Dr. Parameswaran ShankerDifferential DiagnosisIn clinical practice, the treating physician makes a provisional diagnosis of the patient’s condition with due consideration of history…Apr 5Apr 5
Dr. Parameswaran ShankerCarpet of EfflorescenceKaas Plateau in the Sahayadri sub-cluster of Western Ghats lives up to its name. It is khaas (unique), occupying about 10 square kilometres…Oct 18, 2023Oct 18, 2023
Dr. Parameswaran ShankerTo Sir, with LoveHappy to borrow this title from Sidney Poitier’s award-winning movie, although in a different context.Oct 18, 2023Oct 18, 2023
Dr. Parameswaran ShankerVive la FranceWhen I realized that there’s more to the country than ‘la bise’ (traditional French peck on the cheeks) or calling the English ‘rosbif’…Feb 6, 2022Feb 6, 2022
Dr. Parameswaran ShankerHealing Touch — Balancing the Equation“The touch that heals literally with an Oxytocin surge and figuratively with a Serotonin surge, both being feel-good hormones.”Aug 1, 2021Aug 1, 2021
Dr. Parameswaran ShankerAll about ‘keedas’ and Split PersonasAs you enter the sixth decade of life some privileges come as an add-on. No sooner do you blow the candle on the cake overnight, than the…Jun 29, 2021Jun 29, 2021
Dr. Parameswaran ShankerCo-Evolution — Nature as a Balancing ForceWe all know about Darwin’s treatise on ‘The Origin of Species’. Most of us would have also read a few facts about phylogeny - the history…Jun 11, 2021Jun 11, 2021
Dr. Parameswaran ShankerProphylaxis — The Moot PointAfter a month and half of speculating and theorising, I can see we are back to square one. Coming down to brass tacks the question of…Jun 8, 2021Jun 8, 2021
Dr. Parameswaran ShankerStorm TimesWhen you utter the word twenty-twenty it sounds so rhythmic and musical, especially to our country overdosed with cricket T20’s and IPL. No…Jun 4, 2021Jun 4, 2021
Dr. Parameswaran ShankerConfessions of a Virus: A View From The Other SideHow strange are you the human race! You decided to exterminate me soon after my birth and ended up christening me COVID 19 from Novel CoV…Jun 3, 2021Jun 3, 2021
