Another Wake-up Call for Innovative Research with Vision
Journal Title: Journal of Clinical Immunology & Microbiology - Year 2020, Vol 1, Issue 2
Abstract
An article titled “Why Tuberculosis Has Not Been Eradicated? Need for Vision and bold Innovative Research” published in 2017 was a wake-up call to Health Research Workers (HRWs) to carryout innovative research with vision. There was no response to this call made solely in the interest of achieving better health. Reasons for this have not been told. May be, this could have been misinterpreted as interferences in their well-established systems of research by a person who has little or no experience in their special subjects. Or, this might have been misinterpreted as questioning their ability to carry out innovative research themselves. This article makes another wake-up call to HRWs. Priority given for vaccine without trying cheaper preventive methods has been questioned. Importance of a habit of frequent nose blowing to prevent many diseases caused by pathogens which enter body through nose or mouth has been highlighted. Studies have been suggested to confirm its effectiveness because, if confirmed, nose blowing can eradicate corona pandemic and tuberculosis. Exhortations by enlightened Buddha that “Every human being is the author of his own health and disease” and by Prof. Deepak Chopra (a world famous expert on mind-body relations) that “Almost all your health problems are created or aggravated by your negative thoughts” have been ignored. This may be due to callousness and misuse of freedom for independent thinking which create grave situations which neutralize all efforts to improve health. Explains that a judicious use of different systems of medicine, with the approach of pooling benefits, can lead to an “ideal holistic health care system”. To develop this, a series of scientific studies on effectiveness of each system vis-à-vis each health problem and wide dissemination and discussion of these findings are necessary. A necessary first step in the series of studies is to conduct an exploratory study that can throw light on comparative effectiveness of treatment options available from three recognised systems for common diseases. Suggests a study on 100,000 persons to have a fairly large number of sick persons for treatment under each system and to cover sickness during all seasons.
Authors and Affiliations
SS Nair
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP699084
- DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.46889/JCIM.2020.1204
- Views 136
- Downloads 0
Humble Opinions on the Five Very Important Papers
I have the honor to address the 126 critical problems raised by Shanghai Jiao tong University and Chief Editor of Science in celebrating the university’s 126 anniversary [1-5]. My humble opinions and comments are as fo...
Spectroscopic Detections of Viral Infections and Their Cure with the Found Frequencies
In the ongoing pandemic, it is important to know that sick cellular culture can influence healthy cellular culture from a distance and make the healthy culture sick. The Russian scientist A.G. Gurvich first observed an...
Repurposing Donepezil to Treat COVID-19: A Call for Retrospective Analysis of Existing Patient Datasets
We hypothesize that patients treated with donepezil will show decreased risk of death following COVID-19 infection. The acetylcholinesterase antagonist donepezil is widely prescribed for early-stage Alzheimer’s disease...
Leucocytes and CD4 Counts of Petrol Attendants in Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria
hite Blood Cells (WBCs), also called leucocytes or leukocytes, are the cells of the immune system that are involved in protecting the body against both infectious diseases and foreign invaders. The overall aim of this st...
Immunoinformatics Design of Multi-Epitope Peptide-Based Vaccine Against Cyprinid Herpesvirus-3 (CyHV-3) Targeting Thymidine Kinase Proteins
The common carp Cyprinus carpio is a freshwater teleost and is among the most economically significant fishes in aquaculture throughout the world. Taxonomically, C. carpio are a complex of species including subspecies Cy...