Have you ever wondered why we experience fever during illness? For generations, the medical community has upheld the belief that fever is a critical component of our defense system against infections. Experts have been considering fever as an instrument orchestrated by the immune system to create an inhospitable environment for invading pathogens. This view has…
Introduction Food allergies are a growing health problem that affects millions of people around the world. They can cause a range of symptoms, from mild to severe, and can even be life-threatening in some cases. We moved from India to the US in 2021. Here in the US, nearly everyone I met has allergies to…
Lot of kids get common cold during winter. They get sick again and again. We adults too suffer from common cold. With the 2021 disaster of COVID-19, everyone gets afraid the moment we get sick with common cold. Getting doctor appointments can be cumbersome, and visiting emergency room might not be a pleasant experience for…
It is through the process of natural evolution that living organisms change and adapt to their environment and available resources over time. This evolution is driven by natural selection, which favors the survival and reproduction of the “fittest”. “Fittest” are simply those individuals who can survive the existing conditions of their surroundings and give birth…
Myopia, commonly known as nearsightedness, is a ocular condition where a person can see nearby objects clearly, but distant objects appear hazy. Myopia affects millions of people worldwide, and is often considered a disability. But, if it is truly a disability then why each successive generation is becoming increasingly more myopic? Can there be “hidden”…
I recently attended an international conference where I was intrigued to find a topic that suggested that anticoagulants (drugs that prevent clotting) have anti-viral properties. It was a direct strike against my medical understanding of how our blood coagulation system works.All my life I believed that blood clotting mechanisms are critical components of our defense…
Yesterday I opened my refrigerator to check what I can use for cooking my dinner. I had lettuce, spring onion, baby spinach and carrots. All looked fresh. I found myself thanking modern science that allows vegetables to be kept fresh for so many days. Without refrigerator, these vegetables would have gone bad a long time…
Who doesn’t want to keep looking slim and fit? But the path towards such appearance is difficult. Tight dietary schedules and disciplined exercise regimens are followed in the hope of maintaining such aesthetic state of body. Of course, there are few people who are blessed- they eat anything at any quantity and seldom exercise- yet…
Vitamin D and sunlight are two terms that seem to be married to each other! We all have read multiple times that sunlight produces Vitamin D in skin. This statement has somehow become a foundational proof to the argument that there is a pandemic of Vitamin D deficiency globally. Proponents of Vitamin D deficiency pandemic…
