Daily Archives: 17/08/2026
CAR-T
One of the most stunning images in the world of modern oncology. In the image on the left:The body looks as if it’s drowning in disease… scattered black spots across multiple areas, representing regions of high tumor activity in a PET scan. Then came a treatment that was entirely different:Genetically modified CAR-T cells — where […]
Refeeding syndrome
Refeeding syndrome is a potentially serious (and rarely fatal) metabolic complication that can occur when nutrition is reintroduced too rapidly after a period of prolonged malnutrition or starvation.3 It involves shifts in fluids and electrolytes driven by hormonal and metabolic changes (particularly an insulin surge from carbohydrate intake), leading to deficiencies that impair organ function. […]
Dr. Raymond Vahan Damadian
Dr. Raymond Vahan Damadian (1936–2022) was the determined physician-inventor who built the world’s first MRI scanner, driven by a personal mission against cancer and an unyielding belief that science could peer inside the living body without the risks of X-rays. Born March 16, 1936, in Manhattan and raised in Forest Hills, Queens, he was the […]
Dr. V. P. Mittal: The Ever-Youthful Healer of Tilak Road
At 83, most people slow down. Dr. V. P. Mittal still rises before dawn, does a brisk walk through the quiet lanes of Dehradun, and arrives at his modest clinic on Tilak Road with the energy of a man half his age. The waiting room is already filling up—mothers with restless toddlers, fathers balancing vaccine […]










