Soumyadeepb
This blog, founded by Dr.Soumyadeep B is all about public health, medical ethics , medical research , healthcare news and commentaries on burning medical issues.
It tracks cutting edge research from medical journals of international repute and simplifies and shortens them for the unitiated and the busy (Research Analysis category) as well as tracks the latest news from the world of health )with a special focus on India and other developing nations (Healthcare News category). In addition there are reflective and critical essays on various aspects (Caffeinated Works /Random Musings) as well as interesting reblogs from different other related websites (Random Musings).
What makes the Guest Editorials of this blog unique is these are authored by not only from leading physician voices but also by voices from around the corners of your neighbourhood.
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Caffeinated Works & Random Musings
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This blog, founded by Dr.Soumyadeep B is all about public health, medical ethics , medical research a, healthcare news and commentaries on burning medical issues.
It tracks cutting edge research from medical journals of international repute and simplifies and shortens them for the unitiated and the busy (Research Analysis category) as well as tracks the latest news from the world of health )with a special focus on India and other developing nations (Healthcare News category). In addition there are reflective and critical essays on various aspects (Caffeinated Works /Random Musings) as well as interesting reblogs from different other related websites (Random Musings).
What makes the Guest Editorials of this blog unique is these are authored by not only from leading physician voices but also by voices from around the corners of your neighbourhood
LATEST ARTICLES ( 160 )
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Alleged Racial Bias Against Royal College of General Practioners
BAPIO (British Association of Physician of Indian Origin) has alleged bias in the Clinical Skills Exam conducted by the RCGP as part of evaluation of GP trainin... Read more
Posted on 30 December 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE -
Medical Error: The Overworked Doctor
After a recent firsthand experience and the subsequent literature review I realized that medical errors are far too common, and way too easy to occur- and... Read more
Posted on 27 December 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE -
Polio Eradication: Current Status and Challenges
For more than two decades mankind has been dreaming of a “polio-free world.” However the dream is yet to be realized owing to various problems related to... Read more
Posted on 21 December 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE -
WHO Global Initiative for Emergency & Essential Surgical Care
Way Back in 1980 Dr H. Mahler, the Director General of the WHO in his address to the Biennial World Congress of International College of Surgeons in Mexico has... Read more
Posted on 14 December 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE -
Dualities : Living with Cancer
We are often pulled in different, opposing directions, and take time to find the balance between acceptance and anger, surrender and control, individual and... Read more
Posted on 11 December 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE -
Wrong Site Surgery
WSS (and wrong site procedures: wrong site anaesthetic, implement fitting, etc) might not be as uncommon as you think. Here is an insight into the problem... Read more
Posted on 09 December 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE -
Zero Discrimination , Zero Infections : World AIDS Day
World AIDS Day is back again-this time with the theme of ” Getting to Zero: Zero new HIV infections. Zero deaths from AIDS-related illness. Zero discrimination... Read more
Posted on 30 November 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE -
GSK’s Parkinsonism Drug Turns Man into a Gambling Gay Sex Addict
In a one of its kind order a French Court has today ordered the British drug behemoth GlaxoSmithKline to pay 166,000 pounds to a married man who has turned... Read more
Posted on 29 November 2012 HEALTH -
Trehalose in Freeze Drying of Biomaterials
When we think of the word stasis, many of us think of science fiction movies and novels where people willingly put themselves inside little pods in spaceships. Read more
Posted on 22 November 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE -
Is Europe Under a Superbug Threat?
Europe which for the past few years have tried to pass the buck of growing antibiotic resistance to the medical tourism Industry in nations like India (which go... Read more
Posted on 20 November 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE -
The Indian Patient – Lots of Choice , but Not Enough Choices !
A doctor was visiting from the US,Much to my surprise, informed that he was quite impressed by how much choice Indian patients have ! Read more
Posted on 18 November 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE -
Why Do Doctors Prescribe Expensive Branded Drugs ?
Posted on 14 November 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE -
Leaving the West – Reflections on India, and American Health Care
Reblogged From Manasa Bhandarkar The BBC article “Leaving the West” really hit home for me; I recently spent several weeks working in Bangalore – the untapped... Read more
Posted on 14 November 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE -
We Grew from Strength to Strength : HIFA2015 Annual Review 2011
HIFA2015 the global NGO from UK which has been launched in October 2006 at the AHILA Congress (Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa) in... Read more
Posted on 13 November 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE -
Why “What Would Batman Eat ” is the Key to Obesity ?
It has been known by marketers and advertisers that they can make their junk food appealing to children by associating them with their favourite cartoon... Read more
Posted on 13 November 2012 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, MEDICINE -
A Non Systematic Review on Diwali
With Diwali- “the festival of lights” round the corner I thought of running up a (non) systematic review of medical literature on the effects of Diwali. The... Read more
Posted on 11 November 2012 MEDICINE -
Why Global Health Insurance Brokers Should Promote Medical Tourism ?
The world is shrinking; and many companies have become large multinationals , with presence in countries all across the globe. Providing employee benefits is... Read more
Posted on 11 November 2012 MEDICINE -
Is Eating Fish Beneficial?
Smoked hilsa cooked with mustard seed in Dhaka. Yes ,is the answer if you want to reduce your risk for cerebrovascular disease (what is called stroke in... Read more
Posted on 10 November 2012 MEDICINE -
How Sustainable is the Narayana Hrudayalaya Model for Healthcare ?
Narayana Hrudayalaya is often touted today as an Indian healthcare success story. It is supposed to be a great model of how to provide high tech medical care fo... Read more
Posted on 09 November 2012 MEDICINE -
Facing Today’s Global Health Crises Through Understanding, Commitment and...
‘The beginning decades of the 21st century have been unsettling. Worldwide, many have been affected by natural disasters, terrorism, wars, the Arab Spring,... Read more
Posted on 08 November 2012 MEDICINE