Pranab

LATEST ARTICLES ( 327 )

• Robert Edwards’ Nobel Prize Revives Memories of an Unsung Indian Pioneer

  While the world stood up to salute Robert Edwards, acknowledging his ground breaking work in in-vitro fertilization by bestowing the Nobel Prize on him,... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2024 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• About the Blog

  And this is medicine? Said Richard Feynman to the psychiatrist who was examining him and who had stated he studied medicine to become a psychiatrist. Part 3:... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2024 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Blogging is Dead… Welcome to My Blog!

  At the risk of giving out how old, and hence, non-hip I am, I must say, I have first been a lurker and then a furious contributor to the world-wide blogosphere... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2024 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Testing WordPress to Anchor.fm for Podcasting My Blog

  

  Testing out the recent wordpress.com connection with anchor.fm, which lets you create podcasts from the content created on your wordpress-powered blog! Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2021 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• How Long Does SARS-CoV-2 Survive on Different Surfaces?

  

  One question which has been doing the rounds is if one can catch COVID-19 from fomites. I summarize the findings from a piece published in NEJM a few weeks back. Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2020 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Was the SARS-CoV-2 a Laboratory Generated Virus?

  

  Summary information from some recent publications which indicate that the SARS-CoV-2 most likely emerged in nature, through natural selection, and was not a... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2020 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Where Did SARS-CoV-2 Come From?

  

  Some thoughts on the origin of the SARS-COV-2 virus. I understand that this field of knowledge is changing continuously and if anything in here is outdated or i... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2020 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Some Thoughts on COVID-19 Infection Mortality Rate

  

  Some thoughts on the COVID-19 mortality, which seems to be on the decline in India as of the last six weeks or so. Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2020 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Research Notes: Transmission Heterogeneity in COVID-19

  

  Some of my thoughts on an interesting pre-print which discusses the heterogeneity of infection transmission efficiency across different groups of people. Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2020 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Webinar Notes: Unpacking the National Education Policy

  

  Sannam S4 organized a webinar on the newly unveiled National Education Policy for India with Dr. Leena Chandran Wadia, who was a Consultant to the NEP... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2020 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Convalescent Plasma in COVID-19: The Dutch ConCOVID Randomized Controlled Trial...

  

  The Dutch CONCOVID Trial intended to look at the effect of convalescent plasma therapy on mortality in COVID-19 patients. It has recently been halted after... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2020 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• COVID-19 in Africa: Slow Epidemic Or Low Detection?

  

  COVID-19 has had a slow growth in various African countries. I look at the reported numbers and it seems that although the epidemiological proportions are in... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2020 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• COVID-19 and Testing Times

  

  India enters a small group of nations which have tested over 1 million samples for COVID-19. Some reflections on the scale of the success and what it entails. Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2020 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Get Pediatric Reference Materials on Your Phone

  When studying or working in the field of pediatrics, the amount of information you need to have memorized is mind-boggling. Yet, the speed of information... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2020 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• COVID-19 and Modeling the Lock Down: Some Thoughts on a Viral Paper

  

  A modeling paper discussing the impact of lock down has been virally transmitted on WhatsApp. In this post, I outline why I disagree with the core findings and... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2020 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• The COVID-19 War Will Be Lost in Our Hospitals

  

  My reflections on why we need to mount a community-owned action plan to combat COVID-19 and how it will be detrimental to depend on our secondary and tertiary... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2020 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Lessons from International Efforts to Control COVID-19

  

  A quick summary of the policy steps taken by various countries to contain or mitigate the transmission of COVID-19. Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2020 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• MSF Access Wish List for 2020

  

  The 2020 MSF Access wish list outlines six simple, effective, realistic, and very achievable targets. Check them out. Contribute to make them happen... because... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2020 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Your Menstrual Health: Are Tampons Safe to Use?

  With the numerous feminine hygiene products available in the market, such as the menstrual cups, tampons, and reusable sanitary pads, the options for women... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2019 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Is an Intensive Drug/Alcohol Rehabilitation Service Right for You?

  Making the decision to go into rehab is not an easy one. It means admitting that drastic steps need to be taken to resolve dangerous tendencies. The services... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2019 HEALTH, MEDICINE