THE CREATIVE SPARK

 In the past few years, we have witnessed multiple disease outbreaks. Most notable outbreaks are:  2003: SARS 2009: Swine Flu(H1N1) 2014: Ebola 2019-2020: COVID 19 All of these pandemics have one thing in common, and that is the animal source origin. Humans have a history of domesticating animals or living on them by eating them, but without proper knowledge of what to eat and what not, can result in disease or any other major health complication. Thus, the concept of public health was initiated. This focused on the aspect where majority of the population can be targeted and the disease can be prevented or treated even before it started. Multiple aspects such as vaccination, providing medications for the disease in certain seasons, or enhancing the nutrition of the society by educating them about the food so that malnutrition or malnutrition related disorders do not happen, etc. But one interesting thing to note here is that, the holy scriptures already have detailed instructi...

 Since Coronavirus is a recent topic which is going on in discussion since last couple of months, we have been hearing various organs being affected by coronavirus. But recently, the SARS-CoV2 has been found to have effects on cardiac system. The four "common cold" human coronaviruses - HCoV-229E, HCoV-NL63, HCoV-OC43 and HCoV-HKU1; are not associated with heart diseases. There were isolated reports of patients caused by MERS-CoV(Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome) with myocarditis and a limited number of case series of cardiac diseases in patients with SARS. Therefore, a distinctive feature of SARS-CoV 2 is more extensive cardiac involvement, which may also be a consequence of the pandemic. The features of SARS-CoV with cardiac involvement are - myocarditis, necrosis of cardiac cells, mimicking heart attack, arrhythmias, and acute or protracted heart failure (muscular dysfunction). The primary structural difference between the SARS virus and SARS-CoV 2 virus is that, SARS i...

  Procrastination is the act of delaying or postponing a task or set of tasks. But the question remains.. Why do we procrastinate? To answer that, we need to understand that the main reason to procrastinate is none other than our old friend Mr, MOTIVATION. So, the amount of motivation will tell you the amount of work a person can do and the procrastination he/she can do. There is an important theory that explains how motivation can be calculated. And yes, there is a mathematical equation for motivation too. This theory is the Temporal Motivation Theory - or TMT, laid down by Dr. Piers Steel in his book The procrastination equation. The quation for motivation is -  MOTIVATION = (Expectancy * Value) / (Impulsiveness * Delay) Each of the mentioned terms above are the parameters for Procrastination.  Expectancy - how strongly you believe that you are able to complete the task. Value - rewards that you get after completing the task as well as the experience of the task; i...

 Depression is a prevalent and often debilitating psychiatric disorder with a 6-month prevalence of approximately 5%. In the United States alone, approximately 20 million people have been diagnosed with depression at some point in their lives. Depression accounts for the greatest number of missed work days due to illness, with an estimated economic burden of approximately $40 billion per year. When diagnosing depression, a distinction must be made between major depressive disorder (MDD) and major depressive episode (MDE). For the diagnosis of MDE, patients must present at least five of the following symptoms for a minimum of 2 weeks: depressed mood; markedly diminished interest or pleasure or significant apathy; significant change in appetite or weight; insomnia or hypersomnia; psychomotor agitation or retardation; fatigue or loss of energy; feelings of worthlessness, excessive or inappropriate guilt, or loss of self-esteem; indecisiveness or diminished ability to think or concentr...

According to WHO, "Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." But how many of us really know what is happening inside? We feel sick, we go to doctor be it allopathic, homeopathic, or ayurvedic practitioner  ; but we go to them to get treated.  But the basic remains the same, be there difference in the treatment modality. Today we'll look health from a different perspective. BIOCHEMICAL BASIS/PERSPECTIVE OF HEALTH -  Samuel Hahnemann, whose genius divined the great importance of inorganic cell salts are remedial agents of a high order, was the first who began thorough investigation into their pathogenic effects and therapeutic uses. It was his provings that Lime and Salt and Potash and Silica when prepared in a specific way leads to treatment of various diseases, but they should be in their crude states apparently. Theory of Schuessler's biochemic method -   The idea upon which bi...

 Excessive body weight is something much of a concern. Obesity is when a person consumes more calories than the calories he is meant to burn. For simplicity, it means the increase in calorie intake and not burning it sufficiently to maintain your body's energy needs. Obesity is caused because of -  Lack of physical activity Increase in calorie intake Genetic predisposition Recent studies have shown that there is a Genetic predominance in the Population. People who are fat in before the age of 2 and do not fit in the parameters of the growth charts, should take their genetic testing to check for obesity markers. The markers that are used to check for obesity are - Leptin Deficiency POMC Deficiency MC4R Deficiency More commonly, people who have obesity have multiple genes that predispose them to gain excess weight. One such gene is the fat mass and obesity-associated gene (FTO), which is found in up to 43% of the population. The presence of this gene and other genes can cause: I...

 The Human Body has 3 pairs of salivary glands located in the body. These are Parotid, Submaxillary and Sublingual. Parotid salivary gland is present on the masseter muscle and can be felt on the surface of the skin of the jaw. Rest of the glands are located a bit deep, but can be palpated. Our body contains a pair of previously overlooked and clinically relevant nasopharyngeal salivary glands, according to new research led by the Netherlands Cancer Institute and the University of Amsterdam. Sparing these newly-identified glands, named the ‘tubarial glands,’ in patients receiving radiotherapy may provide an opportunity to improve their quality of life. There are 2 types of glands in the body, Major and minor. Parotid, submandibular and submaxillary are considered as MAJOR Salivary glands, where as thousands of minor salivary glands are distributed along the nasopharynx and oral mucosa.  These glands produce the saliva required for mastication, swallowing, digestion, tasting an...

 HIV has been a controversial topic in the past few years. But still, there is no vaccine for it. There is a natural tendency for the body to fight against foreign particles which is referred to as immunity. But, how is it that, your body doesn't even try to fight of this virus? Or it does, but it is still not that effective? Let's find out it in this blog. This is a basic structure of HIV virus. All bumpy with lots of receptors. This image shows the detailed inside structure of HIV. The basic thing to note here is that, HIV is a RETROVIRUS belonging to the family called as Lentiviridae. Retrovirus means the virus who can turn RNA into DNA and RNA being the primary genetic material. The enzyme Reverse transcriptase helps in the conversion of the viral RNA into the DNA, which is then added into the Host's DNA to carry out the life cycle. As the Virus enters the body, it has a affinity towards the CD4 cells (a part of White blood cell family). This causes reduction in number ...

 Sports Injury                         By - Dr. Manuj Dhayal It's the time of the year where we used to play many sports competitions and also see our favourite players from their respective sports playing. As we all know due to COVID-19 all sports league was put on hold and as the things are coming back to normal including all the sports come back to action. Leagues like NBA, NFL, IPL, etc. Have resumed their season, and with the resumption we see how players have to live in a closed condition like THE ORLANDO BUBBLE (NBA), so we are able to see how these players are able to keep themselves in best shape and try to prevent injury, which is the toughest part of a player's life. So here are some of the most common injuries which occurs in the game of basketball 🏀 . This is a general classification of the basketball injuries that a baller has to face some time in his/her lifetime.   1. Foot/Ankle Inju...

  Ever wondered what is this pattern? Some of have seen this pattern get zoom into and then repeating itself from the small outgrowths present and it continues as if there is no end to this.. This is called as the MANDELBROT Set. This set is characterised by a set of complex numbers that come in the equation of  , which does not diverge if z=0, i.e. for the function f(0) and so on. For each value of c the set becomes more stable. and thus sometimes cannot remain stable. There is something common between the reproduction of the population, a leaking tap water, and the human heart beats and neuronal transmission. The amount of times a population can grow is just a multiplication factor, for instance if u know that the population of rabbits double every year then u can easily predict the population next year. If u plot the graph of population of this year and next year, u get an inverted parabola (something similar to shown in graph below). Now if u know the growth factor u can a...