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
PRIMUM NON NOCERE (FIRST, DO NO HARM)*
It is time to ask the question if Hippocrates was right in proclaiming the above dictum* for all future followers of his craft?...................
PROBLEMS IN THE EVIDENCE OF EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE.
The oft repeated statement that the incidence of coronary artery disease is going up exponentially in the immigrant population (as also in others) needs further scrutiny...........................
PROF.U. L. ACHAR'S AUTOBIOGRAPY.
What is history but the life history of men and women who had contributed to this world's progress," wrote Bernard Shaw years ago.......................
PURUSHASHRESHTA-NANI PALKIVALA.
Nani Adirsher Palkivala was not an individual but an institution. If the future generation looks for a role model...........................
QUANTUM PHYSICS AND MODERN MEDICINE.
Doctor sees a patient to give him/her therapeutic advice as well as prognosis. Would you be surprised if............................
Ramakrishnan was Bhavan, Bhavan was Ramakrishnan End of an era! - A Tribute
This is not a political cliche - it's neither for garnering votes nor for procuring any favours thereof..............................
RATIONAL USE OF DRUGS.
Doctors who believe that there is a pill for every ill, based on their education in the medical school using............................
RESEARCH IN MEDICINE
"My very long life has taught me one thing for certain. Our science looks like child's play when compared to the wonder that this world is," wrote Albert Einstein.........................
SCEINCE NEEDS ONE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
Language problem is at the root of all our scientific ills today. At this rate science will die a natural death when society loses faith in science....................................
SCIENCE Vs SCIENTISM.
Science and scientific temper simply mean curiosity. They are efforts to get to know the secrets of Nature.................................
Science and Spirituality.
The war in Iraq is not yet over, it smolders at a slower pace. For a change this time round it was a shorter course of human destruction. One could say............................
SCIENCE AND THE TOWER OF BABEL.
I was saddened reading this morning the New Year week edition of the British Medical Journal...........................
SCIENCE FOR DEVELOPMENT – INDIAN EXPERIENCE.
Science is curiosity. Trying to understand the working of this nature is the main concern of science. Using the..........................
Science is what scientists do
What is science? Science is what scientists do. Everyone from the Ph.D. holders to the journalists seem to know the ................................
SCIENCE, RELIGION, AND HUMANISM.
The war in Iraq is over, next one would be in Syria, America says. For a change this time round it was a shorter course of human destruction.....................................
It is time to ask the question if Hippocrates was right in proclaiming the above dictum* for all future followers of his craft?...................
PROBLEMS IN THE EVIDENCE OF EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE.
The oft repeated statement that the incidence of coronary artery disease is going up exponentially in the immigrant population (as also in others) needs further scrutiny...........................
PROF.U. L. ACHAR'S AUTOBIOGRAPY.
What is history but the life history of men and women who had contributed to this world's progress," wrote Bernard Shaw years ago.......................
PURUSHASHRESHTA-NANI PALKIVALA.
Nani Adirsher Palkivala was not an individual but an institution. If the future generation looks for a role model...........................
QUANTUM PHYSICS AND MODERN MEDICINE.
Doctor sees a patient to give him/her therapeutic advice as well as prognosis. Would you be surprised if............................
Ramakrishnan was Bhavan, Bhavan was Ramakrishnan End of an era! - A Tribute
This is not a political cliche - it's neither for garnering votes nor for procuring any favours thereof..............................
RATIONAL USE OF DRUGS.
Doctors who believe that there is a pill for every ill, based on their education in the medical school using............................
RESEARCH IN MEDICINE
"My very long life has taught me one thing for certain. Our science looks like child's play when compared to the wonder that this world is," wrote Albert Einstein.........................
SCEINCE NEEDS ONE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
Language problem is at the root of all our scientific ills today. At this rate science will die a natural death when society loses faith in science....................................
SCIENCE Vs SCIENTISM.
Science and scientific temper simply mean curiosity. They are efforts to get to know the secrets of Nature.................................
Science and Spirituality.
The war in Iraq is not yet over, it smolders at a slower pace. For a change this time round it was a shorter course of human destruction. One could say............................
SCIENCE AND THE TOWER OF BABEL.
I was saddened reading this morning the New Year week edition of the British Medical Journal...........................
SCIENCE FOR DEVELOPMENT – INDIAN EXPERIENCE.
Science is curiosity. Trying to understand the working of this nature is the main concern of science. Using the..........................
Science is what scientists do
What is science? Science is what scientists do. Everyone from the Ph.D. holders to the journalists seem to know the ................................
SCIENCE, RELIGION, AND HUMANISM.
The war in Iraq is over, next one would be in Syria, America says. For a change this time round it was a shorter course of human destruction.....................................