Beverly Rubik
Saybrook University, Integrative Medicine and Health Sciences, Faculty Member
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- Dr. Beverly Rubik has had a life-long interest in frontier areas of science and medicine beyond the mainstream, and s... moreDr. Beverly Rubik has had a life-long interest in frontier areas of science and medicine beyond the mainstream, and she is internationally renowned for her pioneering work. She earned her Ph.D. in biophysics at the University of California at Berkeley and has since published over 90 scientific papers and 2 books. From 1988-1995, Dr. Rubik was director of the Center for Frontier Sciences at Temple University where she explored the role of consciousness in the physical world and alternative and complementary medicine. From 1992-1997, she was one of 18 members of the Program Advisory Board appointed by US Congress to the Office of Alternative Medicine at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) that was the precursor organization to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. Dr. Rubik is especially known for her research on the biofield and biofield therapies, and in 1992 she chaired a panel at NIH that introduced the term “biofield.” In 1994 “biofield” became a medical subject heading at the US National Library of Medicine. In 1996, Dr. Rubik founded the Institute for Frontier Science (IFS), a nonprofit research laboratory funded initially by Laurance S. Rockefeller, Sr., and later supported by NIH, which is presently in Emeryville, California near San Francisco. Dr. Rubik serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicineedit
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Behavior patterns of chemotactic mutants of Salmonella typhimurium were compared to those of the wild type by using the quantitative tumble frequency assay. Some cheU mutants were completely inverted in their responses--e.g., attractants... more
Behavior patterns of chemotactic mutants of Salmonella typhimurium were compared to those of the wild type by using the quantitative tumble frequency assay. Some cheU mutants were completely inverted in their responses--e.g., attractants produce responses expected for repellents and repellents produce responses expected for attractants. Still others swam smoothly and did not respond to any stimuli. Mutants of other complementation groups were found to exhibit exact additivity or potentiation in response to multiple stimuli whereas the wild type showed desensitization. The results suggest that the cheU gene product acts as a switch at the interface between the sensing system and the motor response. The system is finely tuned so that changes in individual proteins can produce potentiation, desensitization, exact additivity, or inversion of responses.
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... Again, it must be recognised that no single language or approach can grasp the richness or elusiveness ... 9) Any studies on consciousness must acknowledge ... The holistic point of view, contrasting with the admittedly highly... more
... Again, it must be recognised that no single language or approach can grasp the richness or elusiveness ... 9) Any studies on consciousness must acknowledge ... The holistic point of view, contrasting with the admittedly highly successful alternative of assuming a Cartesian split and ...
Clinicians working in community mental health clinics are at high risk for burnout. Burnout is a problem involving emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment. Reiki is a holistic biofield energy therapy... more
Clinicians working in community mental health clinics are at high risk for burnout. Burnout is a problem involving emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment. Reiki is a holistic biofield energy therapy beneficial for reducing stress. The purpose of this study was to determine if 30 minutes of healing touch could reduce burnout in community mental health clinicians. We utilized a crossover design to explore the efficacy of Reiki versus sham Reiki, a pseudo treatment designed to mimic true Reiki, as a means to reduce symptoms of burnout. Subjects were randomized to whether they started with Reiki or sham. The Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS) and the Measure Your Medical Outcome Profile Version 2 (MYMOP-2) were used as outcome measures. Multilevel modeling was used to represent the relations among variables. Reiki was statistically significantly better than sham Reiki in reducing burnout among community mental health clinicians (p=0.011). Reiki was significant in reducing depersonalization (p<0.001), but only among single people. Reiki reduced the primary symptom on the MYMOP also only among single people (p=0.03). The effects of Reiki were differentiated from sham Reiki. Reiki could be helpful in community mental health settings for the mental health of the practitioners.
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Objective: To measure effects of Reiki treatments on growth of heat-shocked bacteria, and to determine the influence of healing context and practitioner well-being. Methods: Overnight cultures of Escherichia coli K12 in fresh medium were... more
Objective: To measure effects of Reiki treatments on growth of heat-shocked bacteria, and to determine the influence of healing context and practitioner well-being. Methods: Overnight cultures of Escherichia coli K12 in fresh medium were used. Culture samples were paired with controls to minimize any ordering effects. Samples were heat-shocked prior to Reiki treatment, which was performed by Reiki practitioners for up to 15 minutes, with untreated controls. Plate-count assay using an automated colony counter determined the number of viable bacteria. Fourteen Reiki practitioners each completed 3 runs (n 42 runs) without healing context, and another 2 runs (n 28 runs) in which they first treated a pain patient for 30 minutes (healing context). Well-being questionnaires were administered to practitioners pre–post all sessions. Results: No overall difference was found between the Reiki and control plates in the nonhealing context. In the healing context, the Reiki treated cultures overall exhibited significantly more bacteria than controls (p 0.05). Practitioner social (p 0.013) and emotional well-being (p 0.021) correlated with Reiki treatment outcome on bacterial cultures in the nonhealing context. Practitioner social (p 0.031), physical (p 0.030), and emotional (p 0.026) well-being correlated with Reiki treatment outcome on the bacterial cultures in the healing context. For practitioners starting with diminished well-being, control counts were likely to be higher than Reiki-treated bacterial counts. For practitioners starting with a higher level of well-being, Reiki counts were likely to be higher than control counts. Conclusions: Reiki improved growth of heat-shocked bacterial cultures in a healing context. The initial level of well-being of the Reiki practitioners correlates with the outcome of Reiki on bacterial culture growth and is key to the results obtained.
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En su forma más simple, un campo magnético es un campo de fuerza magnética que se extiende hacia afuera a partir de una imán permanente. Las corrientes eléctricas en movimiento producen campos magnéticos. Por ejemplo, cuando una corriente... more
En su forma más simple, un campo magnético es un campo de fuerza magnética que se extiende hacia afuera a partir de una imán permanente. Las corrientes eléctricas en movimiento producen campos magnéticos. Por ejemplo, cuando una corriente eléctrica fluye a través de un ...