Morning MEDtalks with Dr K K Aggarwal
New Delhi , August 13, 2018 :
Meditation is a journey: 50 reasons to meditate
- From sickness to wellness
- From particle state towards wave particle duality state
- From wave particle duality state to wave state
- From manifest to unmanifest
- From disturbed state of consciousness to undisturbed state of consciousness
- From sympathetic to parasympathetic mode
- From exercise to yoga
- From sahasrara (crown) chakra to muladhara (root) chakra and back
- Towards a thoughtless state
- Towards union of mind with the body
- Towards union of purusha with prakriti
- Towards achieving silence
- Of experiencing higher state of consciousness
- Of experiencing restful alertness
- Of experiencing ‘para’ state of language
- Of experiencing ritam bhara pragya
- Of experiencing the unmanifest
- Of experiencing losing track of time
- Of experiencing moksha
- Of experiencing inner happiness
- Of experiencing liberation
- Of experiencing ecstasy
- Of concentration on the object of concentration and giving preference to the object of communication over thoughts
- Of achieving turiya state of consciousness
- Of getting benefits in 20 minutes equivalent to 7 hours of deep sleep
- Of experiencing critical mass effects
- Is having a dialogue with Para Brahma
- Of knowing the unknown
- Of experiencing synchrodestiny
- Of experiencing meaningful coincidences
- Of experiencing spontaneous fulfillment of desires
- Of experiencing exaggerated telepathy
- Of experiencing exaggerated reverse telepathy
- Of experiencing a state of no enmity
- Of experiencing a state of fearlessness
- Of experiencing a state of truthfulness
- Of experiencing a state of getting detached to the results of your actions
- Of being able to spontaneously reduce the mental noise
- Of being able to spontaneously neutralize or reduce the mental noise
- Of being able to spontaneously ignore the mental noise
- Of improving your concentration power
- Of experiencing Tyaga
- Of experiencing Vairagya
- Of experiencing Sanyasi
- Of understanding who we are
- Of experiencing Aham Brahmasmi
- Of experiencing Tat-tvam-asi
- Of experiencing Pragnanam Brahma
- Of achieving a state where God talks to you
- Of achieving a state of Para Brahma, Para experiences and para language
FDA: Misuse of rupture-of-membranes tests and fetal deaths
The FDA is reminding clinicians that improper use of rupture-of-membranes (ROM) tests in pregnant women can lead to severe adverse events. The warning follows multiple reports of health complications — including 13 fetal deaths — associated with test misuse. The agency emphasized that ROM tests should not be used alone but rather should be part of an overall clinical assessment that may include testing for leaking amniotic fluid. Inaccurate results, including false-negatives, may occur. Both the timeframe in which testing occurs and the presence of blood, meconium, antifungal creams, or lubricants from vaginal exams can affect the results.
The FDA separately announced a recall for a single brand of ROM test (marketed as AmniSure) due to a malfunction that could impact how the results are interpreted.
Preterm prelabor rupture of membranes (PPROM) refers to rupture of fetal membranes prior to labor in pregnancies <370/7thsweeks. It occurs in 3 percent of pregnancies and is responsible for one-third of preterm births.
The diagnosis of PPROM is clinical, based on visualization of amniotic fluid coming out of the cervical canal/pooling in the vaginal fornix of a woman who presents with a history of leaking fluid. Laboratory tests (eg, Nitrazine, fern, AmniSure, Actim PROM, ROM Plus) and ultrasound are used for confirmation in cases of clinical uncertainty.
If PPROM is not obvious after visual inspection, the diagnosis can be confirmed by testing the pH of the vaginal fluid, which is easily accomplished with Nitrazine paper. Amniotic fluid usually has a pH range of 7.0 to 7.3 compared with the normally acidic vaginal pH of 3.8 to 4.2 and the normal acidic pH of urine of 5.0 to 6.0.
Dr KK Aggarwal
Padma Shri Awardee
Vice President CMAAO
President HCFI