Dr Vishal Rao

Cultivating a grassroots scientific temperament

Given the ever-evolving nature of knowledge creation and curation, the long-term and broader societal expectations from that knowledge undergo continual…

2 years ago

Ethical, legal, scientific, and spiritual perspectives of life, death and beyond

The proposition of accepting death when life seems futile is largely controversial given its ethical, legal, scientific, and spiritual connotations.…

2 years ago

NGT order on cigarette, bidi butts sensible, timely

Did you know that cigarette and bidi butts are environmentally hazardous? Recently, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) passed several recommendations…

2 years ago

Benefits of Stress on Wound Healing

Over the past few years, we have developed an excessive level of anxiety associated with the effects of stress on…

3 years ago

Scalpel and intuition

Random notes on the surgical symphony that thrives on the cusp of intellect, instinct, and intuition.

3 years ago

Passive smoking is an active and acute problem

Secondhand smoking or passive smoking is the inhalation of a combined smoke from the burning end of a cigarette, as…

4 years ago

Passive smoking is an active and acute problem

Secondhand smoking or passive smoking is the inhalation of a combined smoke from the burning end of a cigarette, as…

4 years ago

Karmic carcinogens and cancer: A surgeon’s perspective

The Karmic carcinogens that we are inducing into the environment today have emanated from the materialistic and short-sighted philosophy of…

4 years ago

ROBOTICS HEAD & NECK SURGERIES: A VERITABLE GAME-CHANGER

Head and Neck cancers comprise nearly 30% of the overall cancer incidence in India, which is roughly about 10 lac…

4 years ago

PANDEMIC IN PERSPECTIVE: EMERGENCY BEYOND EDITORIALS

‘Leadership from behind’ is the need of the hour, where scientists and doctors lead from the front in laboratories and…

4 years ago

WHY GENETIC SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM IS CRUCIAL TO FIGHT NEW COVID VARIANTS

The ‘double mutant’ variant of coronavirus is likely to trigger an ‘intense second wave’. It is estimated that this mutated…

4 years ago

GENDER EQUILIBRIUM IN INNOVATIONS: A TOP PRIORITY IN HEALTHCARE

It was a forthright conversation with a friend of mine, a breast cancer survivor, that first drew my attention to…

4 years ago