Soft launch of the book - Essentials of Surgery by Dr. R. L Spittel

Reprint with annotations by Lakshman Karalliedde and Philip Veerasingam.

Please click on the web-link below:-

https://youtu.be/zApXzrqAsgo

Try guessing the names of the 1960 entrants Medical Batch Colombo, Sri Lanka in the photos below:-

Buddhika Kaluaratchi, Asoka Gunasekera, Geri

'Joe' Sri Kantha and Karals

Geri Jayasekera

Daya Thenuwara

Philip and Karals

Odds and ends

Eating while recovering from an injury

http://theconversation.com/heres-what-to-eat-to-recover-from-an-injury-71308

 

Necessity of Vitamin B1

http://theconversation.com/are-you-getting-enough-vitamin-b1-to-help-fend-off-alzheimers-71327

 

A cell-phone app for contraception

http://theconversation.com/could-a-contraceptive-app-be-as-good-as-the-pill-71739

 

Preventive medicine

http://theconversation.com/preventative-medicine-the-argument-for-and-against-72022

 

Dangers lurking in fast-food packaging

http://www.popsci.com/fast-food-may-contain-hidden-danger-its-packaging?dom=rss-default&src=syn

 

The use of pain-killers
http://theconversation.com/are-over-the-counter-painkillers-a-waste-of-money-71433

Odds and ends

Which vitamins to take

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3651525/Which-vitamins-really-worth-taking-Nutrition-experts-settle-supplement-dispute-all.html

Common teen-age problems

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3646887/From-raging-hormones-spots-sweating-doctor-reveals-tackle-5-common-teenage-health-problems.html

 
Reward is better than punishment
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3650696/Why-bribe-teenagers-Young-people-respond-better-rewards-punishments.html

Halting breast cancer growth

http://www.sciencealert.com/breast-cancer-growth-is-halted-by-osteoporosis-drug-study-finds

Value of regular exercise

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3653252/From-tackling-depression-anxiety-preventing-dementia-8-ways-exercise-make-happier.html

Think about It.
Make a change. Coz u can ....
Six Easy ways to earn, even after death.

1) Give a smile or gift to someone.
Each time u gift or smile, it will make someone's day.....u gain.

2) Donate a wheelchair to a hospital. Each time sick person uses it, u gain.

3) Participate in building an orphanage, hospital, school or college.
Anybody uses it, u gain.

4) Place a water cooler in a public place. Anybody drinks water, u gain.

5) Plant a tree. Whenever a person, animal sits in its shade or eats from it, u gain.

6) And the easiest of all is to Share this message with people.

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