Janine M Lodato
San Andreas, CA (USA)
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Healthcare
Year Founded:
2006
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1-10 people
Description:
Mind-Body Health via Games of Skill: MindPowerPoker,
by Janine M Lodato
(The following excerpt is from a book by the author published at (URL removed))
Life stands on three legs: mind, body and soul. They should be well
balanced, but sometimes one ofthem gets a little less capable. Many
times the mind has to make up for the weakness of the body. Insome
cases the soul has to lift the mind. This interaction can also work
very well between two peoplesuch as wife and
(URL removed)choNeuroImmunology (PNI), the scientific term for mind-body
interaction, helps by means of themind commanding the body to fight
serious illness. Take the case of my husband, for example, who ismy
full time caregiver due to my disability. Three years ago he was
diagnosed with a strong case, anadvanced case of prostate cancer.
But, because of my quadriplegic condition, due to my late stageSPMS
(secondary progressive multiple sclerosis), he must do everything for
me, even scratch mynose or my eyebrows or whatever itches or whatever
other need I may have. It appears that his mindis telling his body not
to give in to cancer since he must stay strong to be able to help me.
His mindcommands and the body (URL removed) husband simply does not have
time to be sick and he does not allow himself to be sick. Actually
itis simply a matter of involvement and time. My caregiver, my hero
husband finds time to look after allmy needs so he does not allow
himself time to feel sorry for himself which clearly helps with his
(URL removed) does not have the time and luxury to give up or give in to
illness, thus clearly he is a very fineexample of mind body
interaction, PNI, doing a great job of keeping him alive and helping
with his fightagainst (URL removed) mind is a powerful tool. When the
body flakes out, the mind can take over for the body'sshortcomings and
fill the disabled person's time with useful and enjoyable tasks.
Rather than going toan exercise gym the mind can connect to a brain
gym via the Internet. So the Library of Congress andthe Government
could provide the Internet as a free service to the disabled. The
Government and themedical establishment should put together a data
base of care givers and the disabled who need caregivers, so they can
match up according to needs and availability.
The Internet is a great tool for PNI, especially with cognitive
mind-based games of skill, thus helpingthe people in need to improve
their physical conditions. There is increasing scientific interest in
thearea of brain-immune system interactions and the physiological
changes that are induced by activationof the immune system. It is
apparent that behavioral and psychological factors can modify the
functionof the immune system and health. Susceptibility to viral
infections, activation of latent viral infections,and
relapses/remissions in patients with HIV positive individuals are
influenced by interactionsbetween the brain, endocrine, nervous, and
immune systems. Stress and other behavioral andpsychological factors
may be linked to disease susceptibility and progression. The best way
to controlsomeone's chronic conditions or disabilities is through
involvement and the PNI effects such activitybrings (URL removed) of the
potential best ways to collaborate and get involved with cognitive
activities is via the use ofinteractive games. Not games of chance,
they are too stressful and stress is bad for health, but gamesof skill
.
Most card games like poker is based on to a very large degree on pure
chance, and maybesome psychology to bluff and read the other players.
But the chance element, what kind of cards youmay be dealt, dominates
the game. So we need a pure game of skill in which the chance element
istotally eliminated. The problem is that chess is too complicated,
checkers is too simple and Sudoku isa little artificial.
My above-mentioned book proposes a new game of skill based on the
rules and purpose of poker,which is well known throughout the world,
but instead of chance the play is performed based on rulesof skill.
This is a true story of such care recipient, Janine, a quadriplegic
wife, and 24/7 caregiverhusband, Laszlo, the inventor of board-based
poker games: (URL removed) should be noted that everybody can use
MindPowerPoker in any and all its forms, not just thepeople in need of
care and their caregivers. A board version, a Wii version as well as
on-line contestversion of the MindPowerPoker game is under final
stages of development by us.
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Janine M. Lodato
(URL removed) 838
SAN ANDREAS, CA.
95249-0838
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Description:
Mind-Body Health via Games of Skill: MindPowerPoker,
by Janine M Lodato
(The following excerpt is from a book by the author published at (URL removed))
Life stands on three legs: mind, body and soul. They should be well
balanced, but sometimes one ofthem gets a little less capable. Many
times the mind has to make up for the weakness of the body. Insome
cases the soul has to lift the mind. This interaction can also work
very well between two peoplesuch as wife and
(URL removed)choNeuroImmunology (PNI), the scientific term for mind-body
interaction, helps by means of themind commanding t
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