Dr R K Sanghavi

  # RKS: 3 YEARS OF WEBLOGING  FOREVER TO GO! 1st August 2023 BLOGGING -  A POOR COUSIN OF VLOGGING - BUT MORE ENRICHING Dear Reader, In 1994, the very first blog was created by Justin Hall on Links.net. At that point of time, the term “blog” had not been coined and Hall referred to it as his personal homepage.  The actual terminology of blog is "weblog" – a term was coined by Jorn Barger on December 17, 1997. The short form "blog" was coined by Peter Merholz, who jokingly broke the word weblog into the phrase we blog in the sidebar of his blog. A blog, short for weblog, is now a known frequently updated web page used for personal commentary or business content. Amit Agarwal, founder of Labnol, is widely credited as being India's first professional blogger. Back in 2004, Agarwal quit his stable job in a well-known tech firm to work full time on his blog . BLOG vs VLOG A blog is very similar to a website, where one can find content regarding any topic in a writte...

  # RKS: BRAIN WIRING  DICTATING CAREER & HEALTH-CARING 1st July 2023 NEUROPLASTICITY DEFINES BRAIN'S ABILITIES Dear Reader, In 1902, Adolf Meyer, a Swiss-born psychiatrist (September 13, 1866 – March 17, 1950), called the nervous system the “apparatus of biological plasticity” and placed the concept of neuroplasticity at the centre of his novel theory of psychobiology. However, the term “neuronal plasticity” was already used by the “father of neuroscience” Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852-1934), Spanish neuroscientist, pathologist and histologist specializing in neuroanatomy, who first described changes in the structure of adult brains that happened irrespective of disease (nonpathological). It was only in the late 1960s, that the term “neuroplasticity” was introduced for changes in the structure of brain cells (neurons) in adult brains – ‘neuro’  but the terminology “plasticity” implies the ability to make changes in brain tissue based on functioning of the nervous syst...

   # RKS: CANCER SCOURGE  THE SILENT LURKING LIFE'S GAME-CHANGER 1st June 2023 THE NITROSAMINES COULD BE THE CONCERNING ENEMY BEWARY OF WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO EAT & DRINK Dear Reader, How many of us have lost a near and dear one because of cancer? Many of such 'victims' were leading a 'pious' life sans vices. When even no family history of malignancy, then why would cancer strike? There are over 200 types of cancers known and over 185 countries in the world have recorded cases of malignancies (synonym for cancer). One crore or 10 million (mn) die of cancer each year, and the disease is responsible for 1 in 6 deaths globally. Cancer is never determined by only one, precise factor, but instead by epigenetic (changed genes) meaning outcome of  interaction between genetic and environmental, dietary and lifestyle circumstances.   Can we arrest the tide of cancer is the moot question. For this one needs to take cognisance of ground realities and re-assess our lif...

  # RKS: DISSECTING DIET FAILURE  - WHY EATING BECOMES AN UNCONTROLLABLE URGE? 1st May 2023 THE 3 GOVERNING CENTRES OF EATING THE INTERPLAY Dear Reader, Eating can seem simple but at its most basic, human food intake is still rather complex. While food clearly is essential to survival, it is the pleasure involved that makes eating worthwhile. In understanding the multi-faceted nature of this pleasurable eating it needs to be understood that it encompasses three phases.   It makes an interesting reading to understand how these phases are integrated and activated individually.  EATING CENTRES For each of these events there are 3 corresponding centres in the brain – all situated in the hypothalamus region.  Thus, the 3 centres regulating the act of eating or drinking food are: Appetite Centre Hunger Centre Satiety Centre APPETITE CENTRE All the signals from the 5 senses of the body first go to the front part of brain called prefrontal cortex. Eyes – the sight of fo...