Author: akshay
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MAA Utsav 2011 end of session 1
Lunch time and i came back to hostel. No more live commentary. Thanks for tuning in.There's amusement in the afternoon, and two classes 2mro.
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MAA Utsav 2011 – Dr Prashanth G R
PET CT an introductionconsultant of nuclear medicine says the trend is moving towards molecular basisit uses radio active isotopes? Shows increased enzymatic activity. And cancer cells have increased glycolysis, etc decisions are based on anato-metabolic imaging this can be taken to the heart too and brain!
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MAA Utsav 2011 – Dr M S Vishveshwara
From deep x-ray to imrt from current to current (state of art treatment)change is the only constant thing in life so, we should learn new things, change. 3 idiots dialogue. To diagnose we use kilo volts, but to treat it takes mega volts. And radiation is no longer delivered using radio active substances, but x-ray…
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MAA Utsav 2011 – Dr Radhesh
MR guided HIFU high intensity focused ultrasound.Necrosis of fibroids without surgery leiomyoma – uterine fibroid is non malignant but very incapacitating.Ok. So there is mri, ultra sound directed on the prone patient inside the machine. Painless, non-invasive, targeted, non-anesthetic, ends in 3 hours. The hifu heats the tumor to 60 degrees, it undergoes necrosis and…
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MAA Utsav 2011 Dr Mahesh B H
The last post was made a bit too quick. This year on, the orators are being given a silver medallion for the first time. And citation as normal. Surgical approach to complex spinal deformity this doctor was all India rank 1 in pg entrance! MS ortho from aiims! Non academic first 2 minutes. Experience at…
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MAA Utsav 2011 Dr Nagarathna
The first speech, about yoga and its effect. I missed the first part because i went for free breakfast 😀in between, bad news for Divya Deepa trust. The plan for a stall in this meet didn't succeed because we hadn't asked for permission in time. Ok. Back to yoga.Says, yoga is better than normal exercise…
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MAA Utsav 2011 – Dr B S Ajaykumar
Here's the summary of the first speech i listened to in MAA Utsav. Dr AjayKumar is an oncologist and founder of hcg cancer treatment the statistics, he says, say that there are only 1 million new cancer cases in India while it's 1.5 in usa. This is obviously error of enumeration. And it's exemplified in…
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MAA Utsav 2011
In the audi listening to wonderful speech by Dr B S Ajaykumar, cofounder of hcg, cancer treatment institute in Bangalore and around India.It's the alumni meet. And there are doctors all over (obviously, you don't expect engineers). Dr C G Narasimhan gave an address too. Next, is the scientific session. I shall keep updating as…
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Post examination post
Yes, a lot happened after those tense two weeks. No, I didn’t go home. But I went around Karnataka with friends. Tumkur, Bangalore in 2.5 days. Thursday, past lunch you leave, Sunday for dinner you’re back at hostel. Then obviously there wasn’t so much of what could be called a break, as there would not…
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Anatomy practical exam
10 o'clock. I slept.10.55 ran to anatomy hall.One sheet of paper. 2 questions, 5 spotters.Study shoulder joint. Study tibia. Dr Dakshayani, HoD ma'am came for my viva!Tibia is one bone i didn't know very much about, the other bones include humerus, radius, ulna, femur, fibula, pretty much every bone 😀but somehow i managed to tell…