Friday, November 14, 2008
Well everybody knows what cholesterol is and what it does.To simplify matter we all agree that it is bad for us. But is that the whole truth? If it is so then how or where is the proof? By now all of us know that there is a good cholesterol and a bad cholesterol. But the fact remains unchanged that all of us require cholesterol in one form or the other for normal maintainance of our health. For the optimum functioning and for the production of hormones like sex hormone and adrenal hormones and vitamins like D which is synthesized in our body cholesterol is essential. It helpsproduce bile acid . Atherosclerosis and arteriosclerosis and gallstones are the result of increased levels of cholFiled Under: Technology 3 Comments
Thursday, August 6, 2009
It seems that none is immune to H1N1 aka swine flu. Though we know this, but at times we find this as an irony. Swine flu has made its presence well felt after the death of Rida Shaikh in Pune. Till 6th August Govt. of India estimates the number affected people to be 558. To […]
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Yeah today I was reading my rss feeds and then I found this post in Better Health. This is actually a good post about a study done for Scorpion sting treatments. Ok then good bye.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
So FDA, the drug advisory institution of USA now allows Tolvaptan tablets to be used in hospitals where regular sodium monitoring is possible. The Tolvaptan tablet can be helpful in people with SIADH (Syndrome of Inappropriate Anti Diuretic Hrmone). It seems to have some benifit in hyponatremia in heart failure. The cost of Tolvaptan is […]
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Yeah you read it right. After my last post, I searched the net about blogs by doctors. I came up many blogs. This is just a list. Dr Deb The Blog That Ate Manhattan Dr Chetan Bhawani Cut to Cure D.B.’s Medical Rants DocNotes MySingaporeDentist Solodoc When I went to these blogs the first thing […]
Friday, May 15, 2009
For the last few days I have been thinking about my blog to make it about a particular niche. But as I am a modern doctor, the topic of my blog should be scientific. And as it has to attract a lot of visitors and readers, so I have to write interesting stuff. Now how […]
