Prostaglandins: Substances with too much on their plate
Prostaglandins are a substances, that are produced by many cells in our body. While they mostly have a local action, a list of tasks they perform is long and complex.…
Nurses in Khaki, and how it all began
We usually visualize nurses to be in a white attire, but more recently the colors are often blue, green or mauve. On the other hand Khaki (a brownish yellow color)…
Mighty but tiny energy houses in our cells -mitochondria
None of the 30 trillion cells that make up the human body, can be seen with a naked eye. Most of these tiny cells, have an even tinier energy producing…
Iodine, salt and smiling sun: A forgotten story
Iodine While salt is ancient, Iodine is relatively recent. It was 1811, and Europe was perpetually in a war. Gun-powder was in a short supply, and a French Chemist Bernard…
Dr TM Nair: A doctor politician in Madras Presidency
Many doctors may have come across a Monthly Medical Journal "The Antiseptic". This Journal - A monthly publication of medicine and Surgery, was established in the year 1904, in Madras…
Mirror, mirror on the wall… light it bends, to show it all.
Mirror reflects. It is so honest, that we frequently invoke a mirror for a reality check. In ancient times, mirrors were an item of luxury, made up from polished metals.…
Silhouettes of risk and their impact on our healthy lives
We all aspire to be healthy, yet with each passing day we navigate through its risks. Most of these risks are unseen, hidden in details, and they often impact us…
The first multinational HIV philately campaign by UPAEP 2000
Unión Postal de las Américas, España y Portugal or UPAEP is a postal organization of 28 member countries. It was set up in the year 1911 to improve postal linkages…
Bassini led the way for a perfect hernia repair
Bassini and his injury Edoardo Bassini was an Italian surgeon, and as the fate would have it he devoted his life for a perfect hernia repair. Born in 1844, he…
Golgi and Cajal: Two adversaries who shared a Nobel Prize
The prize It was 1906, and the Nobel committee declared that that years Prize for medicine was to be given for visualization of Neurons. It was to be shared by…