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Every office has politics, as long there are at least two employees!

Experienced something which I don't want to discuss here, but while googling about it, found this very well made statement:

If you don't know the problem; you are INNOCENT.
If you know the problem, but don't know the solution; you are IGNORANT.
If you know the problem, you know the solution, but you don't want to use or implement; you are a CULPRIT.

Perfect.

Mahatma Gandhi's quote ...

Are we inducing mass hypochondria? Making even apparently 'normal' persons suspect that they 'may' have some disease? Seek medical attention for diagnosis of prediabetes and prehypertension?

I wrote a response in 2005 to an editorial in the BMJ. Here's the text:

Dear Editor,

I have read the editorial by Westin & Heath and the subsequent rapid responses to that article with great interest. The extremes of views apparent in some of these are

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Updated January 21st, 2010 at 05:50 PM by Shashikiran

Tags: consumerism, fear, hypochondria, iatrogenic, prediabetes, prehypertension, sceptic, screening

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The diagnosis of diabetes mellitus is traditionally based on demonstrating high blood glucose.

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) criteria, 1997:

1. Symptoms of diabetes plus casual/random* plasma glucose (RPG/RBS) concentration ≥200 mg/dl (11.1 mmol/l), or
2. Fasting** plasma glucose (FPG/FBS) ≥126 mg/dl (7.0 mmol/l), or
3. 2-hour postload/postprandial*** glucose (PPG/PPBS) ≥200 mg/dl (11.1 mmol/l) during an OGTT.

* Casual/random is defined as any time ...

Updated January 21st, 2010 at 05:50 PM by Shashikiran

Tags: diabetes, diagnosis, glycated, glycosylated, hba1c

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‎ Diabetes , ‎ Medicine

This lady came for a general check-up. She was over 40 years of age and overweight, but the main reason for the visit was that the husband suspected that she had diabetes. After a brief clinical examination at the outpatient clinic, I told her that her blood pressure is slightly high but that may be due to the fact that it was her first visit to the hospital and reassured her.

The husband took over. "No, no, doctor. I am sure she has high BP. Just order ...

Updated January 5th, 2010 at 04:26 PM by Shashikiran

Tags: chapathi, chocolate, communication, diabetes, diet, fruit, glucose, ice cream, myth, myths, rice, sweets, time, vegetable

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‎ Diabetes , ‎ Medicine

The purpose of life is to be happy and to be useful to others. To achieve the first purpose, being happy, we should be open to recognizing subtle humour in routine life that often brings 'happiness', though happiness means much more than just that.

I enjoy humour, especially when I share it with somebody. I like it even more when my children generate a 'Reader's Digest-worth' humour from their experiences at school, play or interaction with us.

We came up with this ...

Updated November 30th, 2009 at 06:12 PM by Shashikiran

Tags: children, humour, indigestion, purpose of life, readers digest

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