Category Archives: Ideas of health

1. The Kal ka Chokra: The evolution of human brain states that our thinking brain, the Prefrontal cortex (PFC) appeared only in the recent past. It’s the part that sits behind your EYEs. 2. The boojurg: Deep down, between the two EARs sits the limbic system or the impulsive brain. It is millions of yearsContinue reading “The Three Brains”

Behind every successful Rehab program, there’s this sacrifice of an unpaid care giver. Yet, no credit goes to them. Let’s put some care into our health care. When a person suffers from stroke and paralysis, he becomes bed ridden for 6 month at home. He takes food in a tube, passes urine by a tubeContinue reading “The unpaid care giver.”

( 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”