It’s now high time that we shall have a new branch of medical science on Microbiata in curing our chronic diseases and dialling down inflammation and auto immune conditions
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Impact of Microbes and Vitamins on Modern Medicine
The growth of medical science was never smooth and linear. While the 1880s saw Koch’s postulates lead to the rapid discovery of most bacterial causes of disease, the 1930s witnessed the identification of deficiency diseases. In the 5,000-year history of medical science, no two decades have had such a profound impact on modern medicine.
February 2024- the month of Mumps
It was a lazy march afternoon. Saturday, 1 O’ clock. But it had been a busy day for me in my paediatrics clinic of our Central hospital. Two more kids are waiting, both of them are suffering from fever. Month of February has always been the month of fever. It is the month of ChickenContinue reading “February 2024- the month of Mumps”
How Oxytocin created the Facebook !
Evolution has so designed that the spontaneous delivery in humans also needs assistance of a third person ( not necessarily a doctor) to cut the natal cord, clean the face and nose of the baby, turn and put it on mother’s breast for its first feed. The mother in a lithotomy posture is totally helplessContinue reading “How Oxytocin created the Facebook !”
The woman who had discovered the molecular structure of DNA
Rosalind Franklin. Most likely you have not heard her name. – Who discovered the Double Helix structure of DNA ? Watson and Crick. Every child knows the answer. – Wrong. The 1962 Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine was awarded to James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins for their discovery of molecular structure ofContinue reading “The woman who had discovered the molecular structure of DNA”