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What is normal blood pressure? Prof. B. M. Hegde, hegdebm@gmail.com “When people cheat in any arena, they diminish themselves-they threaten their own self-esteem and their relationships with others by undermining the trust they have in their ability to succeed and in their ability to be true.” Cheryl Hughes I have been wondering about this normal blood pressure for the last sixty years ever since I joined the I MBBS class in 1956. In the physiology class I was wondering what this normal blood pressure was and how did they find out the normal level in the first place? My teacher was not able to answer that to my satisfaction although she did not like my interference. Luckily those days the normal levels were much higher than now. I grew up in medicine and at some stage became a member of the International Society of Hypertension and met some of the “top” hypertensionologists to rub shoulders with them on an equal footing. None of them could quench my thirst. In t...
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AUGUST MIP - 2025

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SEPTEMBER FOCUS - 2025

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BELTHANGADY UNNATURAL DEATHS QUESTION OF ANSWERS Public in Dakshina Kannada in coastal Karnataka is aware of questionable deaths in and around Belthangady area which were hardly investigated by the police and thus has remained a riddle. These unnatural deaths have been happening since many years. Even now there is one Soujanya murder case going in circles. And comes this report in THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS, “Man ready to blow lid off series of rapes, murders in Dharmasthala”, sometime late June 2025. According to the report a person who is in the know of series of alleged murders and rapes in Dharmasthala wants to share his knowledge. In association with his two advocates he wants to share his knowledge with the condition that police ensures his and his family’s physical safety. Hope some day truth of those alleged rapes and murders around Belthangady area comes to light and are accounted for. On July 3, 2025, reportedly a complaint was filed with the Dharmasthala police by an unidenti...
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