Article on meditation and ageing

Can including meditation in your daily routine delay the signs of ageing?  Find out in this medical educational article...

http://www.mapsofindia.com/my-india/health/can-meditation-slow-ageing

Article on Mediterranean diet and health benefits

Medical educational article on the benefits of consuming food items from the Mediterranean diet...

http://www.mapsofindia.com/my-india/health/why-mediterranean-diet-is-good-for-your-heart-and-brain

Article on dementia

What is dementia?  How common is it?  What are the types of dementia?  Are there any risk factors for developing it?  What is the treatment?  How can one prevent dementia?

I answer these questions in this medical educational article published in Deccan Herald on account of World Alzheimer's Day 2011.

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/191338/make-mental-note.html

Book recommendation: Phantoms in the Brain

Nothing is more complex and complicated than the human brain.  There are so many unchartered territories in this convoluted organ that we are just scraping the surface in terms of understanding it.

This book takes a huge leap forward in doing this.  It presents interesting facets of this organ, things that we did not even know could be possible.

Using his vast expertise and experience in this highly specialized area of neuroscience, Dr Ramachandran reveals some of the interesting secrets of this complex organ.  He brings out the details through several fascinating experiments and clinical scenarios.

Whether it is the brain's ability to cover for the loss of a limb, or the sensory distribution of a phantom limb in the brain area, or any of the other revelations, this is one book that everyone interested in neuroscience - students, scientists, academicians or lay - should read in their lifetime.

Along with Atul Gawande's Being Mortal, Phantoms is highly recommended reading for anyone involved in the medical field.


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