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Twittering my thoughts

People say Twitter is growing day by day. Twitter is the best web application available etc etc.  Why do people give so much importance to twitter? I think twitter got much attention, because of the campaign held by web masters in favor of it.
When somebody says, you can increase the readership of your blog, just [...]

Back on track

After a long interval, the blog is going to be back on track. I have always thought of posting regularly, but was never commiktted to posting every day. So I made a commitment, I will be posting atleast twice in a week from now on. 
See you twice a week from now on, have a great [...]

Can we blame them, for becoming pregnant?

Every day, I see TV channels and newspapers crying out loud, ” Teen pregnancies on the rise”. So what should we do? kill all the teens? 
Every day I see, children watching movies which depict teen sex as sacred. How do they know it is not sacred unless someone tell them? 
Everyday, I see violence shown live. [...]

How to “break the rules”

Given below are some observations which I made during my course of journey through different specialities in medicine,working as an intern.     
   Whenever we are introduced to a new place, we will have to comply to the rules there. Most of these are so absurd that the people are forced to follow them. Sometimes [...]

The Relatives

When we think of relatives, the first thing that crosses our mind will be a close family relative, who is willing to help in our hard times. Those who have helped in a real on will be seen as good relatives. There are many such relatives who have helped me.
But  the relative I am talking [...]

By Chance

We became friends by chance,
We stay friends by chance
Will we be friends by chance?
By chance if we stop knowing each other,
Who is to blame?
You,me or chance?
By chance if you see this,
And forget to say hi by chance,
I will forgive because it is just by chance,
But by chance if you don’t scrap me for months,
There is [...]

Brain cooling devices may help stroke victims

UK doctors believe that cooling could save lives by slowing the release of harmful chemicals from nerve cells, and many hospitals have adopted the idea.
Among the inventions, reported in New Scientist magazine, is a cap that blows cold air across the scalp.
Other innovations include a chilling nasal spray and an icy lung injection. Many intensive [...]

Poor control of blood sugar may affect memory

The variations in blood sugar values may affect the memory of the patient.This occurs by affecting the dentate gyrus in the brain, which is important in retaining memories.
Researchers said the effects can be seen even when levels of blood sugar, or glucose, are only moderately elevated, a finding that may help explain normal age-related cognitive [...]

Obese women more at risk for Ovarian cancer

A study at National Cancer Institute USA, has linked obesity with Ovarian cancer.According to them,Obese older women who never took postmenopausal hormones are at almost double the risk of developing ovarian cancer compared to their normal weight peers.But among all older women, however, obese women were only at slightly higher risk for ovarian cancer than [...]

Gene leading to frequent relapses in Childhood Leukemia identified

Children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia( ALL), who have abnormalities in a gene called IKZF1 are three times as likely to have a relapse than those who do not, according to a study by researchers at New England Journal of Medicine.
The IKZF1 gene leads to three times incresed chance of relapse.The cure rate with existing [...]