Dr. Digambar Naik - Alert, Active, ALIVE @ 100

       These days there are a lot of cases of viral throat infections. I am surprised to see a number of people taking antibiotics. These are either taken by people themselves without consultation, given by the pharmacists or by the doctors.           Please remember antibiotics act on the bacteria and this throat infection is caused by virus. It has no benefit to you, but lot of harm induced by antibiotics.           We have 300 trillion viruses, fungi and bacteria in our gut, respiratory tract, urinary system, the skin and other open holes in the body. When you take antibiotics almost most of these bacteria are killed throwing the micro flora into an imbalance and turmoil leading to a number of medical problems. Please remember that this micro flora balance is of vital importance to your health. Your microbiome, your brain, your other systems and the mind when in symphony can keep all body functions in normal conditions without a disease. The imbalance of these is the cause for a

  Many of my patients of heart problems ask me, doctor do I need a surgery. Today all the specialists keep on advising surgery. The patients are also tuned that they will be advised surgery once they go to the specialist or a corporate hospital.             Let me tell you, that the surgery should be the last resort in any disease ...never the first. You cannot replace what nature has gifted you. Preserve it as much as you can.     I am into medical life for the last 45 years. I have gone through the era when almost every abdominal pain was being operated as appendicitis if they happened to go to the surgeons. Today you do not find this surgery. Then I went through the era of Open and proceed for abdominal complaints. This was the era prior to ultrasound. Remember how many times, nothing was found. Today again this surgery has disappeared.                Then came the golden era of cardiac Surgery and angioplasty. Patient was ready to do anything to collect money for a