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
MODERN MEDICINE-THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN.
Modern medicine started as an art nearly five thousand years ago: en route, it got the label of “science”, around.............................
MODERN MEDICINE: A TRICK OR A TRADE?
The British Medical Journal dated 2nd August 2002 has a very interesting editorial by the editor, Dr. Richard Smith himself. MY letter to the editor in the same issue runs like this:.......................
MOTHERS, BABIES AND KILLER DISEASES.
Thanks to a dedicated community nurse midwife in Hertfordshire County in England, Ethel Margaret.....................
MOUNTAIN COMES TO MOHAMMET: DISEASE INVENTORS.
Mankind suffers from some of the modern medical interventions that are, in essence, not for the good of the hapless people......................
NANI ARDESHIR PALKIVALA.
Born in Bombay in modest surroundings on the 16th January 1920, Nani rose to be one of the greatest sons of India and a Jewel in her crown.....................
NANOTECHNOLOGY.
Medical profession needs to have an idea as to what nano-technology is all about and how.......................
NANOTECHNOLOGY.
Nanotechnology, a method primarily of molecular manufacturing, for the creation of tools, materials and machines that might eventually enable us to.....................
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.
It is very difficult to define science. Many have defined science in their own way, but none of those are satisfactory............
NATIONAL HUMAN OBLIGATIONS (DUTIES) COMMISSION.
Let us empower the powerless in this country to make this country great. We have the National Human Rights Commission which is doing its work with diligence.................
NE PLUS ULTRA
The medical fraternity, aided and abetted by the giant pharmaceutical industry, believes and propagates the idea that mankind cannot remain healthy or win over illnesses..............
NEED BASED MEDICAL EDUCATION.
This is an attempt to look at our present day medical education from within, after nearly four decades of, I hope, fecund involvement...............
NEED FOR A PARADIGM SHIFT IN MEDICAL PHILOSOPHY.
“Time has come” the Walrus said, “to talk of many things-cabbages and kings….” Time, really, has come to talk of an urgent need for a paradigm shift in the medical ......................
NEEDLESS INTERVENTIONS IN MEDICINE.
All that glitters is not gold is an old, but true adage. Cardiac interventions, heading the list of many such.........................
NEW LIGHT ON THE FISHY MEAL.
Science is change. There is nothing in science called the truth. Each time it is a truth which could change with newer data...........................
NEW LIGHT ON THE FISHY MEAL.
Science is change. There is nothing in science called the truth. Each time it is a truth which could change with newer data. This is the .....................................
Modern medicine started as an art nearly five thousand years ago: en route, it got the label of “science”, around.............................
MODERN MEDICINE: A TRICK OR A TRADE?
The British Medical Journal dated 2nd August 2002 has a very interesting editorial by the editor, Dr. Richard Smith himself. MY letter to the editor in the same issue runs like this:.......................
MOTHERS, BABIES AND KILLER DISEASES.
Thanks to a dedicated community nurse midwife in Hertfordshire County in England, Ethel Margaret.....................
MOUNTAIN COMES TO MOHAMMET: DISEASE INVENTORS.
Mankind suffers from some of the modern medical interventions that are, in essence, not for the good of the hapless people......................
NANI ARDESHIR PALKIVALA.
Born in Bombay in modest surroundings on the 16th January 1920, Nani rose to be one of the greatest sons of India and a Jewel in her crown.....................
NANOTECHNOLOGY.
Medical profession needs to have an idea as to what nano-technology is all about and how.......................
NANOTECHNOLOGY.
Nanotechnology, a method primarily of molecular manufacturing, for the creation of tools, materials and machines that might eventually enable us to.....................
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.
It is very difficult to define science. Many have defined science in their own way, but none of those are satisfactory............
NATIONAL HUMAN OBLIGATIONS (DUTIES) COMMISSION.
Let us empower the powerless in this country to make this country great. We have the National Human Rights Commission which is doing its work with diligence.................
NE PLUS ULTRA
The medical fraternity, aided and abetted by the giant pharmaceutical industry, believes and propagates the idea that mankind cannot remain healthy or win over illnesses..............
NEED BASED MEDICAL EDUCATION.
This is an attempt to look at our present day medical education from within, after nearly four decades of, I hope, fecund involvement...............
NEED FOR A PARADIGM SHIFT IN MEDICAL PHILOSOPHY.
“Time has come” the Walrus said, “to talk of many things-cabbages and kings….” Time, really, has come to talk of an urgent need for a paradigm shift in the medical ......................
NEEDLESS INTERVENTIONS IN MEDICINE.
All that glitters is not gold is an old, but true adage. Cardiac interventions, heading the list of many such.........................
NEW LIGHT ON THE FISHY MEAL.
Science is change. There is nothing in science called the truth. Each time it is a truth which could change with newer data...........................
NEW LIGHT ON THE FISHY MEAL.
Science is change. There is nothing in science called the truth. Each time it is a truth which could change with newer data. This is the .....................................