Realities of a Educational Loans

Are you planning to take an Educational Loan. Please read this before you do so.http://youthcurry.blogspot.com/2005/11/till-debt-do-us-part.htmlThis is what applies the Medical field
But the worst off would be medical students. Given that they earn paltry sums until they complete their MDs, it makes sense to take a loan only if your dad owns a nursing home [...]

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Cricket Predictions

Whether you believe in astrology or not, here is my prediction.
Sourav will not Play in the test against srilanka….
Well, my astrology is based not on the movement of planets , but on the movement that is taking place in BCCI !!!!http://rediff.com/cricket/2005/nov/29select.htm
Bhupinder Singh Senior was appointed as the North Zone representative in place of Yashpal Sharma [...]

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What happens when you do your Job Properly

There has been much hype about “brain drain” and how fresh brainy graduates fly abroad after finishing their education here.
Well…. One of the bright minds, a MBA graduate from IIM-Lucknow decided to stay in India and more over decided to work for a PSU (Government Concern)
And here is what that followed http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=158004
HIS decision to seal [...]

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Is the Contention Against Google Print Valid?

No…… says Sumir sharma at http://sumirsharma.blogspot.com/2005/11/is-contention-against-google-print.html
Excellent Post !!
This sums up well
Whatsoever is accessible on Print Google, you can get it by visiting any bookstore and library. In some of the libraries, they are even providing the photostat facility. In India, I have found people getting a whole book Xeroxed. I have seen medical students having [...]

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Five star hospitals-’Tourists’ harming India’s health

From BBChttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4447140.stmHealth tourists are helping destabilise India’s health system, doctors claim.
They say too much is being spent on care for foreign patients and care for rich Indians – while public health care for poorer people is neglected.
Dr Samiran Nundy, from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, and Amit Sengupta from India’s People’s Health Movement [...]

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Osler’s Law

Your ears do not hear what your mind does not know
This is a famous quote that is often told to the first clinical students regarding Auscultation.
In other words, we interpret facts based on what we already know.
I saw the following words in this post http://dcubed.blogspot.com/2004/12/fire-down-below.html
But we stand there, as Veerappan, his wife [...]

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About Tamil Culture

Please see here
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1298218,curpg-1.cms
Don’t speak the truth in Chennai. And don’t behave like you are living in a 21st century Indian metro. Movie star Khushboo did that and is now paying a heavy and heart-rending price for it.
And just what did the actor do? She said, rather innocuously, that men should no more expect their brides [...]

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Who is Veer Matha

Please see here
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=82210&headline=A~Hindu~should~produce~at~least~3~kids,~even~17,~to~save~demography
And what seems to be more impressive is the following paragraph
He recalled that the Hindu Munnani had invited him at a function in Tamil Nadu held for honouring the most “prolific” mother as ‘‘Veer Mata’’. A woman, he claimed, had walked up to him and said she had produced 17 children and going [...]

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Ethical dilemmas.

Ethical dilemmas.
Pandya SKDepartment of Neurosurgery, Seth GS Medical College, Parel, Bombay.
Correspondence Address:Department of Neurosurgery, Seth GS Medical College, Parel, Bombay.
How to cite this article:Pandya SK. Ethical dilemmas. J Postgrad Med 1997;43:1-3
How to cite this URL:Pandya SK. Ethical dilemmas. J Postgrad Med [serial online] 1997 [cited 2005 Nov 9];43:1-3. Available from: http://www.jpgmonline.com/article.asp?issn=0022-3859;year=1997;volume=43;issue=1;spage=1;epage=3;aulast=Pandya
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Ayurveda Drugs – Danger to Life – Poison which kills

The flip side of Ayurveda.Thatte UM, Rege NN, Phatak SD, Dahanukar SADept. of Pharmacology, Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital, Parel, Bombay, Maharashtra.
Correspondence Address:Dept. of Pharmacology, Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital, Parel, Bombay, Maharashtra.
How to cite this article:Thatte UM, Rege NN, Phatak SD, Dahanukar SA. The flip side of Ayurveda. J Postgrad [...]

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