Tim Brunson DCH

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Sensorimotor interventions improve growth and motor function in preterm infants.

Posted At : May 26, 2011 9:16 PM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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PURPOSE: To assess the effect of an oral (O+O), a tactile/kinesthetic (T/K+T/K), and a combined (O+T/K) intervention on preterm infants' weight gain and motor function and to determine whether the combined O+T/K intervention has an additive/synergistic effect on outcomes. DESIGN/SAMPLE: Seventy-five preterm infants were randomized into an O+O intervention consisting of oral stimulation, a T/K+T/K intervention involving whole body stimulation, an O+T/K intervention, and a control group. Interventions were administered for 15 minutes, twice a day, for ten days.

OUTCOMES: Weight gain, motor function. RESULTS: The O+O and T/K+T/K groups had greater weight gain during the intervention period than did controls (p ?.025). The T/K+T/K and O+T/K groups had better motor function than did controls (p ?.017).

CONCLUSION: Single and combined interventions improved growth and motor function. The combined intervention, because of the shorter duration of each modality, did not lead to additive/synergistic effects, suggesting that the duration of the sensorimotor input is as important as its target in achieving defined outcomes.

Neonatal Netw. 2010 Nov-Dec;29(6):359-66. Fucile S, Gisel EG. School of Physical & Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. sandra.fucile@mail.mcgill.ca

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Protective essential oil attenuates influenza virus infection: an in vitro study in MDCK cells.

Posted At : May 26, 2011 9:15 PM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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BACKGROUND: Influenza is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. The recent pandemic of a novel H1N1 influenza virus has stressed the importance of the search for effective treatments for this disease. Essential oils from aromatic plants have been used for a wide variety of applications, such as personal hygiene, therapeutic massage and even medical practice. In this paper, we investigate the potential role of an essential oil in antiviral activity.

METHODS: We studied a commercial essential oil blend, On Guard™, and evaluated its ability in modulating influenza virus, A/PR8/34 (PR8), infection in Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells. Influenza virus was first incubated with the essential oil and infectivity in MDCK cells was quantified by fluorescent focus assay (FFA). In order to determine the mechanism of effects of essential oil in viral infection inhibition, we measured hemagglutination (HA) activity, binding and internalization of untreated and oil-treated virus in MDCK cells by flow cytometry and immunofluorescence microscopy. In addition, the effect of oil treatment on viral transcription and translation were assayed by relative end-point RT-PCR and western blot analysis.

RESULTS: Influenza virus infectivity was suppressed by essential oil treatment in a dose-dependent manner; the number of nascent viral particles released from MDCK cells was reduced by 90% and by 40% when virus was treated with 1:4,000 and 1:6,000 dilutions of the oil, respectively. Oil treatment of the virus also decreased direct infection of the cells as the number of infected MDCK cells decreased by 90% and 45% when virus was treated with 1:2,000 and 1:3,000 dilutions of the oil, respectively. This was not due to a decrease in HA activity, as HA was preserved despite oil treatment. In addition, oil treatment did not affect virus binding or internalization in MDCK cells. These effects did not appear to be due to cytotoxicity of the oil as MDCK cell viability was only seen with concentrations of oil that were 2 to 6 times greater than the doses that inhibited viral infectivity. RT-PCR and western blotting demonstrated that oil treatment of the virus inhibited viral NP and NS1 protein, but not mRNA expression.

CONCLUSIONS: An essential oil blend significantly attenuates influenza virus PR8 infectivity in vitro without affecting viral binding or cellular internalization in MDCK cells. Oil treated virus continued to express viral mRNAs but had minimal expression of viral proteins, suggesting that the antiviral effect may be due to inhibition of viral protein translation.

BMC Complement Altern Med. 2010 Nov 15;10:69. Wu S, Patel KB, Booth LJ, Metcalf JP, Lin HK, Wu W. Department of Respiratory Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, PR China.

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Arreed Barabasz, EdD, PhD, ABPP

Posted At : May 26, 2011 5:46 PM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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Arreed Barabasz is a Psychologist in Practice and Professor and Director of the Hypnosis Laboratory at Washington State University. He is the Editor of the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, a Diplomat of the American Board of Professional Psychology, and recent Past President of the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis and the Society of Psychological Hypnosis of the American Psychological Association. He conducts workshops for health care professionals worldwide.

He is a licensed psychologist and 'Diplomat of the American Board of Professional Psychology' (ABPP)-the highest distinction in professional psychology. In recognition of "Outstanding and unusual contributions to the science and practice of psychology", he has been awarded Fellow status in the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, and the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. By appointment of the Governor of the State of Washington, Dr. Barabasz served on the State Examining Board of Psychology 1993-1998 including a term as Chair and is currently Chair of the Ethics committees for SCEH and APA Div. 30.

He was President of the preeminent Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (SCEH) (1999-2001) and a recent past President of the American Psychological Association (APA) Division 30 (Society of Psychological Hypnosis). Dr. Barabasz was Associate Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, Medical School prior to his Professorship at Washington State University. He has published over 100 refereed research papers and received numerous national awards for his achievements in research, theory and practice. He is the three time winner of the of the coveted Henry Guze Award from SCEH" for best research paper published in the previous year" most recently 1999 for his experimental research showing unique EEG ERP responses to hypnosis.

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