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• The Ills of Rattlesnake Pills

  In the weird news section of the day, comes this one: child falls sick with lethal salmonella infection after consuming rattlesnake pills.Yeah, you got that... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2017 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• The Ills of Rattlesnake Pills

  

  As expected, the news of rising numbers of leptospirosis cases are trickling in from Puerto Rico. A recent publication in the CDC's Emerging Infectious... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2017 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Mapping Kolkata’s Hospitals with Google Maps: Crowdsourced GeoHealth

  

  In an announcement in the Official Google Enterprise Blog, it was revealed that the Google Apps The Medical Education Unit at the University College of... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2017 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Mapping Kolkata’s Hospitals with Google Maps: Crowdsourced GeoHealth

  

  I received an email update from Google Maps about a brilliant initiative that is going to be of special importance in this season of “unknown” acute febrile... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2017 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Docplexus and the Dicey Email Spam

  OK. So, I have not blogged twice in such quick succession in a long long time… that can only mean one thing: I am procrastinating on a deadline! Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2017 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Remembering Prof. Huw Taylor

  A couple of months back, my institute hosted a group of scientists from the University of Brighton and Emory University, who had come over to explore the... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2017 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Leptospirosis Hits Puerto Rico in the Aftermath of Hurricane Maria

  As expected, the news of rising numbers of leptospirosis cases are trickling in from Puerto Rico. Since Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, there have been areas... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2017 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Leptospirosis Hits Puerto Rico in the Aftermath of Hurricane Maria

  As expected, the news of rising numbers of leptospirosis cases are trickling in from Puerto Rico. Since Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, there have been areas... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2017 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Hepatitis Outbreak in Syrian IDP Camp Follows Cholera Case Detection

  In a matter of hours since I wrote about the diagnosis of a child suffering from cholera in the camp for housing the displaced population from Homs, I received... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2017 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Hepatitis Outbreak in Syrian IDP Camp Follows Cholera Case Detection

  

  According to a report disseminated by the ProMED mail service, a case of cholera has been As the news trickles in about the raging cholera outbreak in... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2017 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Cholera Case in Syrian Refugee Camp: Ominous Signals

  According to a report disseminated by the ProMED mail service, a case of cholera has been detected in a refugee camp housing displaced people from Homs. Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2017 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Cholera Case in Syrian Refugee Camp: Ominous Signals

  

  As the news trickles in about the raging cholera outbreak in Yemen, and an emerging outbreak Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD) has provided a good example of... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2017 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Scepticemia Enters FeedSpot’s Top 100 Healthcare Blogs List

  

  After seven years of blogging, and once winning the Indiblogger of the Year award for medical I know I have not been very active on the blog, but the few... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2017 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Scepticemia Enters FeedSpot’s Top 100 Healthcare Blogs List

  

  This past week I have been snowed in under an absolute avalanche of work (both on the personal and professional fronts), so much so that I have not even had... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2017 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Weekend Research Reads #4

  This week's readings have been all over the place. Zinc oxide nanoparticles provide anti-cholera activity by disrupting the interaction of cholera toxin with... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2017 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Demonization of Doctors: #jesuisasur

  

  The Durga Puja is not just a religious ceremony for Bengalis. To them, it is a cultural extravaganza, a carnival, and a riot of happiness that knows no caste,... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2017 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Cochrane Presents Interactive Learning Courses

  

  There are very limited opportunities for Indian medical students and even residency trainees, to engage in The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR)... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2017 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Research Mentorship for MBBS/MD Students in India: The Wellcome Trust/DBT India...

  

  Our thesis protocols were submitted today and most of us had a bit of running around As residents, one of the most important things that we have to do is... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2017 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Looking Back on Swami Vivekananda’s Chicago Address

  

  A hundred and thirty four years and one day ago, on 11th September, 1893, Swami Vivekananda took to stage at the Parliament of World's Religions in Chicago and... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2017 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Weekend Research Reads #2

  

  This weekend's research reads is really heavy on the antibiotic/antimicrobial resistance head because the BMJ published a special issue on AMR in South East... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2017 HEALTH, MEDICINE