What is Health!
Health is commonly defined as the state of being free from illness or injury. However, listen to Dr B M Hegde's TEDx talk on what health really is!
There is a lot you can learn and follow from his talks. His lectures really struck a chord with me because, much before I heard about him I have been following many of the principles and practices that he has been advocating based on his long years of experience as a Cardiologist, Professor of Medicine, Scientist, and Author.
While doctors have their own place in the modern society, abdicating the responsibility for one's own health with total dependence on modern medicine and periodic visits to hospitals for anything and everything concerned with one's health, is not something that appeals to me.
With the proliferation of social media you get to hear a lot more about the research work and advances on alternative systems of medicine, integration of medicine with various alternative healing and metaphysical systems, on holistic health, happiness, spiritual well-being, illness, healing, aging, health care, medical ethics, etc.
The famous physician-authors who have influenced my thinking on health and wellness include Andrew Weil, Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, Bruce Lipton, Candace Pert, Sandeep Jauhar, Atul Gawande, Dean Ornish, Caldwell Esselstyn, Ellen Jane Langer, B M Hegde, and Norman Cousins (a patient), to name a few.
First, please read the Note from TED about this talk:
Please do not look to this talk for medical advice. We’ve flagged this talk, which was filmed at a TEDx event, because it contains sweeping generalizations and medical fallacies. The assertions about medicine are based on the speaker's own theory and lack legitimate scientific support.
There is a lot you can learn and follow from his talks. His lectures really struck a chord with me because, much before I heard about him I have been following many of the principles and practices that he has been advocating based on his long years of experience as a Cardiologist, Professor of Medicine, Scientist, and Author.
While doctors have their own place in the modern society, abdicating the responsibility for one's own health with total dependence on modern medicine and periodic visits to hospitals for anything and everything concerned with one's health, is not something that appeals to me.
With the proliferation of social media you get to hear a lot more about the research work and advances on alternative systems of medicine, integration of medicine with various alternative healing and metaphysical systems, on holistic health, happiness, spiritual well-being, illness, healing, aging, health care, medical ethics, etc.
The famous physician-authors who have influenced my thinking on health and wellness include Andrew Weil, Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, Bruce Lipton, Candace Pert, Sandeep Jauhar, Atul Gawande, Dean Ornish, Caldwell Esselstyn, Ellen Jane Langer, B M Hegde, and Norman Cousins (a patient), to name a few.
About Dr B M Hegde
Dr B M Hegde is an Indian medical scientist, educationist and an author. Dr Hegde is Padma Bhushan awardee 2010. He is the former Vice Chancellor of Manipal University, Co-Chairman of the TAG-VHS Diabetes Research Centre, Chennai and the chairman of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mangalore. He has authored several books on medical practice and ethics. He is also the Editor in Chief of the medical journal, Journal of the Science of Healing Outcomes.
He is MBBS, Ph. D. [Hon. Causa], MD, FRCP [London], FRCP [Edinburgh], FRCP [Glasgow], FRCPI [Dublin], FACC [USA] and FAMS. He also received training in cardiology from Harvard Medical School under Bernard Lown, a Nobel Laureate. He has won Dr. B C Roy National Award in the category of an Eminent Medical Teacher, Dr. J. C. Bose Award for Life Sciences Research, PRIDE OF INDIA Award from the Pacific Association of Indians in California and many more.
In Nov 2021, Dr B M Hegde, age 83, was awarded Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian award. There are many YouTube videos by Dr B M Hegde similar to the above ones.
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