In a study that The New York Times performed on the healthcare performance, they found: 1) 1% of hospital patients suffer from negligent treatment. 2) Only a small percentage of patients – perhapse 2%-press legal claims. 3) As few as 30% of medical errors are disclosed to patients. 4) As many as 98,000 hospilta patients [...]

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Now the elections are over.  The pundits are going around on the network channels pontificating about the challenges facing the country and how President Elect Obama should approach them.  I happened to watch one of these pontifications before Thanksgiving on PBS.  It was quite interesting to hear that all the pundits were unanimous in saying [...]

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Cancer is supposed to be among one of the top killers.  Large sum of money has been spent on finding a cure and there is no denying that progress has been made.  Problem is that fundamentally nothing new has come out for a while. But wait.  There is a potential. 

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Kaunteya Sinha writes in Times of India   “India’s very own haldi is now giving scientists hope of an Alzheimer’s cure. Researchers at the University of Southampton are investigating whether curcumin found in turmeric — that gives curries the yellow colour — could benefit people with Alzheimer’s.   Researchers believe curcumin could greatly minimise the [...]

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One of the most horrific face of terrorism was unveiled during the Thanksgiving week in Mumbai, when a dozen of people brutally, callously, and emotionlessly killed and wounded hundreds. But was it emotionless killing?  Probably not.  There was no remorse. However these people are not emotionless.  In fact it is the emotion in them which have been exploited to [...]

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