JPMS Medical Blogs

Argus II Bionic Eye: Good News for Retinitis Pigmentosa Sufferers

editor.jpms@gmail.com (JPMS BLOGS ADMIN) — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:44:42 +0000

Blindness is a massive tragedy. Among all the other disabilities, blindness leaves a person thirsty of the beauty of the world, and unable to look even at one’s own self! That is a great pity. In this context, one [...]

Pedophilia: Biology to Blame?

editor.jpms@gmail.com (JPMS BLOGS ADMIN) — Wed, 15 May 2013 21:32:27 +0000

A girl comes to a supermarket along with her mother to buy groceries. After a while, she gets lost. A middle-aged man is also shopping there. The girl catches sight of him and he approaches her. He asks, “What’s the [...]

Great Expectations: The Future of Public Health after 2015

editor.jpms@gmail.com (JPMS BLOGS ADMIN) — Sun, 12 May 2013 11:13:39 +0000

As Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) will be ending in 2015, the world is waiting to see new agenda on health as well as on other sectors of development. With fewer than a 1000 days remaining for achieving the targets of [...]

A Brief Look at the Journey of Pain

editor.jpms@gmail.com (JPMS BLOGS ADMIN) — Wed, 08 May 2013 17:00:32 +0000

The beauty of the above question lies in the fact that its answer unifies people of every religion, race, ethnicity, nationality and social status of the world. The unity further extends to involve animals of every size, color and habitat. [...]

Do I have your Consent?

editor.jpms@gmail.com (JPMS BLOGS ADMIN) — Tue, 07 May 2013 16:00:43 +0000

When we are taught behavioral sciences, a lot of emphasis is given on the importance of taking consent from the patient before any examination and procedure. But how much of this theoretical knowledge is actually used in daily practice? During [...]

Social Media And “The Fear Of Missing Out” Phenomenon

editor.jpms@gmail.com (JPMS BLOGS ADMIN) — Sun, 05 May 2013 14:00:10 +0000

The new window on my browser is constantly blinking after every two minutes as I sit here on my desktop, trying to write a blog. I type one sentence and oh wait; I have a new notification on my Facebook [...]

Question a Medical Student Should Ask Himself: What Do I Really Want?

editor.jpms@gmail.com (JPMS BLOGS ADMIN) — Fri, 03 May 2013 17:00:50 +0000

Alot of people when come in med-school think as if it is the end of the finish-line. Happy to land where they wanted to, but as the time rolls, they realize that it was only a beginning of a never [...]

A Glance at Obama’s BRAIN Initiative Project

editor.jpms@gmail.com (JPMS BLOGS ADMIN) — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:00:25 +0000

Understanding how the brain works is arguably one of the greatest scientific challenges of our time. The human brain is a very complex organ consisting of 100 billion neurons; the basic building blocks of the human brain. On April 2, [...]

Improving Sanitation in Government Hospitals

editor.jpms@gmail.com (JPMS BLOGS ADMIN) — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:03:22 +0000

As the clock strikes and it is time for the clinical rotation, I feel reluctant to go to the hospital. It is, however not because I have to get out of my comfort zone. No doubt that sitting and attending [...]

A Glimpse into the Future ICU: The Closed Loop System

editor.jpms@gmail.com (JPMS BLOGS ADMIN) — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:52:58 +0000

The modern health care system owes heavily to the technological developments which are occurring at a logarithmic pace. These advancements are necessary to overcome the burden of limited skilled manpower which healthcare has traditionally witnessed and this burden is likely [...]