropic supplements that allegedly fight stress and anxiety dont work as well as the manufacturers claim.

Some nootropics also have a reputation for causing side effects. If you were happy to endure side effects, you probably wouldnt be looking for an alternative to Xanax. Youd be trying to get your doctor to write you a prescription instead.

Nevertheless, there are a few good options available and, after exhaustive research, weve refined our list and come up with the top 3.

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The Mind Lab Pro formulation provides 11 respected natural nootropics and three of them reduce stress and anxiety in the same way as Xanax.

Choose Mind Lab Pro if you want a nootropic supplement that packs a similar punch to Xanex and fine-tunes your cognitive function in the following ways:

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Hunter Focus is a nootropic supplement aimed at men who want to boost their mental performance and achieve greater success at work. With a formulation that contains three of the best natural stress-fighting ingredients, its the perfect solution for anyone seeking a Xanax alternative as well.

The only thing wrong with the product is the way that its marketed. Theres too much focus on men. Hunter Focus provides nine of the best nootropics and there is no good reason why women should not use it too.

If you are hunting for a Xanax alternative thats specially designed to give you the tools you need to climb the ladder at work, Hunter Focus will be the right choice.

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Several natural ingredients can calm the mind in a similar way to Xanax. Many of them can provide additional cognitive benefits as well. So in addition to offering protection from stress, the best natural alternatives to Xanax can deliver a mental tune-up as well.

Although its possible to use the ingredients individually, the benefits can be greater when several ingredients are combined.

People who have the necessary knowledge could buy two or more ingredients and use them as a nootropic stack. However, mixing and matching supplements can be expensive so it generally makes more sense to choose a specialist supplement instead.

The best nootropic products provide high-potency ingredients in carefully measured doses that maximize the benefits all around.

Several ingredients can have the same effect as Xanax. Heres a list of five to look out for:

L-theanine is an amino acid. Its primarily sourced from green and black tea but certain species of mushroom contain it too.

Easily one of the best natural alternatives to Xanax, theanine is a versatile nootropic that supports improvement in mental ability as well and, like Xanax, it may help you to sleep better too.

Its ability to reduce stress and anxiety is likely due to the effect it has on serotonin, dopamine, and cortisol. The influence this amino acid has on serotonin and dopamine probably explains its ability to improve sleep as well.

Serotonin and dopamine are the two hormones with the greatest influence on mood, emotion, and sleep. Cortisol is a stress hormone and this ingredient is good for keeping it under control.

Its ability to reduce stress has been the subject of several clinical trials. Many of the studies produced data that supports the ingredients value in other areas as well.

For instance, the results of a study conducted in Japan show it can reduce stress and depression, improve sleep quality and verbal fluency, and provide other improvements in mental function as well.

Bacopa Monnieri is an Indian herb that improves neurotransmitter activity within the brain. Its very good for improving memory retention and can boost your brainpower in a number of other ways too.

Bacopa monnieri also provides powerful antioxidants that help protect the brain cells from being damaged by free radical toxins.

As is the norm with ingredients that are common to all the best Xanax substitutes, Bacopa monnieri has plenty of research behind it.

Results from one study, published in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, show supplements providing Bacopa monnieri produced several desirable benefits.

Fifty-four elderly people, aged 65 or over, took part. The researchers split them into two groups. One group got Bacopa monnieri. The other group received a placebo.

Data from the study shows the herb reduced depression and anxiety while also improving word-recall memory scores.

Tyrosine is added to supplements in two forms. The most basic form is the free-form amino acid. This appears on supplement labels as L. tyrosine.

Tyrosine is also added to supplements as N-acetyl L-tyrosine (NALT). Its hard to say which form is best. NALT is more water-soluble but the body finds it harder to convert it to tyrosine. That means manufacturers who use NALT need to include it in higher doses.

Human and animal studies prove tyrosine offers protection from physical and mental stress. However, the data suggests it offers the most benefit when the level of stress is severe.

So, although tyrosine is a good natural alternative to Xanax, its an ingredient that should not be left to go it alone. It will undoubtedly work best in combination with L-theanine and similar ingredients. Working together, such combinations will be capable of offering the maximum level of support for all levels of stress. [source]

Huperzine A is a moss that provides multiple mental benefits and is often added to supplements that aim to improve memory and learning functions. Like Xanax and similar anti-anxiety medications, Huperzine A is also good at helping people to control their levels of stress.

Research suggests Huperzine A may offer additional value by functioning as an antidepressant as well.

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Few movies lodged themselves in my childhood brain the way Fantasia did. A psychedelic 1940s Disney animation set to a thundering score played by a maniacal Philadelphia Orchestra, it broke artistic ground as quickly as it laid it.

The scene that branded itself on my memory, though, was that of the sorcerer's apprentice. Set to freshly composed symphonic torment, it follows Mickey Mouse playing understudy to a great magician (based on a 1797 ballad by Goethe, Der Zauberlehrling, which means the sorcerer's apprentice in German), and, with Mickey being too lazy or perhaps too enterprising to fetch the buckets of water that were part of his job description, he steals his master's wizardly hat and conjures a spell to have a mop do the work for him.

In a (mildly, now that I have rewatched it for research) terrifying escalation, however, Mickey hacks at the mop with an axe to halt its autonomous and uncontrolled toil against a seizure of blood-red backdrop, shadows billowing up like nightmares on the walls behind them, while the mop replicates like a clone army, trampling over our poor mouse as he succumbs to the purgatory of his decision.

The reason I relate this disturbing memory is to illustrate what tends to happen when a simple question is posed in emergency medicine. Today's cascade of questions arose during a discussion about the possibility of using intravenous dexamethasone to treat acute back pain. The question, Is dexamethasone effective in treating acute back pain? then splintered into a thousand further questions. Let us watch them reproduce, without the soaring soundtrack.

The totality of the current evidence says probably not. A few small-scale studies are desperately trying to prove the affirmative, but they are, as is so often the case, meager in number, negative on primary outcomes, single-centered, and nonreplicable.

It is at this point, however, that the questions begin to split off.

There has to be an inflammatory component, right? So surely there's some biological plausibility in here.

Good point.

It gets a little fuzzy here. We were all taught that steroids need to be transported into the nucleus to exert their conformational change and effect, so we also know that steroids work in at least three ways: slow, quick, and hey, that's weird.

It is likely that the patients we see in the ED with acute (not chronic) back pain have a cornucopia of pathological mechanisms resulting in the pain we are assessing. The most common likely mechanism is the sudden wrenching of the facet joints, which have a rich neural network around them causing, among many things, severe muscle spasm. But they also have a relatively poor blood supply, delivering not much of anything to them.

There are other paths to pain, though. Herniated discs expose a hugely inflammatory core. Discs impinge on nerve roots, causing neuropathic pain. Hitting the inflammatory pathways will only modulate some of these, and without the benefit of advanced imaging in the ED (appropriately), we will not be sure how much each of these is contributory.

Horses need to be held here. Much of this is about the acute injury. We don't give steroids for acute ligamentous sprains. We (definitely) don't give steroids in acute brain injury. The risk-benefit profile must be way in the negative here. The side effects and risks of steroids are well known.

Man, this could be true. Sore throats, swollen throats, viral neuropathies, bronchospasm, cerebral edema, spinal cord compression, COVID requiring oxygen, arthritides, altitude sickness, all of them exquisitely responsive to dexamethasone. We give it when there's too much thyroxine; we give it when there's too little thyroxine. We give it for skin problems, eye problems, allergic problems, blood problems....

It is at this point that the questions begin marching over us, unyielding, heedless of the existential pain they might be inflicting.

You see where this is going: nowhere good. Like Mickey Mouse, who opened a Pandora's box, to thoroughly mix story and myth, a seemingly benign question has become something horrifying.

Let us return to the original question. Parenteral dexamethasone for acute back pain in ED: probably not justified. Perhaps the best treatment for back pain is avoidance, such as finding an alternative to back pain-inducing activities, like carting buckets of water.

Dr. Johnstonis a board-certified emergency physician, thus the same as you but with a weird accent. She works in a trauma center situated down the unfashionable end of Perth, Western Australia. She is the author of the novel Dustfall, available on her website, http://michellejohnston.com.au/. She also contributes regularly to the blog, Life in the Fast Lane, https://lifeinthefastlane.com. Follow her on Twitter@Eleytherius, and read her past columns athttp://bit.ly/EMN-WhatLiesBeneath.

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Family members of many patients said that the unavailability of Liposomal Amphotericin B, which is proven to be more effective against mucormycosis (black fungus) compared to alternative drugs, is delaying treatment.

For the past week, Hemanth Thakur has been waiting for 50-60 vials of medicine for his 58-year-old father, who is being treated in a private hospital at Kukatpally in Hyderabad for mucormycosis, also known as black fungus infection. Although it is not contagious, the fungal infection is known to affect a persons central nervous system, eyes, nose, mouth, sinuses and lungs. More than 700 people in Telangana have been affected by the rare yet serious infection, which is commonly noted among individuals who just recovered from COVID-19. Amid the rise in black fungus infections, the drugs used to treat the infections have been in short supply. "We applied for the Liposomal Amphotericin B vials on May 26 and have been waiting since then. Doctors are saying that the fungus is spreading rapidly into the other organs, said Hemanth, urging government authorities to provide the medicine soon. His father had just recovered from COVID-19.

Another 58-year-old female patient who is undergoing treatment for the black fungus infection at a hospital in Hyderabads Somajiguda was given five vials of the drug last week. However, she needs more vials. We applied to the Telangana government, via email, for the antifungal drugs, but so far, we have not received any response. Doctors are saying other alternatives are showing less impact on my mother," Harikrishna G, the patients son, told TNM. His mother, too, had just recovered from COVID-19.

Several patients infected with mucormycosis are facing difficulties in availing treatment in Hyderabad due to the shortage of medicines. Liposomal Amphotericin B intravenous injection is a common antifungal drug used to treat the black fungus infection, although alternative medicines such as Posaconazole and Isavuconazole are used in case of shortage. According to the family members of many patients, the unavailability of Liposomal Amphotericin B, which is proven to be more effective against this infection compared to alternative drugs, is delaying the treatment.

Added to this, patients and their caregivers told TNM that certain private hospitals in Hyderabad are refusing to admit or treat black fungus cases due to the shortage of drugs, while government hospitals are holding admissions owing to the occupancy of the beds. On the night of May 26, Asfiya Anjum, who was infected with the black fungus infection, was allegedly denied admission to hospitals. She eventually died at her home in Nizamabad. According to social activist Khalida Parveen, the patient was bleeding from her eyes, nose and mouth. Although KTRs office responded to her request for a hospital bed, Asfiya was unable to find any hospital.

Its really the failure of our system. KTR Sir, are we prepared for the future? wrote Kahlida, urging the Telangana government to ensure the availability of medicines.

Mucormycosis is caused by a group of fungi called mucormycetes. If the fungus spreads to other organs, the infection may result in surgeries to remove the infected tissues, which could result in losing eyes or upper jaw. In some cases, it leads to death, especially in those patients who have diabetes, and if their immunity has been affected due to steroids as part of COVID-19 treatment. It must be noted that the black fungus infection is not a communicable disease and not everyone who is exposed to the fungus is infected.

READ: Black fungus or mucormycosis: Here are three signs to watch out for

Scores of family members are reaching out to the Health Department and state COVID-19 Task Force Chairman and IT Minister K Taraka Rama Rao (KTR) on Twitter requesting to provide the antifungal medicine. The pan-India supply of the Liposomal Amphotericin B is undertaken by the Union government; no individual is authorised to sell the drug.

According to G Kishan Reddy, Minister of State for Home Affairs, the Union government has provided an additional 1,889 vials of Amphotericin B for 744 patients who are under treatment for the infection as of May 25. One patient requires 20-60 vials of Amphotericin B per week and the treatment can last for about four to six weeks, depending on the severity of the infection. One vial costs about Rs 7,800 in Telangana.

On May 19, the government introduced an online application system to regulate the allotment of Liposomal Amphotericin B, Posaconazole and Isavuconazole. Families of the patients can directly apply for these medicines. Accordingly, patients must send applications in a prescribed form to ent-mcrm@telangana.gov.in. After considering the application, the state government will communicate the details of the store from where these medicines can be bought, to the applicant.

However, a staff member who handles the medical logistics at a city-based hospital, which is treating black fungus cases, said that it has become difficult to procure the drug as the approval from the government is slow, owing to low stock. "We are applying to the state government with the required documents and medical investigation reports, but there is a delay in getting the drug. At present, we get a total of 29 vials per day which can be used to treat four patients," the staff said.

Noting that the rising mucormycosis cases have led to an increase in demand for the drug, thereby causing a shortage, Dr Sanjeev Singh Yadav, Vice President of Indian Medical Association (IMA) Telangana, said, "Usually, the production of Amphotericin B is less in the country as these are used to treat a few chronic diseases. Though there are a few alternatives to this drug, only Amphotericin B has proven to be effective in treating mucormycosis."

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It was earlier this week Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) directed the Telangana officials to increase the beds for treating the black fungus infections. CM KCR wanted the capacity of beds for mucormycosis cases to be increased to 1,500 across the state, in which 1,100 beds should be in Hyderabad and 400 beds in other districts. The CM also asked the officials to allot 160 beds in Gandhi Hospitals and 200 beds in Sarojini Devi Hospital as well. The medical and health officials informed the CM that as many as 150 beds in Gandhi Hospital and 250 beds in ENT Hospitals have been allotted for treating the black fungus infection.

Sree Harsha Tanneeru, a Hyderabad-based social activist, said while patients require 60-70 vials of Amphotericin B, the government is able to give less than 10 vials, which are not adequate for treating such cases. "Besides, in one case at Gandhi Hospital, the patient was not even moved into the special ward for mucormycosis, he said.

Read: Patients in TN struggle as hospitals unable to procure drugs for black fungus

Apart from the designated government hospitals, several private hospitals are also treating the black fungus infections. As per volunteers engaged in helping patients find hospitals, around 28 hospitals are providing treatment for the infection.

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This interview was originally published onGame World Observeron May 28, 2021

Mind Scannersis a retro-futuristic psychiatry simulation in which you diagnose the citizens of a dystopian metropolis. Theres a bigger story unfolding, too, that can see the player pledge loyalty to the regime of The Structure or team up with a rebel group known as Moonrise. The game developed byThe Outer Zone, a small indie studio from Copenhagen, Denmark, and published by Brave at Night (makers ofYes, Your Grace), came out on May 20.

On May 25, we caught up withMalte Burup, game director onMind Scanners, to discuss game design choices behind his quirky Orwellian brainchild.

Malte Burup, game director on Mind Scanners, founder of The Outer Zone

Oleg Nesterenko, managing editor at GWO:Malte, lets start with a couple of words about yourself and the studio behindMind Scanners?

My background is art, but I also did game design, writing and sound design forMind Scanners.I released a couple of smaller games through my company The Outer Zone, including a point-and-click series calledTales From The Outer Zoneset in the same world asMind Scanners.

So, I made up the concept of the game, but I had help from programmer Jesper Halfter for the initial prototype. Then Rasmus Nilsson joined me for the creation of the vertical slice demo and [we worked together Ed.] onwards. Other people, too, have helped me out along the way, so I have only been alone on the project for shorter periods of time.

Early into development, the title was calledHouse of Lunacy(and before that Doctor Kiefers House of Lunacy) and featured a far grittier aesthetic. All the minigames were different. Could you tell us what has survived of that version in the final edition? And why have you completely redesigned your original build?

My initial idea was inspired by a visit to Museum Dr. Guislain in Gent, Belgium an old mental asylum turned into a museum about the history of psychiatry. Learning how we have changed our definition of mental illnesses throughout history and how we have sought for new ways to cure the mind these things got me thinking. What is normal? When is the mind sick? Who gets to decide?

Mind Scan mechanic from Mind Scanners

Then I realized it would be a perfect theme for a game.

What makes games stand out from other mediums is interactivity. A game designer places responsibility into the hands of the player. By letting the player assume the role of the Mind Scanner, we can ask the player these questions. And by making the player face ethical dilemmas and difficult moral choices, we might encourage them to reflect on these problems.

At the museum, hearing about the grotesque and often brutal treatments of the past was disturbing, and something I could not shake off. So when I designed the treatments of the old prototype, I wanted to underline the terrible treatments of the 1800s by emphasizing the grotesque. The game became way too dark, gritty and violent for my taste, so I started over.

UI and mechanics from the early prototype

I felt that the game needed a lighter, more colorful, humoristic and surreal tone, to make it easier to digest, but also to state thatMind Scannersis a game, that its not real therapy and its historically incorrect.

The main concept survived the transition, along with some words and ideas, but it feels like a completely different game.

I have to mention that there also was another prototype set on a ship. In retrospect, would you say that you should have discarded various prototypes quicker without committing too much effort to each of them?

Yeah, definitely. I worked much faster after the first couple of prototypes. Early on, though, I wanted to try different things out. My strategy was to try out all versions and then pick the best one. Turned out to be a bit overkill. As you mention, one of the versions was on a ship a cool idea, but completely beside the point.

Back in 2018, you mentioned on your blog that your being an artist sometimes stands in the way of your being a game designer. Like you get too carried away by the story and the ideas and tend to neglect the gameplay itself. I wonder if you still feel that way?

I think so, yes. I still get great game ideas, and after a day or two, I realize that its not a game, but a scene from a movie, or just a feeling. These glimpses can be used in a game for sure, but they are not games themselves. Forcing a game design onto an aesthetic does not always work. WithMind Scannersit was more a case of forcing a game design onto a theme/concept. And this has, by far, been the most complicated thing about this project. Working with the human mind is a gray zone. By contrast, game design rules need to be clearly defined. The clash is tremendous, and building gameplay from this has been quite difficult but also quite the eye opener. For my next game, I will start with game design for sure and build a world around it.

UI and mechanics from Mind Scanners

Creativity aside, you also mention on your blog that the original build was funded by a cultural grant from The Danish Film Institute. You also managed to secure funding from The Danish Arts Foundation to do the overhaul ofMind Scanners. When you submitted your game to those foundations, how did you pitch it in a way that highlighted the games cultural relevance?

I focused mostly on the ethical dilemmas that can occur within psychiatry and how it is important to keep discussing mental health and reflect on both the positive and negative sides of our mental health system. I explained how a game can do just that, by placing the responsibility and judgement in the hands of the player.

Ultimately, the game was published by Brave at Night. A lot of devs I talked to say how they always carefully study a publishers portfolio before signing with them. Brave at Night had previously published zero games. In fact, they are a development studio, whose only gameYes, Your Gracewas published by No More Robots. How did you hook up with them? Were you concerned about the lack of the publishing experience on their part?

We had our demo, and were out looking for a small or medium-sized publisher that wanted to publish a small niche game. We needed money to cover half of the production cost. One day, I retweetedYes, Your Grace, as I thought it looked like my kind of game, and when I checked my inbox, Brave At Night had contacted me! Their game is similar toMind Scannersand seeing how well it was received, I thought, hey lets try this publisher. The good thing about Mind Scanners being their first published title is that we didnt need to worry about them focusing on other titles and forgetting about us, something Ive heard can happen with bigger publishers. It turned out to be the best collaboration, and they have done a great job in marketingMind Scannersat a low cost.

So you have this beautifully weird psychotherapy simulator inspired by the barbaric medical practices of yore. But would you say that the game offers a somewhat reductionist view of modern psychotherapy? They no longer subject patients to electric shock or submerge them in water, right?

Actually, electroshock therapy is still used as a treatment today and water therapy is still used as well in alternative medicine.

Oh.

Today, psychiatry as a whole is much more refined, of course. Its important to say that in general, mental healthcare is a good thing and psychiatrists around the world are doing their best to take good care of people struggling with mental illnesses.Mind Scanners, though, boils down diagnosis to a simple sane or insane stamp and reduces the complexity of psychotherapy to the push of a button. This is not, and never will be, how it works in reality. It is an attempt to translate this very complex thing into a set of mechanics.

As I mentioned earlier, this is exactly why the game was so difficult to design. And this is also why we chose to move the setting from the past and into a science fiction world separated from our time and place. In science fiction, you can do anything. So the only way we could turn psychiatry into clearly defined gameplay was to place the game in a fictional sci-fi world where it is possible to manipulate the mind in any way.

The absurdity of this reduced version of psychiatry also helps underline the harsh and heartless methods of the dystopian regime, The Structure.

Even thoughMind Scannersis purely fictional, we still try to reflect on the problematic parts of psychiatry such as medical errors, lack of resources, misdiagnosis, restraints, force, overuse of drugs, labeling etc.

But why this surreal world?

I wanted the world to feel very different to ours, while still resembling a real world. The weird choice of colors, the strange machines and the made-up words all makes it feel otherworldly, while the pixel art and sound design makes it feel like a game.

Speaking of the made-up words. In the world ofMind Scanners, theres a power source called Zygnoka and the currency called apok. Any particular significance behind these words?

The word Kapok means the fluffy cotton-like stuff thats inside dolls. As the player is playing with dolls, I figured that it would fit quite well as the name of the currency. Zygnoka comes from nuclear power. Its sort of playing on the words sick nuke, with a Z added so it sounds sci-fi.

Mind Scanners, of course, is not just about psychotherapy. It has this Orwellian Thought Police vibe. Does the game make a political statement? It sure supplies a lot of mottos. For example, Dont break the people! Break the structure!

It is the political statement of the opposition known as Moonrise. Their actions and political statements are reactions to the stuff that goes on inside The Structure. We try to make the game speak for itself, so the players can make up their own interpretations.

Fair enough. For such a minimalist title,Mind Scannersoffers quite a lot of content. How many characters are in the game? How many endings does it have?

There are over 50 patients in the game, each with their own diagnosis. Each patient has a set of reactions, appearing as events, that will trigger according to the players actions. The patient will react differently if they are declared sane, insane, gets stressed, loses personality or is treated successfully. Along with other factors, these actions will then determine the storypath and the ending. There are 9 endings in total.

I also quite like the tension between the story and gameplay. Minigames and money-time economy are challenging enough, but if you decide not to treat a patient, which can be the moral thing to do, you have to sabotage your own stats. So basically if you go for a more ethical scenario, you actually make the game more aggressive to the player.

From day one we wanted the moral path to be more difficult. There are a lot of games where choosing a dark path or a light path makes no difference in difficulty. We think its more interesting if the player struggles to become a hero. We want the players to sacrifice themselves to save their patients. If they endure, they will be rewarded for doing so.

AndMind Scannersdoesnt offer a lot of guidance either. I think Ive seen reviews on Steam from people who were frustrated by the games difficulty level.

Difficulty is something we are still discussing. Mainly the lack of information given to the player, which was designed intentionally. We wanted the player to discover the function of the treatment devices themselves. This is primarily because we like this type of game design ourselves. But we also wanted to make a point that the inventions in the story are rushed in design and not tested properly before use.

Anyway, we have listened to our players, and will do what we can to make this part of the game more clear, without too much hand-holding.

A lot of people are comparingMind ScannerstoPapers, Please. Would you say its helping your game or hurting it?

Papers, Pleasesort of invented the genre, so a comparison is almost obligatory, but I dont see this as bad. I dont look down upon all the Doomclones that came out in the nineties. They all built on something that came before them and turned it into something new.Mind Scannersis definitely influenced by Lucas Popes masterpiece, but the game might as well be nicknamedBlade Runner The GameorThe Verhoeven Simulator.

The game came out five days ago. Whats happening to you right now?

Im sort of recovering from the intense production and roller-coaster launch, but mostly Im just working onMind Scanners. Haha. You never stop working on a game. Luckily we get a chance to fix the things our players are asking for, and add small things here and there that we did not have time for in the first round. But I am also eager to get started on my next game, as well as create the next chapter of my point-and-click spin-off seriesTales From The Outer Zone.

You never stop working on a game That sounds appropriately bleak! Well, good luck withTales From The Outer Zone.And heres to the normality and the mind of all the game devs out there!

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Probiotics may be taken orally to restore any imbalance in the normal urogenital or intestinal flora. These are available as contained naturally, or dietary supplements or added to foods such as kefir, sauerkraut, or yogurt. Increase in inclination toward safe and lesser side effects boosts the global alternative medicines market. Rise in side effects and adverse drug reactions due to usage of allopathic medicines drives the market. Surge in awareness about the benefits relating to alternative medicines is a key driver of the market. However, slow healing ability of alternative medicines restrains the market.

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