Monthly Archives: February 2015

Twitter, the ideal way for sharing health research

Twitter, the ideal way for sharing health research Presently, specialists more often get discrete, intelligent and thought provoking questions from patients. The notion that your physician knows it all is changing rapidly. This is true in every medical specialty. This … Continue reading

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Chemical warfare helps snails to feast on fish

Though the humble snail is  seemingly slow, it  is cute, clever and cunning; that is if we believe  the way it is described by a group of scientists from USA, Denmark and  Australia in a paper in the latest issue of the … Continue reading

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An unassuming Raja: some reminiscences on Dr Raja Ramanna

The 90th anniversary of Dr Raja Ramanna was on January 28, 2015. I  contributed an  OPINION/OPEN PAGE article in THE HINDU on some of my reminiscences on him on February 16th 2013. Here is a copy: OPINION » OPEN PAGE February 16, … Continue reading

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Low Dose radiation: Regulators Dilemma

I wrote a detailed feature article with the same title last year. I am reproducing it again for the benefit of my colleagues in the field of health physics and radiation protection. These disciplines progressed well. Side by side, we … Continue reading

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