Dr. (Prof.) B. M. Hegde
MBBS (Madras), MD (Lucknow), MRCP (U.K.), FRCP (Lond.), FRCP (Edin.), FRCP (Glas.), FRCP (Dub.), FACC (U.S.A.), Ph.D.(Hon. Causa), D.Sc.(Hon. Causa), FAMS
Cardiologist, Professor of Medicine, Physician-Scientist, Author, Former Vice Chancellor - Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Padma Vibhushan Awardee (2021), Padma Bhushan Awardee (2010), Dr. B C Roy National Awardee (1999)
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Articles: B. M. Hegde
ARE WE BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE?
What worries me is the recent news item that when the doctors in Israel went on strike in March 2000, death rate fell significantly in Jerusalem city, while it did not change in the coastal city if Netayna, where doctors worked as usual................................
ARE YOU EATING RIGHT
On the face of it this looks like a silly question. This is the most profound question ...................
ARYAN INVASION OF INDIA-MYTH Vs REALITY
Man has been fighting man all through the history of mankind. It is almost reaching a point where man is ready to eat man. There..............
ASPIRIN AND HEALTH
There is a great enthusiasm now among the informed public that every adult should take a daily small dose of aspirin to keep .................
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SMALL CAR.
My ancestors came from Japan. I was born in Gurgoan near Delhi. When I came onto the Indian roads there were only the old dilapidated cousins of mine who traced their roots to distant Italy or England. ......................
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF DIABETES MELLITUS.
I am not a disease. I am only an abnormality of glucose (sugar) metabolism in the human body with associated changes in other functions. ................
AYURVEDA-THE MOTHER OF ALL MEDICAL WISDOMS
Ayurveda (ayush=life; vid=wisdom-Sanskrit) is said to be the most ancient of medical systems. The ancient Vedic tradition, cognized by the Great Indian ................
BATH FOR THE MIND.
All of us take bath daily, may be even twice daily, to get rid of the dirt, grime, germs and the all the unwanted things from our body’s outer surface to keep ourselves healthy....................
BATH FOR THE MIND.
All of us take bath daily, may be even twice daily, to get rid of the dirt, grime, germs and the all the unwanted things from our body’s outer surface to keep ourselves healthy. .........................
BIOLOGY’S HOLY GRAIL- CURIOUS MEDICAL STUDENT’S NOTEBOOK.
Has biology, the mother of modern medicine, found its Holy Grail, leave alone drinking from it? As a medical student at the Stanley ................
Bird ‘Flu Threat
This is another type of influenza. The symptoms are runny nose, headache of varying severity, body aches and pains, high fever, with or without pneumonia presenting as cough and breathlessness with scanty sputum................
CARDIOLOGY IN THE MILLENNIUM.
Heart diseases became big news in the twentieth century. As with many other areas of modern medicine, hi-tech cardiology has been the main till-mover in the medical world, especially in the fee-for-service system........................
CARDIOLOGY IN THE MILLENNIUM.
Heart diseases became big news in the twentieth century. As with many other areas of modern medicine, hi-tech cardiology has been the main till-mover in the medical world, especially in the fee-for-service system.....................
CERTAINTY GENERALLY IS ILLUSION.
The author of this article1 on NSAIDs makes a point about calcium channel blockers, as a class, having been found to have had some serious side effects in the earlier ..................
CERTAINTY GENERALLY IS ILLUSION.
It was Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. who wrote that “certainty generally is illusion and repose is not the destiny of man.” How true?..........................
What worries me is the recent news item that when the doctors in Israel went on strike in March 2000, death rate fell significantly in Jerusalem city, while it did not change in the coastal city if Netayna, where doctors worked as usual................................
ARE YOU EATING RIGHT
On the face of it this looks like a silly question. This is the most profound question ...................
ARYAN INVASION OF INDIA-MYTH Vs REALITY
Man has been fighting man all through the history of mankind. It is almost reaching a point where man is ready to eat man. There..............
ASPIRIN AND HEALTH
There is a great enthusiasm now among the informed public that every adult should take a daily small dose of aspirin to keep .................
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SMALL CAR.
My ancestors came from Japan. I was born in Gurgoan near Delhi. When I came onto the Indian roads there were only the old dilapidated cousins of mine who traced their roots to distant Italy or England. ......................
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF DIABETES MELLITUS.
I am not a disease. I am only an abnormality of glucose (sugar) metabolism in the human body with associated changes in other functions. ................
AYURVEDA-THE MOTHER OF ALL MEDICAL WISDOMS
Ayurveda (ayush=life; vid=wisdom-Sanskrit) is said to be the most ancient of medical systems. The ancient Vedic tradition, cognized by the Great Indian ................
BATH FOR THE MIND.
All of us take bath daily, may be even twice daily, to get rid of the dirt, grime, germs and the all the unwanted things from our body’s outer surface to keep ourselves healthy....................
BATH FOR THE MIND.
All of us take bath daily, may be even twice daily, to get rid of the dirt, grime, germs and the all the unwanted things from our body’s outer surface to keep ourselves healthy. .........................
BIOLOGY’S HOLY GRAIL- CURIOUS MEDICAL STUDENT’S NOTEBOOK.
Has biology, the mother of modern medicine, found its Holy Grail, leave alone drinking from it? As a medical student at the Stanley ................
Bird ‘Flu Threat
This is another type of influenza. The symptoms are runny nose, headache of varying severity, body aches and pains, high fever, with or without pneumonia presenting as cough and breathlessness with scanty sputum................
CARDIOLOGY IN THE MILLENNIUM.
Heart diseases became big news in the twentieth century. As with many other areas of modern medicine, hi-tech cardiology has been the main till-mover in the medical world, especially in the fee-for-service system........................
CARDIOLOGY IN THE MILLENNIUM.
Heart diseases became big news in the twentieth century. As with many other areas of modern medicine, hi-tech cardiology has been the main till-mover in the medical world, especially in the fee-for-service system.....................
CERTAINTY GENERALLY IS ILLUSION.
The author of this article1 on NSAIDs makes a point about calcium channel blockers, as a class, having been found to have had some serious side effects in the earlier ..................
CERTAINTY GENERALLY IS ILLUSION.
It was Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. who wrote that “certainty generally is illusion and repose is not the destiny of man.” How true?..........................