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
THE ART OF LIVING.
Life is a challenge, it is a gamble, and uncertainty is its only certainty. However, life is to be enjoyed........................
The disease called “Diagnosis.”
The title is from the German book “The Disease Inventors” by Jörg Blech, original in German, translated by my friend, Herbert Nehrlich, a family physician in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, especially for my use....................
THE FINE ART OF LIVING.
Living is an art, a fine art at that. “ Art is that which makes the man’s day,” said Henry Edward Thoreau...............................
THE FINE ART OF MEDICINE AND ITS OUTDATED “SCIENCE”.
The art of medicine, that which makes the quality of the hapless patient’s day, should be the primary universal ...............................
The Man Who Wouldn’t Die!
Who has not heard of the famous writer, Art Buchwald? He has a story to tell the medical world. He is in a hospice now, having opted.....................
THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE WORLD.
Wars are born in the minds of men. We see the dark clouds of war hovering above our heads these days,...............................
THE PATIENT THAT CHANGED MY LIFE.
One learns everyday in life as life is the best school. “No one can teach anyone anything that.............................
THE SCIENCE OF ASTROLOGY.
This Universe follows one simple law and that is that there are no absolute opposites. The opposite of truth need not always be untruth. There could be a via media in all cases.........................
THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE AND ITS FINE ART.
“Time has come” the Walrus said, “to talk of many things-cabbages and kings…” We could now add to this list.............................
THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE NEEDS A QUANTUM JUMP.
Mankind has been here for well over 500,000 years in about fifty thousand generations. Medical men must also have been there for that length of time..............................
The Stethoscope Song.
Paris was in the forefront of new medical awakening and afforded golden opportunities to ambitious physicians in the eighteenth Century..............................
THE STORY OF PENICILLIN. (Serendipity to Surreal)
Penicillin, as an antibiotic, was the first great breakthrough in medical research to win a battle between man and germ....................
THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.
This hopes to give you suggestions that you might need for a sensible way of living to attain health and happiness as long as you live. Disease is an accident. ......................
There is a time for departure even when there’s no certain place to go.
I think your ruminations about the name of the journal and its role in future is timely as the world has shrunk into a small neighbourhood. However,........................
TO DO OR NOT TO DO- DOCTORS' DILEMMA.
"Knowledge" said Karl Popper " advances NOT by repeating known facts, but by refuting false dogmas". ...........
Life is a challenge, it is a gamble, and uncertainty is its only certainty. However, life is to be enjoyed........................
The disease called “Diagnosis.”
The title is from the German book “The Disease Inventors” by Jörg Blech, original in German, translated by my friend, Herbert Nehrlich, a family physician in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, especially for my use....................
THE FINE ART OF LIVING.
Living is an art, a fine art at that. “ Art is that which makes the man’s day,” said Henry Edward Thoreau...............................
THE FINE ART OF MEDICINE AND ITS OUTDATED “SCIENCE”.
The art of medicine, that which makes the quality of the hapless patient’s day, should be the primary universal ...............................
The Man Who Wouldn’t Die!
Who has not heard of the famous writer, Art Buchwald? He has a story to tell the medical world. He is in a hospice now, having opted.....................
THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE WORLD.
Wars are born in the minds of men. We see the dark clouds of war hovering above our heads these days,...............................
THE PATIENT THAT CHANGED MY LIFE.
One learns everyday in life as life is the best school. “No one can teach anyone anything that.............................
THE SCIENCE OF ASTROLOGY.
This Universe follows one simple law and that is that there are no absolute opposites. The opposite of truth need not always be untruth. There could be a via media in all cases.........................
THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE AND ITS FINE ART.
“Time has come” the Walrus said, “to talk of many things-cabbages and kings…” We could now add to this list.............................
THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE NEEDS A QUANTUM JUMP.
Mankind has been here for well over 500,000 years in about fifty thousand generations. Medical men must also have been there for that length of time..............................
The Stethoscope Song.
Paris was in the forefront of new medical awakening and afforded golden opportunities to ambitious physicians in the eighteenth Century..............................
THE STORY OF PENICILLIN. (Serendipity to Surreal)
Penicillin, as an antibiotic, was the first great breakthrough in medical research to win a battle between man and germ....................
THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.
This hopes to give you suggestions that you might need for a sensible way of living to attain health and happiness as long as you live. Disease is an accident. ......................
There is a time for departure even when there’s no certain place to go.
I think your ruminations about the name of the journal and its role in future is timely as the world has shrunk into a small neighbourhood. However,........................
TO DO OR NOT TO DO- DOCTORS' DILEMMA.
"Knowledge" said Karl Popper " advances NOT by repeating known facts, but by refuting false dogmas". ...........