How high are your blood pressure values ?
About a third of all adults across the world have high blood pressure values. The numbers are steadily rising, especially in Asia, where most people of the world live. You…
Red cross develops a system to communicate with prisoners of war (PoWs)
Prisoner of War management during world wars A less talked about consequence of wars are prisoners of war. These are soldiers of one warring side, that are captured by the…
Hodgkin and Pauling: Two friends with a common cause
This blog is an incredible tale about two scientists, both Nobel laureates, who eventually became friends for life. Dorothy Hodgkin, was a British Chemist was third woman ever to win…
The first postage stamp was born on 1st May 1840
Index Home It was Friday on 1st of May 1840, when first postage stamp was born. It was for use five days later, next Wednesday on 6th of May. Credit for…
Ensuring basic health needs: A concept with many names
Index Home Health is dear to all, and we all strive to be in pink of our health all the time. Principles of health maintenance are simple, though repetitive actions. While…
Gut and Liver: how did we get to know them well
Food is essential for life. A popular view, till 17th century was that our body absorbs food, that is directly converted by Liver into blood. While this view was later…
Eye of Horus and ocular symbolism
Index Home Recently I had the pleasure of collective viewing of one of my stamp albums with a co-philatelist. He stopped at a first day cover, that had a peculiar sketch.…
Alzheimer, Parkinson and Multiple Sclerosis: As nerves whither away
Index Home In this blog we feature three diseases of the nerves - Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Multiple sclerosis and their related philately. In all the three, nerve cells in our brain…
Antonín Holý: A Czech scientist who Created Tenofovir
Index Home Tenofovir is a medicine, that today is at the forefront for treatment of HIV and Heptatitis-B infection. Story of this drug, and its creators is however incredible. We knew…
Filariasis: Thread like worms that move in our bodies
Index Home The word filaria derives its origin from Latin filum, that means thread-like. These worms are really thin. Even grownup or adult worms that are about 2-4cm long, are less…