Dr. Subrahmanyam Karuturi

Valentines Day SMS

2010-02-11T20:39:00.002+05:30

Saint Valentine's Day (commonly called Valentine's Day) is an annual holiday held on February 14 celebrating love and affection between intimate companions. The holiday is named after one or more early Christian martyrs named Valentine and was established by Pope Gelasius I in 496 AD. It is traditionally a day on which lovers express their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as "valentines"). The holiday first became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.

Modern Valentine's Day symbols include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten valentines have largely given way to mass-produced greeting cards. (Wikipedia)

Don't wait until it's too late to tell someone how much you love, how much you care. Because when they're gone, no matter how loud you shout and cry, they won't hear you anymore.

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Health Social Networking - Social Networking for Patients

2010-01-18T17:55:00.007+05:30

A Social Network is a social structure made of individuals which are tied by some specific type of relations like profession, idea, vision etc., Social Networks play a critical role in our daily lives.

In this post, I collected all Social Networking websites related to Health and intended for patients.

Health Chapter - Health Chapter.com is a health based social network of people sharing their disease experiences, treatment options, knowledge and giving support to other people suffering from similar health problems. Its a place to talk about how to live well with disease, ask questions, share information about what is working for you, get sympathy, exchange ideas, request and recommend the best doctors, support and friendship from other patients suffering from the same disease. When you share your health experiences on HealthChapter, it makes you feel a little less alone. By sharing your health experiences, you can help others and improve their quality of life. Health Chapter Support Groups help you to overcome the health problem by networking with people all around the world who have a similar health problem.

PatientsLikeMe - PatientsLikeMe is a privately funded company dedicated to making a difference in the lives of patients diagnosed with life-changing diseases. PatientsLikeMe goal is to enable people to share information that can improve the lives of patients diagnosed with life-changing diseases.

Heart Patients - Heart Patients is a social support group for people suffering from Heart Diseases worldwide.

IAN Community - The IAN Community is an online environment designed to act as an inviting library and meeting place where everyone concerned with autism spectrum disorders can learn more about autism research. Everyone can participate and benefit from the IAN Community.

CareCommunity - CareCommunity offers free caregiving tools and resources to help you care for your loved one.

Webtribes - Webtribes is a network of online community support sites for people who suffer from life-consuming ailments.

Cancer Support Community - People who care about someone with cancer can become active participants in enhancing health and wellness for themselves and their loved ones and nurture their relationships through and beyond the cancer experience.

iCareCafe - iCareCafe is a global social network for patients, their families and friends.

Starbright World - Starbright World is an online social network where teens (ages 13 to 20) who have serious medical conditions, and siblings of seriously ill teens, can connect with each other via moderated chat rooms, games, bulletin boards, videos, and more.

Inspire - Inspire connects patients, families, friends, caregivers and health professionals for health and wellness support. Inspire works with trusted health partners to build safe and secure health and wellness groups.

iMedix -iMedix is a free website that helps you find and share health information. Members of the iMedix community share their experiences and rank medical content in order to make health information personal, organized and accessible to everyone.

DiabeticConnect - DiabeticConnect is a social network for diabetics and their families.

Disaboom - Disaboom.com strives to provide you the tools and guidance you need to live active, engaged lives. But when it comes to sharing stories and personal insights, there’s nothing stronger than the power of community – which is why we’re connecting the millions touched by disability to both information and each other.

MedHelp - MedHelp is the pioneer in online health communities. The MedHelp site connects people with the leading medical experts and others who have similar experiences.

Real Mental Health - RealMentalHealth.com is the first social networking site focusing on mental health treatment and wellness. The online community includes individuals, their family members, loved ones and friends who want to easily and interactively obtain knowledge about symptoms and treatments in a supportive community environment.

Breast Cancer - Discussion forums, topics, and posts. Read what others have posted about dealing with side effects, getting support, and hear their experiences. Join this online support group and submit your questions to the community today!

Wellescent - Wellescent.com is a free health community that exists to help people easily connect and support each other.

CureTogether - Compare your symptoms, choose treatments and uncover triggers that might be affecting you. Get ideas you can bring to your doctor. Track your progress toward feeling better and connect with others working on the same health issues.

MyHopeSpace - Offering cancer patients, survivors, caregivers, friends, family members, and their cancer support network an easy way to communicate and share their stories, their struggles, and their accomplishments with other members.

Trusera - Trusera is an online health network platform where you can find and share real-world experiences. Share your story and experience the Power of Been There™.

Healia - Healia Communities helps you make better health decisions by enabling you to connect with people like yourself who’ve experienced your situation.

GroupLoop - Online support for teens with cancer.

myHealthSpace - myHealthSpace is a social networking utility that connects people within the alternative and complementary health space. It allows practitioners, suppliers, professional bodies, clinics, therapists, customers and the general public interact with one another, share information, discuss experiences and create networks with people.

SteadyHealth - SteadyHealth.com presents a health-related internet community intended for users to educate themselves on health related aspects, share their experiences and exchange access to valuable health-related resources.

FacetoFace Health - FacetoFace Health is your trusted health community for connecting one-on-one with others who share similar health experiences. Share your story, and find others, quickly and privately.

MedicalEra - MedicalEra.com is more than just a health portal, it is a social networking site for serious health concerned individuals.

Wellsphere - In addition to connecting users with a wealth of personalized information and the most knowledgeable, caring community on the Web, Wellsphere provides an innovative suite of tools – for free – to enable users to take steps to improve their health.

MyHealthExperience - MyHealthExperience.com is a website that is dedicated to helping healthcare consumers like yourself learn from other people's experiences. At MyHealthExperience.com you can blog, chat and post to forums about your healthcare needs. In return, you'll meet like-minded individuals in your virtual neighborhood with whom you can share both good and bad experiences.

HealthSphere - HealthSphere unique integration of vertical search, social networking and health tools provides you with the most powerful means for discovering the way to better health.

MDJunction - MDJunction is an active center for Online Support Groups, a place where thousands of patients meet every day to discuss their feelings, questions and hopes with like minded friends.

HopeCube - Four simple words, one powerful idea. Never before has the concept of community, support, self-expression, information, advice, been more important or relevant. In the struggle against adversity, facing a health crisis no one saw coming, patience, understanding - even a simple "I know where you're coming from" - makes all the difference.

I'M TOO YOUNG FOR THIS! - i[2]y exists to ensure that every young adult affected by cancer is given access to the best age-appropriate support they are entitled to in order to get busy living at every stage of their survivorship.

WeAre.Us - Patient-led, positive, and private health communities dedicated to patients, family, friends, and caregivers of those coping with chronic, life-shaping illnesses and conditions.

eHealthForum - Medical questions? Find answers to your medical questions in doctor supported communities. Take control of your health now. Search by side effect, symptom, disease or syndrome.

WiserTogether - WiserTogether is a smart, easy, secure Web-based tool designed to help users explore their options and make decisions. WiserTogether’s technology uses techniques rooted in science and math to quickly present data and information that is relevant to you.

OneRecovery - OneRecovery welcomes you to our safe, healthy and healing community of individuals in recovery from alcoholism, drug abuse and eating disorders. Connect with a strong support network to strengthen your recovery journey.

PeopleJam - PeopleJam offers an ever growing collection of the Self-Improvement resources that are available to you, each of which is reviewed and rated by real people who have used them. Our members share their experiences so you can find out what truly works – and what truly doesn't. We also offer blogs, articles and videos with specific advice from professionals and peers that can help you make better decisions every single day.

LiveStrong - A forum to discuss all elements of an active lifestyle -- including yoga practices, exercise moves, and strength training techniques. Fans of recreational and outdoor sports can also discuss everything from baseball and basketball to climbing a mountain and cycling competitively. Dare to be active.

ToolsToLife - ToolsToLife is a global leader in social networking self-development programs. From Day 1 be informed, motivated and supported by like-minded community as you take daily action toward the life you want. Whether you are sixteen or sixty, an accomplished professional or just graduating high school, this is your companion in effective change and growth. Completely free of charge, TOOLS offers an amazing range of interactive, Internet-based self-help programs. You will also have all the Tools and group support you need as you reach for the stars. Because we believe you can, we help you achieve whatever dreams you seek.

RareShare - RareShare is a unique social hub building communities for patients, families, and healthcare professionals affected by rare disorders.

MyCancerPlace - My Cancer Place is the only place to join a community of people with cancer, share information, give and receive support, learn from the experiences of others, and create a free web page with text and photos that you can change anytime.

MentalHealthSocial - MentalHealthSocial helps you to connect with people who have a mental illness.

Connect2Change - Connect2Change.org is a social network for health promotion advocates. We invite you to join us, to share your learning, to collaborate, to debate, to discover, and to realise with us a vision of HPR 2.0.

If you come across any health social networking site which is not on the list, please do drop the URL in the comments section. I will add it to the list as early as possible.

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Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

2010-01-06T17:01:00.000+05:30

Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 - July 25, 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving presentation, "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals. For more, visit: http://www.cmu.edu/randyslecture

The girl who silenced the world for 5 minutes

2010-01-06T16:53:00.000+05:30

She addressed a UN Meeting on issue of environment.

Most romantic way to chase a girl

2010-01-06T16:50:00.000+05:30

Nothing is Impossible in this World

2010-01-06T16:48:00.000+05:30

Teach For India

2010-01-03T16:34:00.000+05:30

Teach For India is a nationwide movement of outstanding college graduates and young professionals who will commit two-years to teach full-time in under resourced schools and who will become lifelong leaders working from within various sectors toward the pursuit of equity in education.

Join the movement to end educational inequity in India.

Hyderabad.org.in - A Friendship & Social Networking Website for People of Hyderabad City

2009-10-19T07:21:00.003+05:30

Hyderabad.org.in is an exclusive next generation social networking service for people of Hyderabad city. Hyderabad.org.in social network can help you maintain existing personal and professional relationships and establish new ones by reaching out to people you've never met before. Hyderabad.org.in makes it easy to find people who share your hobbies and interests, look for long lasting connections or establish new professional contacts.

Join Now at http://www.hyderabad.org.in/main/authorization/signUp

World Heart Day 2009

2009-09-27T08:21:00.001+05:30

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Anand Charity

2009-09-26T00:20:00.003+05:30

Anand Charity was founded by Indians representing stellar academic institutions such as IIT, Kellogg, Wharton, Johns Hopkins University and multi-national companies such as Qualcomm, Shell, and McKinsey & Company. Anand Charity was founded with the aim of identifying and providing need based financial support to organizations involved with health care, primary education and disaster management in India. Anand Charity is having six active projects in different parts of India. Some of Anand Charity's current projects include providing assistance to:

• A school that offers vocational training to mentally challenged students in Rajasthan
• A school in Uttar Pradesh for building a kitchen that serves 250 students
• A village in Andhra Pradesh for building a well to ease drinking water problems

Anand Charity is currently running a fundraiser (called “Change for $5”) to help them support more development projects in India. Anand Charity believes that $5 can go a long way – it can buy textbooks for a student for one year or provide food and drinking water for a person affected by a disaster or buy a daily meal for children in a school.

Donate Now to Anand Charity

Mr. Bean's way of doing CPR

2009-09-13T00:03:00.002+05:30

CollaboRhythm - Redefining the doctor-patient relationship

2009-08-21T12:18:00.000+05:30

The doctor-patient relationship is deteriorating. And today’s information technology solutions are exacerbating the problem. They perpetuate paternalistic decision-making and episodic care, and they fail to assist doctors in making persuasive arguments to their patients.

CollaboRhythm is a technological framework that encourages new paradigms in doctor-patient interaction to improve health outcomes and the patient experience. It uses ubiquitous connectivity, collaborative decision-making, and compelling interfaces and visualizations to educate patients, improve treatment adherence, and deliver care at any point in time or space with seamless transitions.

The foundation of CollaboRhythm is a speech- and touch-controlled collaborative interface for the office where doctor and patient make shared decisions. Patients can actively engage with their data, so they can take action in their lives with doctors serving as coaches rather than commanders.

Patients own their data in CollaboRhythm: everything they see in the doctor’s office is available at home, or when they visit another doctor, or change jobs, or move across the world. Just as importantly, patients can contribute data of their own, things that doctors fail to see in the face of too many lab tests: data and perceptions about social support, diet, alternative therapies, and their effect on the patient’s quality of life. (Patients and physicians disagree on the reason for an office visit nearly 50% of the time.)

Although the hub of CollaboRhythm is located in the doctor’s office, the system’s goal is to connect with the patient from any place at any time. However, it isn’t a tele-presence system – which beams the doctor into the patient’s life – but a system for tele-collaboration. Patients need support from their health-care providers, and doctors need to encourage patients to actively track their performance in collaboration with providers. No more letting patients fall through the cracks between visits every six months.

Working together, CollaboRhythm’s components bring the promise of ubiquitous connectivity to primary care. For example, in the near future, the doctor may be able to push out medication reminders to the patient’s bathroom mirror or television. The patient can interact with an intelligent conversational agent before doctor visits to prepare. The doctor can send the patients visualizations of their progress in fighting disease, providing detail on a microscopic level in a form that’s understandable and actionable by the patient.

Patients of the future will know more about their health than their doctors. They have to. By making patients active, informed participants in their own care, we believe we can reduce health care costs, increase quality, and improve health outcomes.

Source : New Media Medicine at MIT Media Lab

I know this is gonna happen in future. I am looking forward for these technologies to change the doctor-patient relationship.

What do you think?
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How To Propose A Girl For Marriage?

2009-08-15T09:30:00.000+05:30

HeartPatients.com - A Support Group for People suffering from Heart Diseases Worldwide

2009-07-02T18:53:00.004+05:30

HeartPatients.com is a health based social network of people sharing their Heart Disease experiences, treatment options, knowledge and giving support to other people suffering from similar health problems. Its a place to talk about how to live well with Heart Disease, ask questions, share information about what is working for you, get sympathy, exchange ideas, request and recommend the best doctors, support and friendship from other patients suffering from Heart Disease. When you share your Heart Disease Experiences on Heart Patients.com, it makes you feel a little less alone. By sharing your Heart Disease experiences, you can help others and improve their quality of life. Join Now!

More about HeartPatients.com here.

10,000 + Members on DoctorsHangout!

2009-06-23T02:15:00.002+05:30

DoctorsHangout had reached another milestone today.

A total of 10,000+ registered members as of now.

A few more statistics

35,000+ Visitors per month

35.17 % from USA

56.00% use Internet Explorer

92.07% use Windows OS

Our Mission

1. To provide a online platform for doctors to develop professional and personal relationships.

2. To provide online infrastructure for doctors to create, manage and expand their social network in the field of Medicine.

3. To provide online technical infrastructure for doctors to share their clinical cases, images, videos and medical knowledge.

4. To be the leading source of educational and scientific research information for doctors, allowing them to advance their skills and stay current with new innovations in the field.

5. To provide a technical infrastructure that can be shared by medical organizations to support information exchange, collaboration, and administration.

6. To provide an optimal and richly interlinked platform for the major online journals.

7. To provide a resource through which companies can inform and gain feedback from doctors regarding products and services.

8. To be the global leader in providing online education in medicine and in promoting competence of doctors to enable the highest possible levels of safety and quality of care.

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Aerophobia and Hydrophobia in a suspected Rabies Patient

2009-06-20T08:24:00.001+05:30

Hydrophobia and aerophobia are pathognomonic for rabies and occur in 50% of patients. Attempting to drink or having air blown in the face produces severe laryngeal or diaphragmatic spasms and a sensation of choking. This may be related to a violent response of the airway irritant mechanisms. Even the suggestion of drinking may induce hydrophobic spasm.

Hydrophobia Video at http://www.doctorshangout.com/video/hydrophobia-in-a-suspected

Aerophobia Video at http://www.doctorshangout.com/video/aerophobia-in-a-rabies

Follow DoctorsHangout on Twitter

2009-06-18T21:01:00.001+05:30

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Internal Medicine Forum

2009-05-21T23:22:00.003+05:30

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All Doctors who have interest in Internal Medicine are requested to join this group and share their knowledge.

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Double Vessel Disease

2009-05-05T20:16:00.000+05:30

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My Dad

2009-04-26T21:42:00.002+05:30

Dr. Harischandra Prasad Karuturi

Dr. Harischandra Prasad Karuturi is an inspiring and vibrant personality with gifted teaching skills. He is a well known and highly respected teacher in the field of Chemistry.

"He is my light, my mentor, my driving force, my inspiration, my father. My father used to tell me that unless you immerse yourself in hard work beyond the capacity of an ordinary human being, you cant reach a top position in your life. He worked very hard from being a son of an ordinary farmer to his present position as a top lecturer in Chemistry worshipped by his students. What I like the most is that he set a good example and taught me how to live as a decent human being." - Dr. Subrahmanyam Karuturi

With Dr.M.K.Mani

2009-04-12T00:07:00.004+05:30

Dr.Subrahmanyam Karuturi with Dr.M.K.Mani, Chief Nephrologist, Apollo Hospital, Chennai, India. Dr.M.K.Mani is a legend in the field of Nephrology in India.

Never Give Up in Life - A Truly Inspirational Video

2009-03-08T19:12:00.001+05:30

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Tears rolled down my cheek when I watched this video.

Imagine being born without arms. No arms to wrap around someone, no hands to experience touch, or to hold another hand with. Or what about being born without legs? Having no ability to dance, walk, run, or even stand on two feet. Now put both of those scenarios together… no arms and no legs. What would you do? How would that effect your everyday life?

Meet Nick... Born in 1982 in Melbourne, Australia, without any medical explanation or warning, Nicholas Vujicic (pronounced Voy-a-chich) came into the world with neither arms or legs. Having had an uneventful pregnancy and no family history to expect this condition, imagine the shock his parents felt when they saw their first born, brand new baby boy, only to find he was what the world would consider imperfect and abnormal. A limbless son was not what nurse Dushka Vujicic, and her husband Pastor Borris Vujicic had been expecting. How would their son live a normal happy life? What could he ever do or become when living with what the world would see as such a massive disability? Little did they or anyone know that this beautiful limbless baby would one day be someone who would inspire and motivate people from all walks of life, touching lives all over the world.

Throughout his childhood Nick dealt not only with the typical challenges of school and adolescence such as bullying and self-esteem issues; he also struggled with depression and loneliness as he questioned why he was different to all the other kids surrounding him; why he was the one born without arms and legs. He wondered what was the purpose behind his life, or if he even had a purpose. After a lot of frustration and feeling like the odd one out in school, at seven years of age Nick tried out some specially designed electronic arms and hands, in hope that he would be more like the other kids. During the short trial period of the electronic arms, Nick realized that even with them, he was still unlike his peers at school, and they turned out to be much too heavy for Nick to operate, effecting his general mobility quite significantly.

As Nick grew up he learnt to deal with his disability and started to be able to do more and more things on his own. He adapted to his situation and found ways to accomplish tasks that most people could only do by using their limbs, such as cleaning teeth, brushing hair, typing on a computer, swimming, playing sports, and much more. As time went by Nick began to embrace his situation and achieve greater things. In grade seven Nick was elected captain of his school and worked with the student council there on various fund-raising events for local charities and disability campaigns.

According to Nick the victory over his struggles throughout his journey, as well as the strength and passion he has for life can be credited to his faith, his family, his friends and the many people he’s encountered during his life who have encouraged him along the way.

After school Nick went on with further study and obtained a double bachelor degree majoring in accounting and financial planning. By the age of 19 Nick started to fulfil his dream of being able to encourage other people and bring them hope, through motivational speaking and telling his story. “I found the purpose of my existence, and also the purpose of my circumstance… There’s a purpose for why you’re in the fire.” Nick wholeheartedly believes that there is a purpose in each of the struggles we encounter in our lives and that our attitude towards those struggles that can be the single most effective factor in overcoming them.

In 2005 Nick was nominated for the "Young Australian of the Year" Award, which is a large honor in Australia, recognizing a young person for their excellence and service to their local community and the nation, as well as their own personal accomplishments. Nominations for this award are only given to truly inspirational people.

Now at 25 years old this limbless young man has accomplished more than most people even twice his age. Nick recently made the massive move from Brisbane, Australia to California, USA, where he is the president of an international non-profit organization, and also has his own motivational speaking company; Attitude Is Altitude. Since his first motivational speaking engagement back when he was 19, Nick has traveled around the world, sharing his story with millions of people, speaking to a range of different groups such as students, teachers, youth, business men and women, entrepreneurs, and church congregations of all sizes. He has also told his story and been interviewed on various televised programs worldwide. However, Nick’s speaking engagements have gone beyond purely motivational speaking, he has had the opportunity to speak with several leaders, including the vice president of Kenya. This year alone Nick is set to speak in over 20 countries.

“People say to me, ‘How can you smile?’” he says. “Then they realize ‘there’s got to be something more to life than meets the eye if a guy without arms and legs is living a fuller life than I am.’”

Nick shares with his audiences the importance of vision and dreaming big. Using his own experiences in worldwide outreach as examples, he challenges others to examine their perspective and look beyond their circumstances. He shares his view of ceasing to see obstacles as problems, but instead begin to see them as opportunities to grow and reach out to others. He stresses the importance of our attitude being the most powerful tool we have at our disposal and illustrates how the choices we make can have a profound effect on our lives and the lives of those around us. Nick shows through his own life that the major keys in fulfilling our biggest dreams are persistence and choosing to embrace failure as a learning experience, rather than allowing the guilt and fear of failure to paralyze us.

How does Vujicic feel about his disability now? He accepts it, embraces it and oftentimes pokes fun at his own circumstance as he shows off his many “tricks.” He meets challenges with his special blend of humor, perseverance and faith always encouraging those around him to examine their perspective as they develop and define their vision. Using those new definitions he challenges each person he meets to make changes in their lives so that they can begin the path to fulfilling their biggest dreams. Through his amazing ability to connect with people from all walks of life and his incredible sense of humor that captivates children, teens and adults alike, Nick is a truly inspirational motivational speaker.

For more information please visit Nick's website at http://www.lifewithoutlimbs.org/

Tourette Syndrome

2009-02-23T07:33:00.001+05:30

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Atrial Septal Defect

2009-02-16T19:33:00.000+05:30

Atrial Septal Defect - Ostium Secundum 1

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Atrial Septal Defect - Ostium Primum 1

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Telugu Social Network

2009-01-12T06:52:00.003+05:30

Telugu.org.in - A Friendship and Social Networking site for Telugu People.