Dr. Ramakanta

The Tylenol Controversy

( Although these days, car makers are regularly recalling defective vehicles, in the 1980s it was unheard of. The story of first product recall in history.) Tylenol ( acetaminophen) is a drug for fever, manufactured by Jhonson and Jhonson. It’s a fast cousin of our crocin etc. In the 1980s, it was the leading pain-killerContinue reading “The Tylenol Controversy”

Man flu

Men actually experience respiratory viral illnesses differently than women. Men are reported to take longer to recover from flu-like illnesses than women. Researchers have long known that men and women experience pain differently. After all each woman has a billion cells different from a man. They have X chromosome in each cell in place ofContinue reading “Man flu”

Future of Male Chauvinism

Women have a primeval urge to hang on to wealthy men to provide for their children during the long period of pregnancy and childrearing. In one Danish study, husbands whose wives out-earned them were found to suffer from erectile dysfunction more. Reason: the loss of breadwinner status somehow is related to impotence. …Continue reading “Future of Male Chauvinism”

Evolution of Beauty

Is beauty only skin deep ? Certainly not says, Nancy Etcoff of Harvard Medical School. Beauty is indicative of health, youth and fertility. The ability to detect beauty is a survival mechanism. That is what evolution needs for propagation of species. We’ve evolved to recognize traits like tender skin, large eyes, baby noses and chubbyContinue reading “Evolution of Beauty”

Naked Power and the Power of Nakedness.

Alexander (the Great) & the Gymnosophists*. Two different mythologies. Two different ways of looking at the world. One believes this is the one and only life. The other believes this is one of many lives. So the story goes: Alexander met a person in India whom Plutarch refers to be a Gymnosophist, which means aContinue reading “Naked Power and the Power of Nakedness.”