Tag: Sunday Special
OF THE USE OF BEAM, EEG AND PETT SCANS IN DETECTING...
The human brain is not only one of nature’s greatest mysteries but also one of the most spectacular triumphs of evolution. This...
The role of Enzymes, as catalysts
Given the power of modern molecular biology we can use gene transfer to essentially make a cell do whatever we want it...
A scientific analysis of the process of ageing
"Alas, that Spring should vanish with the Rose!
That Youth’s sweet-scented Manuscript should close!
The Nightingale...
The Laser and its many uses in medical diagnosis and treatment
On the silver screen a laser sword is usually depicted as a destructive weapon with which an alien in outer space fights...
The safety limit of Fluoridation
For more than four decades, Heath authorities all over the world have generally held the view that the fluoridation of community water...
A UBIQUITOUS KILLER
In the ice-cold lakes of the Alaskan tundra, in the muddy khlongs of Bangkok and in the swampy everglades of Florida Louisiana...
Dr SARADA MENON – A EULOGY
Like probably thousands of people in Chennai, I received a few days ago the shocking news of the demise of Dr.Sarada Menon,...
MRI -AN AMAZING DIAGNOSTIC TOOL
The last few decades have witnessed a revolution in medical diagnosis with the help of extremely sophisticated techniques. In the 1970s the...
The drugs that control Blood Pressure
" Where no sea runs
The waters of the heart push in their tides"- Dylan Thomas
OF FEVER AND HYPERTHERMIA
Any discussion about treating fever must necessarily begin with a discussion of the response of the human physiological system to a whole...