Monthly Archives: February 2016

Vaginal seeding of newborn C-section babies

Bismillah, alhamdulillah: interesting podcast on a very new topic. Babies born by C section versus normal delivery have been noted to have different risks of non communicable diseases. The risks of obesity and asthma are greater in C section babies. The biome bacterial commensal flora between these two babies is different. So it has beenContinue reading “Vaginal seeding of newborn C-section babies”

Clash between Issac Newton and Robert Hooke

Bismillah, alhamdulillah: Robert Hooke v Issac Newton an interesting clash of personalities between the two. Newton won because he was better at maths! In Our Time http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download/proto/http/vpid/p03jyjtb.mp3 Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work or Robert Hooke (1635-1703) who worked for Robert Boyle and was curator of experiments at the Royal Society. TheContinue reading “Clash between Issac Newton and Robert Hooke”

Zika and genetically modified mosquitoes …

Bismillah, alhamdulillah: My take home points from the latest and excellent virology podcast on Zika with Prof. Vincent Racaniello and his guests and his blog notes: Where does the name Zika come from? The Zika forest of Uganda. When was it discovered? 1947 when it was found to cause an infection in a monkey kept in a cage in the forestContinue reading “Zika and genetically modified mosquitoes …”

Stents in stable angina – yes or no?

Bismillah, alhamdulillah: In short: no. The podcast makes for an interesting listen. The cardiologist who has authored a paper on the subject concludes the opposite. Not based on evidence of prognostic improvement but a ‘if this was my dad what would I do analysis’. Symptomatic relief versus a 1% complication risk including MI or CVAContinue reading “Stents in stable angina – yes or no?”

Big Data & Big Brother – meet the two new Big’s of medicine

Bismillah, alhamdulillah: In case you have not heard the terms already Big Data is the study of very large data sets which come from huge sources of data such as genome analysis of patients or genomics or the rapid analysis of the millions of proteins in a drop of blood or in cells, proteomics. The data isContinue reading “Big Data & Big Brother – meet the two new Big’s of medicine”