Dr R K Sanghavi

    # RKS: 💤 SLEEP (I) NO SLEEP AND ALL 'PLAY' MAKES 'JACK' A DULL BOY! RKS / 2025-2026 / Ser 7 / Blog 1 1st April 2025 SLEEP - IS IT AN ENIGMA? THE SLEEP BASICS Dear Reader, Sleep is a natural, reversible state of reduced mental and physical activity, where consciousness is altered and sensory activity is inhibited, which is crucial for overall health and well-being. The average person spends about 26 years sleeping in their life, which equates to 9,496 days or 227,916 hours. That's one-third of our entire lives spent asleep in bed. Surprisingly, one also spends 7 years trying to get to sleep - a total of 33 years or 12,053 days! The longest medically verified time a person has slept was 11 days, achieved by a 7-year-old boy named Wyatt Shaw (US). On the other hand, the longest period one  has been awake is for 11 days straight - 264 hours - a new Guinness World Record in the name Randy Gardner (US) achieved on January 8, 1964. World Sleep Day, celebrated on the 2...

   # RKS: SUPERBUGS (IV) THE REAL REASONS vs PERCEIVED CAUSES RKS / 2024-2025 / Ser 6 / Blog 6 1st March 2025 BUGS BECOME SUPERBUGS THANKS TO DOCTORS & PATIENTS & DRUG REGULATORS Dear Reader, Antimicrobials have revolutionized patient cure prospects. On an average, 30-50% of patients visiting a general practitioner are prescribed an antibiotic. Why? There are 3 reasons why someone, who is apparently healthy, thinks he / she is unwell enough to visit a doctor: Headache Cold and cough Loose motions  Two of the above 3 are caused by infections. Then how can antimicrobials be blamed for being unnecessarily prescribed by the medical professionals? And why would Drs prescribe antibiotics unnecessarily if their intent is to treat patients based on their clinical evaluation and diagnostic skills? If one suspects the abilities of their doctor to best treat their disease, the perception is subjective and there is every freedom for the patient to switch the expert as in any ...