Pranab

LATEST ARTICLES ( 332 )

• How a Cellist-Physician Saved the Lives of Cambodian Children

  Half a decade ago, Bhavna and I spent some time backpacking our way across Cambodia. Whilst we were doing the usual rounds, looking at temples, and doing the... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2024 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• “I Can Work with This.” Thoughts on the Satirical Comedy “Look Who’s Back”

  I just finished watching this strange movie, which I assumed would be all humor, based on the premise of... wait for it... Adolf Hitler! I know, humor is not th... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2024 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Witnessing Death: The Charnel House of Choeung Ek, Cambodia

  Ribbons tied to a fence in the memory of the fallen. Disclaimer: Contains graphic depictions of death and brutality, unfortunately, all of which is based on... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2024 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Rudolph Virchow on Health

  As an ardent Oslerphile, I have a thing for medical aphorisms. Osler, aside from being a master clinician, legendary teachers, and nerdy prankster (look up the... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2024 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Book Review: No One Can Stop the Rain

  "Here in prison rage contained in my breast I patiently wait for the clouds to gather blown by the wind of history. No one can stop the rain" - from "'Here in... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2024 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• 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