Archives of Posts About Health, Leprosy, Infectious Diseases
Understanding Global Health Failures
23 July 2021: In 2019, Madhukar Pai wrote about importance of analysing the failures of Global Health - A look at what he calls failure of leprosy elimination in India and some additional elements for reflection ... Read More »»
Surgery in Ancient India & Ganesha
28 March 2020: Ancient India was known for its surgical skills, which were described in books like Sushruta Samhita. A speculative post about the origins of Ganesha myth linked with those surgical skills ... Read More »»
Influence of Parasites on Behaviour
20 February 2020: About Kathleen McAuliff's book "This is your brain on Parasites - How tiny creatures manipulate our behaviour and shape society" Read More »»
Fighting Superbugs
17 November 2019
: Review of the book "Superbugs: A race to stop an epidemic" about drug-resistant infections, written by Dr Matt McCarthy - Read the full article >>>Baby in the Womb - Amazing Anatomy Models
9 November 2019
: About an exhibition of 18th century human anatomy models showing babies growing in their mothers' wombs from Poggi Science Museum in Bologna, Italy Read the full article >>>Disturbances of Brain & Mind: The Psychiatry Story
17 June 2019
: An overview of history of mental illness and the development of psychiatry, a branch of medicine, which treats them. Review of a book by Jeffrey A. Lieberman. Read the full article >>>Challenges Facing Ayurveda
17 May 2019
: The domination of Western medicine, the pressure it puts on traditional medicine system such as Ayurveda and the need of safeguarding ancient knowledge systems Read the full article >>>
Is there still leprosy in India: India
eliminated leprosy in 2005, yet it continues to have 1.3 lakh new cases of leprosy every year. To
understand how does that happen ... Read more >>>
Exiled in
Spinalonga: A Greek family saga of love, betrayal and leprosy from the island of
Spinalonga. Review of the book "The Island".
Read more >>>
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