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World AIDS Day 2014 Theme
December 1 is celebrated as the World AIDS Day and the theme this year is: Focus, Partner, Achieve: An AIDS-Free Generation Arguably one of the most effective... Read more
Posted on 28 November 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE -
Monkeys Mar Malaysia’s March Against Malaria
As great as the alliteration sounds in the title of the post, the underpinnings of the issue are rather serious.Although thought to be an emerging disease, the... Read more
Posted on 26 November 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE -
Is the British Government Deserting Volunteers in the Battle Against Ebola?
If this “The Telegraph” news article is to be believed, then the 1500 or so British volunteers that the NHS is despatching to Sierra Leone as a part of a massiv... Read more
Posted on 26 November 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE -
The Plague Hits Madagascar: In the Shadows of the Ebola Crisis
While the whole world has been in panic mode about the “Ebola Crisis” that has been evolving in western Africa in the past few months, a new problem has... Read more
Posted on 23 November 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE -
World Toilet Day: Recommitting to a Clean India
The Swachchha Bharat (literally translates to “Clean India”) mission has been somewhat derailed by jingoistic publicity stunts and political gimmicks to gain... Read more
Posted on 19 November 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE -
A Stroll Through Lodhi Garden
Yesterday I took out my new DSLR Camera for a spin. I went to the Lodhi Gardens, early in the morning, and snapped a fair number of pictures. Read more
Posted on 31 October 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE -
MCQ #2 Answer
If you want to take another stab at the question, have a go at this before reading on further!The criteria for a hospital’s Baby Friendly accreditation... Read more
Posted on 21 October 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE -
MCQ #1 Answer
Want another shot at the question? Have a go at it here before you check out the answer! If the baseline district prevalence of TF in 1–9-year-old children is... Read more
Posted on 19 October 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE -
MCQ #1: Trachoma
I have been getting a fair number of MCQs and requests to clear up doubts from time to time and I have always tried my best to try and answer them. Read more
Posted on 18 October 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE -
Box of Pox: The Return of the Smallpox
According to a CDC media release, vials labeled “Variola”, more commonly known as Smallpox, were found in an unused storage room in a laboratory at the NIH,... Read more
Posted on 11 July 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE -
Diseases of Displaced People: Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
Scabies, polio, tuberculosis, malaria, and a host of other diseases have been blamed on the penurious conditions that refugees are often forced to live in when... Read more
Posted on 09 July 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE -
Thoughts on H-index (and Google Scholar Metrics 2014)
The 2014 Google Scholar Metrics have been released a week or so now. The list for the top twenty journals in Health and Medicine are: [drumroll]Top 20 Journals... Read more
Posted on 08 July 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE -
Florida Clampdown on Pain Pills Lowers Drug-Related Mortality
Ever since I started working with the homeless youth of Delhi, I have noticed their drug and substance dependence issues and how, despite knowing the... Read more
Posted on 07 July 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE -
MERS CoV: Can It Spread from Camels to Man?
The Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS CoV) is a novel single stranded RNA virus that has been doing the rounds in the Middle East, bits of... Read more
Posted on 07 July 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE -
Ebola Outbreak in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone
Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone are in the midst of an outbreak of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever. The numbers that have been provided by the respective ministries... Read more
Posted on 06 July 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE -
The Man with a Million Hits: John Ioanndis
If you are not aware of Prof. John Ioannidis and his work, well, you must have been living buried under the proverbial rock (also known as AIPG/AIIMS papers). H... Read more
Posted on 06 July 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE -
West Nile Virus and Polio-like Syndromes: An Emerging Threat
While the whole nation has been gripped by a media-induced frenzy about the fatal effects of the so-called “litchi virus” (do not get me started on this! This... Read more
Posted on 21 June 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE -
Vintage Vehicle Voyeurism: The Poor Motorhead’s Pastime
One of my pastimes is to look for vintage vehicles for sale on the net. Now, almost all of these are beyond my purchasing power, but, surfing through these and... Read more
Posted on 30 May 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE -
JIMA: Largest Medical Journal in Print Closes Shop
The Journal of the Indian Medical Association seems to have ceased publication in March, according to this newspaper article, which caught my attention recently. Read more
Posted on 27 May 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE -
Medical Wish-list: What Can the New Government Do for Us?
“…ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” - John F. KennedyThe reason why I open this possibly naive post with this... Read more
Posted on 26 May 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE