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Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) is a rare heterogeneous, but treatable autoimmune mediated peripheral neuropathy characterized by demyelination. #CIDP #immunosky #Neurology #NeuroSky #NeuroSkyence #ankylosingspondylitis #ms

Being constantly assaulted by, but consciously cut off from, the origin of bodily sensations produces alexithymia: not being able to sense and communicate what is going on with you. Only by getting in touch with your body, by connecting viscerally with your self, can you regain a sense of who you are, your priorities and values. Alexithymia, dissociation, and shutdown all involve the brain structures that enable us to focus, know what we feel, and take action to protect ourselves.
Justin Bieber while on the Grammys stage. The singer performed a sultry, slow version of his track “Yukon,” wearing nothing but his boxers and socks, and carrying his guitar
Description of the Painting ​The painting depicts a scene from Homer's Odyssey, specifically the moment Odysseus is welcomed at the court of the Phaeacian King Alcinous. ​Central Figure: The focal point is Odysseus, seated in the centre but turned slightly away. He is burying his face in a large, reddish brown cloak to hide his grief. His posture is hunched and clearly indicates deep emotional distress. ​The Bard: To the right of Odysseus, a rhapsode (a blind bard, likely representing Demodocus) is playing a lyre. He is in the midst of singing a song, looking upwards for inspiration. ​The Audience: Surrounding them are various courtiers and attendants. To the left, King Alcinous and Queen Arete sit on a dais, observing the scene with concern and curiosity. The other figures display a mix of attention to the music and observation of the stranger's (Odysseus's) strange reaction. ​Setting: The architecture is classical, featuring large fluted columns and drapery, setting a grand, courtly stage for this moment of vulnerability. ​ ​Schopenhauer, 1819: Viewing a painting of Odysseus sobbing finds proof of his theory that weeping is actually "noble self pity." We cry not just because we suffer, but because we perceive our own suffering from the outside 🎨😢 #Schopenhauer #Philosophy #ArtHistory #philsky artist Francesco Hayez
Nana's Recipe for Fruit Cake XMAS CAKE 8 ounces of Butter. 8 ounces of Sugar. 10 ounces of Plain Flour. 4 Eggs. 4 ounces of Ground Almonds. 2 ounces of Cherries. 3 ounces of Chopped Almonds. 8 ounces of Raisins. 8 ounces of Sultanas. 8 ounces of Currants. 1 Level Teaspoon of Mace. 1 Level Teaspoon of Nutmeg. Bake on Number 1 for three and a half hours.
creative festive decorations from Queen Square ( National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, UCLH Overview The photos show a resourceful display of Christmas decorations crafted entirely from recycled clinical materials—specifically medicine boxes and patient information leaflets. Detailed Description * The Paper Tree (Main Image): The centrepiece is a large, white Christmas tree constructed from hundreds of strips of shredded or cut patient leaflets layered to create a 'pine' effect. It is decorated with: * Miniature handmade ornaments (snowmen and abstract shapes) likely made from bottle caps or card. * Strings of dark beads or wire acting as tinsel. * Fairy lights woven throughout. * It stands in front of a "Health and Well Being" notice board featuring the UCLH logo. * The Hanging Star (Top Right): A complex, multi-pointed 3D star (or snowflake) hangs from the ceiling. It appears to be folded from patient leaflets, using the blue and white text to create a patterned effect. * Medicine Box Wreaths & Wall Art: * Bottom Left: A rosette-style wall decoration made from Tysabri 150 mg (natalizumab) packaging boxes fanned out in a circle, with a centre of red, white, and green yarn or pom-poms. * Middle Right: A cross or geometric star shape constructed from Gamunex (human normal immunoglobulin) boxes. It is embellished with festive ribbon, small baubles, and coloured lights. * Bottom Middle: A circular wreath made from blue and white medicine jars or boxes (appearing to be Gamunex or similar), decorated with a large, glittery red bow and fairy lights. * Bottom Right: A wreath created from balls of crumpled paper (presumably leaflets) wrapped in wire or string to hold their shape, wrapped with fairy lights and finished with a red bow. It is a brilliant example of upcycling hospital waste to bring festive cheer to the ward.
He added: "Charles had slagged off a key and difficult policy decision. Boris is not a man to let that go. He does not get angry or upset, but he gets even. I remember Boris telling me once, 'I fear no man'. But it was slightly playful as well: I think he was enjoying [Charles's] discomfort." The prince's officials knew exactly what was going on. Johnson, they believe, deliberately kept the story going with his briefing on the plane. In Kigali, the Prince of Wales and the prime minister had their photo opportunity, shaking hands, smiling, seemingly getting on pretty well. Aa Johnson and Prince Charles in Kigali, Rwanda, in June 2022 CHRIS JACKSON/PA In private, Johnson confronted the prince about whether he had criticised government policy, and Charles conceded that inadvertently he may have said something. Then they discussed their forthcoming speeches, and Charles said he wanted to talk about slavery. "The prime minister just couldn't help himself. He basically told the future King, 'I wouldn't talk about slavery if I [were] you, or you'll end up having to sell the Duchy of Cornwall to pay reparations'. Imagine the prime minister telling the future King that. I don't think relations ever fully recovered." Power and the Palace: the Inside Story of the Monarchy and 10 Downing Street by Valentine Low (Headline Press, £25) is published on September 11. To order a
Full moon over the sea reflecting onto the waer at Newcastle County Down, Northern Ireland July 2025 Do you know how experiences shine? If you don’t know how experiences shine They’re like the sun waking up the night You don’t need to throw thoughts away No ground, just like in a dream No fixation, like a water moon Nothing really there, like a rainbow Directionless, like the open sky That is how experiences shine Milarepa's Six Words That Sum It All Up Ari Goldfield Milarepa's Six Words That Sum It All Up https://www.ktgrinpoche.org/songs/milarepas-six-words-sum-it-all
Bennie Maupin The Jewel In The Lotus ECM, 1974 I T WAS Buster Williams’s doing. By 1970, the 28-year-old bassist had been with The Herbie Hancock Sextet for nearly two years and, like Hancock, found himself questioning the group’s purpose as they moved from elec- tric Miles funk (1969’s Fat Albert Rotunda) to experimental post-bop (1970’s The Prisoner), and endeavouring to develop a new image that ZRXOGUHÁHFWDQHZIRXQGLQWHUHVWLQ$IULFDQ culture; sporting dashikis, African talismans and going by their own Swahili names. At Williams’s insistence, drummer Billy Hart joined the band on July 31, 1970, to replace Albert ‘Tootie’ Heath. However, following the departure of saxophonist Joe Henderson, Williams and Hart thought the answer to Hancock’s artistic woes might lie in Henderson’s replacement. Both suggested Detroit-born multireedist Bennie Maupin, ZKRPWKH\·GÀUVWPHWLQ'HWURLWLQ “He was like us, a seeker,” explains Billy Hart today, in between lessons at Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where the 83-year- old is Associate Professor of Jazz Percussion. “It wasn’t a hard decision. He’d played with Miles and Herbie [on 1970’s Bitches Brew] and everyone knew Bennie was on his way to being a band leader himself.” That would happen in March 1974, in New York City’s Record Plant Studio. In between, Maupin, Hart, Williams, trumpeter Eddie Henderson and trombonist Julian Priester would revolutionise early-’70s jazz with Mwandishi. Named after Hancock’s Swahili sobriquet (“composer” or “writer”), Mwandi- shi created a sound that, in Hancock’s words, was, “looking for the unseen, listening for the unheard.” Central to that sound was Maupin. “He played saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, ÁXWHDQG¶EDVWDUG·LQVWUXPHQWVOLNHVD[HOORDQG curved soprano sax. With Bennie we’d get all kinds of different textures and colours.” “We adopted an African relationship to the music,” explains Ha…
DEPT. OF PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY HIGH PRIESTS What religious leaders learned from magic mushrooms. BY MICHAEL POLLAN PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY DAVID SAMUEL STERN I n October, 2015, Hunt Priest, then a minister at Emmanuel Episcopal Church on Mercer Island, in Washing- ton State, was flipping through The Christian Century, a progressive Protes- tant magazine, when an advertisement caught his eye: “Seeking Clergy to Take Part in a Research Study of Psilocybin and Sacred Experience.” Psilocybin is a hallucinogenic compound found in cer- tain mushrooms; researchers at Johns Hopkins University and N.Y.U. wanted to administer it to religious leaders who had “an interest in further exploring and developing their spiritual lives.” Priest, a slight, bearded, and disarm- ingly open man from small-town Ken- tucky, grew up in a Protestant church- going family and felt a religious calling as a teen-ager. He went to work for Delta Air Lines, but he told me that, in his thirties, “I began to feel something was missing in my spiritual life.” He started reading Buddhist texts, including Thích Nhất Hạnh’s “Living Buddha, Living Christ,” which eventually steered him back toward Christianity. At thirty-seven, he entered seminary. By the time Priest saw the ad, he was burned out. He ministered to an afflu- ent bedroom community near Seattle and felt that his work had become “more about institutional administration and mainte- nance. That will wrench the spirituality out of most people.” He had never expe- rienced psychedelics—a requirement for participation in the study—and had heard some horror stories. Still, he had always been curious. The study was at respected universities, and legal. Why the hell would I not do this? he thought. He began the arduous process of qualifying to partici- pate: a series of phone calls, long ques- tionnaires, in-person interviews in Bal- timore, and a medical exam. The team behind the…
Sunlight Some things, by their affinity light’s token, Are more than shown: steel glitters from a track; Small glinting scoops, after a wave has broken, Dimple the water in its draining back; Water, glass, metal, match light in their raptures, Flashing their many answers to the one. What captures light belongs to what it captures: The whole side of a world facing the sun, Re-turned to woo the original perfection, Giving itself to what created it, And wearing green in sign of its subjection. It is as if the sun were infinite. But angry flaws are swallowed by the distance; It varies, moves, its concentrated fires Are slowly dying – the image of persistence Is an image, only, of our own desires: Desires and knowledge touch without relating. The system of which sun and we are part Is both imperfect and deteriorating. And yet the sun outlasts us at the heart. Great seedbed, yellow centre of the flower, Flower on its own, without a root or stem, Giving all colour and all shape their power, Still recreating in defining them, pagebreak-rw_99 Enable us, altering like you, to enter Your passionless love, impartial but intense, And kindle in acceptance round your centre, Petals of light lost in your innocence.
The Elephant as a Symbol of Mental Strength and Steadfastness: In Buddhism, the untamed mind is sometimes compared to a wild elephant – powerful, destructive, and erratic. Through practices like meditation and mindfulness, this "elephant" of the mind can be tamed and trained. A tamed elephant is strong, reliable, and steadfast. The "Eye" of this Tamed Mind: The "eye" of such a tamed and powerful mind could then represent a clear, focused, and insightful perception. It's not about literal omniscience, but rather a profound understanding born from a controlled and cultivated mind. It sees things as they truly are (Yathābhūta ñāṇadassana – knowledge and vision of things as they are), free from the distortions of delusion, craving, and aversion. Wisdom and Insight (Prajñā): The "eye" in Buddhism often symbolizes wisdom (Prajñā) – the faculty that sees the ultimate nature of reality, including concepts like impermanence (anicca), suffering (dukkha), and non-self (anattā). The Elephant's Gaze: An elephant's calm, steady gaze could be metaphorically linked to the unwavering insight of wisdom. This "eye of the elephant" doesn't just see superficial appearances but penetrates to the deeper truths of existence. It "sees all" in the sense of comprehending the interconnectedness and fundamental nature of phenomena. Mindfulness and Awareness: A key aspect of Buddhist practice is cultivating mindfulness (sati) – a clear, non-judgmental awareness of the present moment. The Elephant's Presence: Elephants are often perceived as being very present and aware of their surroundings. The "eye of the elephant" could symbolize this all-encompassing awareness – a mind that is fully attentive to all aspects of experience, both internal and external, without being overwhelmed or distracted.
The image shows a wall in a London NHS hospital setting. On the left, there's an orange sign that says "stop. gel. go." next to a white hand sanitizer dispenser, which appears to be empty. Above it, a notice board with "PHARMACY OPENING HOURS" is partially visible. In the center, there's a "Statutory Information" sign. On the right, a tall, blue and white freestanding unit labeled "THANK YOU NHS!" is visible, with a "TAP TO GIVE" payment device. Tucked behind this unit, on the floor, is a small, dark object that resembles a mousetrap. The floor is made of wooden planks.
archive.today webpage capture Saved from https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/health/trump-administration-slashes-research-into-lgbtq-health.html history 4 May 2025 09:32:04 UTC All snapshots from host www.nytimes.com WebpageScreenshot sharedownload .zipreport bug or abuse Skip to contentSkip to site indexSection Navigation SEARCH Log in Trump Administration Updates 100 Days: What’s Changed Lawsuits Tracker Tracking the Layoffs Approval Ratings You have been granted access, use your keyboard to continue reading. Trump Administration Slashes Research Into L.G.B.T.Q. Health More than $800 million in N.I.H. grants canceled as of early May — nearly half of those terminated to date — covered the health of sexual and gender minority groups, The Times found. Listen to this article · 12:24 min Learn more A close-up view of a person's arm getting blood drawn in a clinic setting. Drawing blood for an S.T.I. test at a San Francisco AIDS Foundation clinic. The N.I.H. canceled several grants to a network of researchers who work on preventing and treating H.I.V. and AIDS in young adults, who account for a fifth of new infections each year in the United States.Credit...Max Whittaker for The New York Times Benjamin Mueller By Benjamin Mueller Benjamin Mueller covers the National Institutes of Health and, for this story, reviewed hundreds of N.I.H. grants terminated under President Trump. May 4, 2025, 5:00 a.m. ET The Trump administration has scrapped more than $800 million worth of research into the health of L.G.B.T.Q. people, abandoning studies of cancers and viruses that tend to affect members of sexual minority groups and setting back efforts to defeat a resurgence of sexually transmitted infections, according to an analysis of federal data by The New York Times. In keeping with its deep opposition to both diversity programs and gender-affirming care for adolescents, the administration has worked aggressively to root out research touching on equity measures and transgender hea…
Private Eye editor Ian Hislop feels the Archbishop of Canterbury is outgoing in the wrong way. Hislop's magazine has long covered the scandal that led to Justin Welby's resignation, and he was unimpressed when the archbishop appeared at the British Museum trustees' dinner just a day after quitting. "Isn't this lovely?" said Welby to Hislop, who replied: "It is lovely that you have resigned." Hislop said this was "not the most brilliant bit of repartee", but a frank exchange of views followed and they parted on unfriendly terms. Hislop glared as others comforted the deposed primate. "These particular Christians were far too keen to forgive each other," he said, "and far too slow to seek justice." An archbishop can be dethroned but, when it comes to forgiveness, Hislop will find the CofE has an immutable company policy.
Various dietary components and patterns—from gluten and artificial sweeteners to intermittent fasting and the Mediterranean diet—have been tied to microbial changes, which in turn have been associated with mea- surable shifts in molecular markers of inflammation and, in some cases, reduced severity of autoimmune condi- tions like Crohn’s disease and multiple sclerosis. When we marvel at these ob- served effects, though, we don’t always consider their size. How does gluten avoidance’s effect on inflammation compare with that of immunosup- pressing medications? In a story of complicated illness, it can be easy to confuse footnotes for headlines