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Sailing the Osler’s ship of medicine in the third millennium

Posted in bio ethics, Cardiology -Patient page, cardiology -Therapeutics, Clinical cardiology, general medicine, Medical education, Medical ethics, medical quotes, Two line sermons in cardiology, tagged , , , , , , , on March 31, 2021|

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Principles of practice of medicine: 2020 version

Posted in Medical education, Medical ethics, medical quotes, Venkat quotes, tagged , , , , , , , , , on January 14, 2021|

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ORBITA trial : First let us do some harm . . . second , we shall . . !?

Posted in Cardiology -Interventional -PCI, Cardiology -Technology, Cardiology -Therapeutic dilemma, cardiology -Therapeutics, Cardiology -unresolved questions, cardiology journal club, cardiology wisdom, Medical education, Medical ethics, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 6, 2017| 2 Comments »

Cardiologists at confused cross roads !

Perils of  limited Intellect & Infinite greed  

When not so appropriately trained cardiologists  do Inappropriate things “use becomes misuse” . . . then, it won’t take much time for science to become total abuse. That’s what happened with the murky world of coronary stents .No surprise, it’s time to firefight the healers instead of the disease !

Now ,Comes the ORBITA study . Yes , it looks like a God sent path breaking trial that spits some harsh truths not only in cardiology, but also in behavioral ethics .Let us not work over time and hunt for any non-existing loop holes in ORBITA. Even if it has few, it can be condoned for sure as we have essentially lived out of flawed science  for too long  Injuring many Innocent hearts !

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Yes , its enforced premature funeral  times for a wonderful technology !

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Meanwhile, let us pray for a selective resurrection of  stenting in chronic coronary syndromes  and stop behaving like lesser professionals !

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Extremely  sorry . . . to  all those discerning academic folks , who are looking for a true scientific review of ORBITA , please look elsewhere !

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Preventive cardiology : Cost of happiness is one Dollor !

Posted in bio ethics, cardiology -Preventive, Cardiology quotes, Cardiology Risk assesment, cardiology-ethics, Medical education, Preventive cardiology, Public Health, Quotes, Social medicine, Venkat quotes, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 25, 2013| Leave a Comment »

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  It costs just one Dollor !

Harvard school of Public health has  recently  published some  hard data about  the adverse effects of bad diet habits especially the impact of  soft drinks on long term cardio vascular health.

soft drinks and impact on healthAnother prestigious journal confirms it . . .

risk of soft drinks and coronary artery diseaseThe ultimate journal for the cardiologists Circulation reaffirms it .

soft drinks carbonated and coronary artery diseaseWe  have overwhelming evidence , prolonged use of soft drinks
increase CAD (Like tobacco ). Still , we haven’t added the customary caution on the bottles of these soft drinks ?

Why  ?

My guess would be, there are powerful forces in  modern society that would love to keep  the  threat of diseases high in the  human domain  so that all  stake holders  make a profit .

The poor , World health instigation(WHO)  and various public health forums  simply watch it .If they protest , they are at risk of sucked into the loop of deceit !

Failure to reverse public health hazards  may be a  lesser crime  in modern days  . . . But , here comes  a series of  advertisements in Indian media , that is a strong indicator that human  intellect and the sixth sense  is going nuts !

It suggests , Do you want  ever lasting happiness . . . Drink  it  . . . earnestly believe  in it  . . . and drink again  !

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I was also told  a shocking fact that , The beverage war in India has  started and the soft drink giants have heavily Invested to take it into the rural markets .Their aim is to  provide  “health  for all Indians”  by 2020 !

Concluding question

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Medical Education in India : The future looks bleak and tense !

Posted in bio ethics, Medical education, tagged , , , on June 28, 2013| Leave a Comment »

This is a wonderful   and  realistic article on the Issue by none other than  former Health secretary of the Government of India  Ms Sujatha Rao

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http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/doctors-by-merit-not-privileg

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