-Black Holes Bared !!

I might have spent my past 18 years studying Medicine, but my fascination for Physics persists. If i ever see something interesting in these fields, I just have to read it.

With all this comes an innate childish curiosity in matters related to Astronomy. The mere thought of all that endless space ( and Time!!) thrills me. So when i was stumbling my way through Recently popular blogs tagged with Health, I could not resist clicking on this Link. ( I wonder why this is tagged "Health"?)

Think technologies, Florida, U.S have this incredible page which explains Black Holes.

This is a simplified explanation of a Black hole, the physics behind it and examines probable theories connected to it. Of course, My favorite theory is when I get to travel to a different time-space on passing through a black hole. :)

I used my Alchemy Grid widgetizer to make this.

Meditel 2008 @ Chennai, India

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The use of ICT ( Information and communication technologies) for Health care in India is still very limited. Most of the efforts in this direction are sporadic and rudderless.There is no dearth of skilled manpower in this field, but a unified plan of action is still awaited.

Medical computer society of India has taken the lead to organize a national conference on Medical informatics and Telemedicine. Under the leadership of Dr.Sunil Shroff, eminent Nephrologist and President of MCSI, the fifth national conference on Medical informatics and telemedicine is scheduled to take place at Sri Ramchandra Medical College & Research Institute, Chennai on 19th-20th December, 2008.

"The conference (as in the past) will bring together decision makers, policy makers, practicing clinicians, healthcare educators and researchers, health administrators, health technologists and IT vendors.Meditel 2008 offers a platform to meet, interact and network with qualified specialists, users, buyers, healthcare providers, industry representatives, researchers and policy makers from India and abroad.

The event will showcase successful products in the Indian healthcare environment and discuss the challenges in their implementation. The use of ICT for 'Health Education & Research'’ is the theme of this conference.

Meditel 2008 will feature an exhaustive conference program with more than 100 presentations along with workshops on a wide variety of topics to learn about what is latest in e-health and the likely future trends."

I was a part of Meditel 2006 and can vouch for the quality of discussions held at Centre for Digital Health, Amrita institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala.It proved extremely useful to me then and I expect a similar experience this year.

- Importance of Digital Pathology ( with Business model)

Dr. Ajit Singh, CEO, Bioimagene talks of digital pathology.
He is talking to non-medicos and therefore keeps ALL medical terms out of his speech.Without getting into the nitty-gritty,Dr. Ajit simplifies the meaning and importance of digital pathology.Anything i mention on this topic here would only take away from his Talk. So i leave it to you to experience first hand.

The previous part of this talk can be accessed on Youtube.

He is surfing on the edge and i believe he has picked a swell wave.

- Importance of Digital Pathology ( with Business model)

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Dr. Ajit Singh, CEO, Bioimagene talks of digital pathology.

He is talking to non-medicos and therefore keeps ALL medical terms out of his speech.Without getting into the nitty-gritty,Dr. Ajit simplifies the meaning and importance of digital pathology.Anything i mention on this topic here would only take away from his Talk. So i leave it to you to experience first hand.

The previous part of this talk can be accessed on Youtube.

He is surfing on the edge and i believe he has picked a swell wave.

- No green beards in path labs @ John Hopkins University

The pathology department at my medical college was very strict with us Resident doctors. All our activities were constantly noted by our seniors, and being reprimanded frequently for "unprofessional conduct" was the norm. Our seniors made sure we were always properly dressed and behaved.

But what i read on John Hopkins university, Dept. of Pathology website takes the cake. They have a detailed list of "acceptable" and "unacceptable" conduct. Sample a few,

1) Acceptable- Knee length culottes and dress shorts; Unacceptable- Mini skirts, blue jeans, baseball caps.

2) Acceptable- Fingernails that are of "professional length", whatever that means; Unacceptable- Applying cosmetics in the laboratory.

3) Acceptable- Short/ Tied back hair of natural color ; Unacceptable- Purple and Green beards and mustaches!!

4) Acceptable- Socks/ Hose/ Tights ; Unacceptable- Printed underwear showing through outer garments.

5) Acceptable- Jewelery in moderation ; Unacceptable- Badges promoting causes/products/slogans NOT endorsed by the Institution/department.

Its definitely a good read. Click here to access the pdf file of acceptable appearance standards at John Hopkins University.