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  1. Some Noise about Noise

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    / August 26, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By V Desikan   The word noise can be traced back to the Latin word nausea, “seasickness, feeling of sickness.”  This was first recorded around the beginning of the 13th century.   When I joined DRDO, my first task was to design of a RF receiver. The most important specifications...

  2. How Indian doctors loot patients

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    / August 20, 2011 / 3 Comments
    This is an article written by Padma Bhushan Dr B M Hegde, Editor-in-Chief of `The Journal of the Science of Healing Outcomes’ and former VC of Manipal University. Dr Hegde is also a former professor of Cardiology of The Middlesex Hospital Medical School, University of London. He lives in Mangalore....

  3. The bicing on the cake

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    / August 11, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By Piyush Ranjan Rout   Yes, public bicycle sharing schemes in cities worldwide ease traffic congestion. But that is not the sole plus they achieve. They also save lives and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote good health. Public Bicycle schemes are becoming increasingly popular in cities around the world,...

  4. Whose health is it anyway?

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    / July 25, 2011 / Leave a comment
      By E A S Sarma Union Health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad should act quickly in two important areas, namely, (i) unethical clinical trials and (ii) flourishing organ trade. Clinical Trials: Over the last few years, in Andhra Pradesh, drug companies have used persons from the low-income groups as guinea...

  5. Eat cauliflower, keep cancer away

    Posted by Prof Dr S Bakhtiar Choudhary
    / July 17, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Dr S Bakhtiar Choudhary Research details published in the Molecular Nutrition & Food Research journal explains how  cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage destroy developing cancer cells. The active photochemical known as sulforaphane targets hormone dependent cancers  and leaves normal healthy cells unaffected.   Cruciferous vegetables have long been...

  6. Did you exercise today?

    Posted by Prof Dr S Bakhtiar Choudhary
    / July 16, 2011 / 2 Comments
    Nobody can escape from the ill-effects of sedentary life. Just three months of inactivity reduces your muscle size, bone thickness, immunity and longevity drastically. To live, one has to undertake aerobic exercises like walking / jogging / cycling / swimming at least 30 min a day throughout life. Few strength...

  7. Some tips for a healthy life, wanna hear?

    Posted by Navin Chandra Joshi
    / June 28, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Navin Chandra Joshi   You turn the pages of any magazine these days and you will notice that at least a page or even a section is devoted to health and health-related issues. What to eat, what not to eat, how to exercise, what standard BMI one should maintain,...

  8. A Sunday and 12 bicycles

    Posted by Arun Katiyar
    / June 26, 2011 / 2 Comments
    By Arun Katiyar   Twelve of us – Aravind, Anuj, John, Jyotis, Madan, Manoj, Rubi, Sanjay, Siva, Srini, Vallari, Arun – went on a bicycle ride this morning to Pearl Valley on the outskirts of Bangalore. Twelve? Ready to do 82 km? Think about it. What’s with these guys? We...

  9. Nothing fishy about it

    Posted by anilpkumar007
    / June 9, 2011 / 3 Comments
    It is that time of the year when fish medicine is administered to asthma patients in Hyderabad by the Bathini family. The family has been doing the same since 1845. The secret medicine uses the water from their traditional well of their home in Old city area of Doodhbowli. The...

  10. Breathless, Kashyap takes your breath away

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    / May 18, 2011 / 1 Comment
    By T S Sudhir   Arvind Bhatt won the National badminton championship at Rohtak in Haryana this January. He defeated P Kashyap 21-13, 21-17  in the finals.  That’s what the records book will tell you. But there was another champion, though he remained uncrowned. Parupalli Kashyap. For him getting there required more...

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