Therapy

 Now that the Corona pandemic seems to be a little under control, other major diseases seem to be getting the attention they deserve. One such dis-ease absolutely to be addressed immediately is Alzheimer's.

It is the deadliest, I would say. It steals the very selfhood, the real identity of the elderly patient, most often women. It is a kind of autoimmune disease, so to say. In a world greying fast, therapy against it was the  urgent most need of the hour.

Those of you who have been regularly reading my blog (I am not exactly kidding or flattering myself when I say most humbly that indeed there ARE some readers who have thus chosen to bless me and mine!) would remember that on September 22, in the blog Post entitled "Fathoming Forgetfulness", I did mention this demon.

Today, however,I refer to it again because NOW a major breakthrough in its treatment is imminent. What I love about this emerging treatment is its utter simplicity. It consists of the patient being administered pure oxygen per day for an hour or some such specified period as per the stage.  Right now, sure it is thus given under strict medical supervision. Very soon, however, it should be available in containers, rather like the asthma pumps.

What a divine Promethean gift it would be to the patients and the family caretakers! This is pure real science, a breakthrough worth a Nobel, as it would spare trauma for an entire family.

In a way, I would say it takes us back to the yoga inhalation practice of pranayama and its various typologies. Old is thus gold in a way because pranayama is the current rage on the fashion circuit, and is easily accessible to the poor as well, welfare state or otherwise.

Let me hence end the blog today with a big  "Congratulations cum Thank You" to the entire team of medical researchers at Tel Aviv University .  In a post-truth world, too,the  truism that doctors are gods is real for sure!

Pratima @ God is omni-present, And yet he And his emissaries are around us, as mothers and  medical researchers when He gets real busy!