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Cohibas Cuba is known for exporting cigars, but it might

soon be known for exporting a lung cancer vaccine

researchers say can turn advanced lung cancer into

a manageable chronic illness. M Turner via Wikimedia

PopSci - From the island nation known for the quality of its cigars comes some pretty big news today: Xinhua reports that Cuban medical authorities have released the first therapeutic vaccine for lung cancer. CimaVax-EGF is the result of a 25-year research project at Havana’s Center for Molecular Immunology, and it could make a life or death difference for those facing late-stage lung cancers, researchers there say.

CimaVax-EGF isn’t a vaccine in the preventative sense–that is, it doesn’t prevent lung cancer from taking hold in new patients. It’s based on a protein related to uncontrolled cell proliferation–that is, it doesn’t prevent cancer from existing in the first place but attacks the mechanism by which it does harm.

"What's Wrong With Our Food System"

TEDxNextGenerationAsheville - Birke Baehr - "What's Wrong With Our Food System" - YouTube








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Birke Baehr -"what's Wrong With Our Food System? And How Can We Make A Difference?"

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Walk More

DocMikeEvans's Channel - YouTube: "" The Doctor has many more of these self-help videos on his channel.


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Urban Stress Changes Brain

Urban stress changes brain, scans show
CBC News Posted: Jun 22, 2011 1:01 PM ET Last Updated: Jun 22, 2011 10:18 PM ET Read 146

Living in the city or growing up in one can affect brain function during a stressful situation, a brain imaging study has found.

The world is becoming more urbanized, with almost 70 per cent of people expected to live in urban areas by 2050, according to projections by the United Nations.

Studies suggest that living in a city increases the risk of depression and anxiety, and that schizophrenia rates are higher in people born and brought up in cities. But until now, there hasn't been research into how human brain structures might be affected by urban living.

To that end, researchers at McGill's Douglas Mental Health University Institute in Montreal and the University of Heidelberg in Germany used MRIs to study brain responses of healthy German students who were taking a math test under stressful conditions.

Study participants faced time pressure and in some cases they had investigators scolding them through headphones.

When exposed to those stressful conditions, two areas of the students' brains that are known to be involved in processing emotions became more active, the researchers reported in Wednesday's online issue of the journal Nature.

Brain more active
Specifically, the brain's amygdala was more active in those who lived in cities, and the perigenual anterior cingulate cortex, or pACC, was more active in those who had been brought up in cities, the researchers found.

The study was funded by the European Community’s Seventh Framework Program, the German Research Foundation, and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research in Germany.The research is featured on the cover of this week's issue of the journal Nature. Courtesy of Nature

Forums about Meditation

This Blog is not associated in any way with the D.O. site but it looks like a good resource for people who meditate.  Particularly, if you are a shut-in or live in an area with no groups to join for mutual support in the meditation journey.

Dharma Overground
http://dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/home


The Dharma Overground is a resource for the support of hardcore meditation practice. 

It is a place where everything related to the support of practice may flourish, including where to go on retreats, what techniques may lead to what, an in depth look at the maps of possible states and stages, discussions about how to determine what experience was what, and in general anything that has to do with actually practicing rather than what typically occurs in standard meditation circles. 

Here you will find a robust and variable community of people with a wide range of experience levels, perspectives and interests, though all loosely bound by the same basic principles of empowering, helpful, engaged dharma and exploration of the possibilities of the mind.

Basic principles and attitudes favor: 

- pragmatism over dogmatism: what works is key, with works generally meaning the stages of insight, the stages of enlightenment, jhanas, freedom from suffering in what ways are possible, etc. 

- diligent practice over blind faith: this place is about doing it and understanding for yourself rather than believing someone else and not testing those beliefs out 

- openness regarding what the techniques may lead to and how these contrast or align with the traditional models 

- personal responsibility: you take responsibility for the choices you make and what you say and claim
a lack of taboos surrounding talking about attainments 

- the assumption that the various aspects of meditative development can be mastered in this life 

- the spirit of mutual, supportive adventurers on the path rather than rigid student-teacher relationships 

- and the notion that the collective wisdom of a group of strong practitioners at various stages and from various traditions and backgrounds is often better than following one guru-type.


There are lots of ways up the mountain, and many interesting skills and insights to develop using many traditions and paths. Make yourself at home. Discover the possibilities of how straightforward, down-to-Earth, and practical the Dharma can be. May all find something here that is of value and contribute to the wisdom represented and conveyed here.


Finding your way around this site

In the Discussion area you'll find a robust and active community of members discussing both the theory and practice of meditation with the most recent posts here. 

You need only sign up for a free account to participate there. If possible, use your real name as your name unless you really need to not be discovered posting on a place like this by someone for whatever reason. This makes things more real-world, which is what this place is about. For those who must remain cloaked behind a pseudonym, this is better than nothing and acceptable.

In the Dharma Wiki section you'll find an exposition of the various foundational principles, concepts, teachings, techniques,  maps that are often referenced here on the Dharma Overground. 

This is an amazing resource for new and seasoned practitioners alike. Check out the Blog where some of our core members post original and thought-provoking articles, though it hasn't had much activity of late. 

Finally, if you still don't know what the Dharma Overground is about check out the Frequently Asked Questions.