Research on epidemiology of toxin-based diseases (TBDs) (other than microbial toxin diseases) has long been an area of patchy development, with a few areas undertaking extensive quality… Read more “Clinical Toxinology and Snake Anti-Venoms in India: Julian White”
Category: Guest Editorial
Guests Posts from India and the World
Snakebite should be a notifiable disease In India : VV Pillay
Dr. V.V.Pillay MD, DCL Chief, Poison Control Centre Head, Dept of Analytical Toxicology Professor, Forensic Medicine & Medical Toxicology Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Cochin,… Read more “Snakebite should be a notifiable disease In India : VV Pillay”
Snakebite neglected, forgotten and victims abandoned: David A Warrell
Prof David A Warrell , Emeritus Professor of Tropical Medicine at University of Oxford and Senior Editor of the Oxford textbook of Medicine and OTM: Infection in… Read more “Snakebite neglected, forgotten and victims abandoned: David A Warrell”
Why do patients fail to take medicines correctly?
“More than 50% of all medicines are prescribed, dispensed or sold inappropriately, and half of all patients fail to take medicines correctly.” WHO Fact Sheet 2012 So… Read more “Why do patients fail to take medicines correctly?”
Dualities : Living with Cancer
We are often pulled in different, opposing directions, and take time to find the balance between acceptance and anger, surrender and control, individual and group, being and… Read more “Dualities : Living with Cancer”
Wrong Site Surgery
Wrong Site Surgery WSS (and wrong site procedures: wrong site anaesthetic, implement fitting, etc) might not be as uncommon as you think. Here is an insight… Read more “Wrong Site Surgery”
Why do doctors prescribe expensive branded drugs ?
We all know that there are generic drugs available , which cost a fraction of what the expensive branded drugs do, but are as effective as them.… Read more “Why do doctors prescribe expensive branded drugs ?”
From the Blog to the World
The RTI expose in this Blog on post offices in New Delhi lacking facilties for the disabled higlighted in the post “India Post: “Paper Tigers” in “ease of access… Read more “From the Blog to the World”
India Post: “Paper Tigers” in “ease of access for the disabled”
Minister of Communications & IT while unveiling the new logo of India Post said, “The government is taking steps to make India Post a parcel and logistics… Read more “India Post: “Paper Tigers” in “ease of access for the disabled””
Lesson to Learn from The Death of a Celebrity
One fine morning in the autumn of 2012 Indians were informed about the sad demise of the greatest comedian’s of post liberalisation India, Jaspal Bhatti . ” Bhatti was… Read more “Lesson to Learn from The Death of a Celebrity”