Illicit drugs and addiction
Index Home All Illicit drugs were not always illegal. For centuries we used them in cultural & religious rituals, and also for healing. Addiction was considered more of a sinful individual…
Tobacco: A merchandise of death
Index Home It was in 1950 that we scientifically established a link between Smoking and Lung Cancer. The work by British physicians Richard Doll and Bradford Hill was build-up on evidence…
Cancer: An antagonist in human story
Index Home Dear Cancer, For centuries you have slithered inside our bodies. You silently grow, wrapping all the structures that come your way. As you become big, you siphon away all…
Child art in postage stamps
Index Home World from a child's perspective Children see, explore and understand the world from a fresh perspective. Their world is simple to begin-with and becomes complex as they grow. So…
Nursing care: evolution of a profession
Index Home Every year 12 May is observed across the world as International Nursing Day. This is the birth Anniversary of Florence nightingale, who war born in the year 1840. She…
Hospitals around the world: Different strokes for Ivory towers
Index Home Ivory-towers are places of seclusion. Its inmates are often busy in their own pursuits, unaware of the world outside. Critics often equate hospitals to ivory-towers, both from a position…
Medical colleges and hospitals in India
Index Home Today India has more than 780 medical colleges, and about 64 standalone postgraduate institutes. There are more than 70,000 hospitals in India. Healthcare system in India is ancient. We…
Heart dominates, but does it ?
Index Home Heart has a special place amongst all organs. While brain, blood, liver, skin and kidneys all work silently - heart is loud. It is the only one to beat,…
Diabetes, a bitter disease with plentiful sweet urine
Index Home A postcard issued by Karnataka Circle on 14th November 2024, which is world diabetes day, Frederick Banting, a Canadian doctor and a co-discoverer of Insulin was born on 14th…
Small-pox: An enormous burden that was relieved in 1980
Index Home Small-pox had a high mortality, a third of all infected would die. Survivors would become blind, and carry a scarred face for life. Every infected person would have fever,…