Mohan Garikiparithi got his degree in medicine from Osmania University (University of Health Sciences). He practiced clinical medicine for over a decade before he shifted his focus to the field of health communications. During his active practice he served as the head of the Dept. of Microbiology in a diagnostic centre in India. On a three-year communications program in Germany, Mohan developed a keen interest in German Medicine (Homoeopathy), and other alternative systems of medicine. He now advocates treating different medical conditions without the use of traditional drugs. An ardent squash player, Mohan believes in the importance of fitness and wellness.
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The medical industry’s long battle with joint pain could soon see the making of a truce. Researchers at Johns Hopkins have engineered a kind of synthetic that has the potential to bring about durable lubrication in many areas of the body. They have achieved this by binding a slippery molecule that is naturally found in ...click here to read more
Thanks to science, the brain is getting to be more like an open book, giving us information and details hitherto not thought possible. Advances in the area of brain mapping is allowing scientists to discover, for the first time, details of how our brain sends instantaneous messages from one brain cell to another. Researchers at ...click here to read more
There is a common perception that as people grow older, they become more childlike. A recent study done at the Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience (Cam-CAN) adds credence to the perception as it reveals that older people (like children) have a shorter attention span than young adults. Age is believed to change the way ...click here to read more
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Doctors and loved ones give smokers umpteen reasons to quit smoking. And smokers always give the same reason or excuse for why they don’t want to quit – quitting may lead to some weight gain. Well, smokers, you need not worry too much because not all smokers will put on weight after quitting. According to ...click here to read more
Opening your mouth wide at the dentist can reveal a lot more about you than just the condition of your gums and teeth. A recent study done on dental screenings for drug misuse, conducted by researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, shows some interesting results – more than three quarters of dentists ...click here to read more
Can a potato a day can keep blindness away? Well, if the vitamin A deficiency combative strategy of FEED THE FUTURE is any indication, eating a lot of orange-flesh sweet potatoes seems to be a step in the right direction. Deficiency of vitamin A is the leading cause of preventable blindness in children. As per ...click here to read more
We all know the power of the spoken word. And now a study shows that words, or in this case a lack of them, can kill. According to the study, a lack of proper communication during shift changes is the most common reason for medical errors in healthcare centers. In fact, the Institute of Medicine ...click here to read more
A very disturbing aspect of Alzheimer’s disease, one many caregivers and family members fear each day, is when patients fail to fully recognize those closest to them. But as the condition deteriorates, the chance of this happening increases. A psychology doctoral student, Adrian W. Gilmore, along with two Ph.D. research scientists, Kathleen B. McDermott and ...click here to read more
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