Kanchit Kumar

IT professional, Telecommunications Specialist, Fervent Reader, Grammar-Nazi, Vocab Dilettante, discerning eye towards political upheaval.

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

Let me tell you what Scamdev is promoting here as an Ayurvedic treatment in 2026 and calling it health tourism.

For arthritis or some disease of the joints, they have cut the patient and are doing "singi" therapy, which is sucking out blood through a horn-like object placed over the cut area...they believe they are sucking out "bad blood" that will cure chronic illness.

You can actually see the old man (ancient garbage healer) kneeling down and sucking the woman's blood from her knee through the horn.

This is not just negligence, but extremely dangerous because it can spread infections and transmit illness to both the treating sucker and the sucker-punched patient.

Not just that, the video also shows patients poked with multiple needles by quacks, being bled from the back, none of the "therapists" with gloves or other aseptic precautions...
...and Baba is roaming around letting microbes from his unkempt hair and beard settle on the patients whose blood is freely drawn out without any protection.

If this was in any other country, these crooks would be rotting in jail for doing this to patients.

But the Indian government is promoting these batsh*t crazy loonies who claim to be "healers" and giving them civilian awards.

[Sandeep Manudhane @sandeep_PT]

This young boy has done an investigation what Godi Media chaps together have zero clue of, as they're busy bootlicking 24x7.

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

Bad move. Extremely bad move.

[Sandeep Manudhane @sandeep_PT]

Dear Gen Z,
Do not be fooled by the fake CJP movement.
As a smart youth, check their genuine intentions. And how?
Just ask the creators and controllers of CJP to raise these 7 substantive issues immediately -
1) Demand a National Factories Mission (1 giant PSU factory per district) to generate 8 crore+ jobs in India for youth (and ensure due reservations (both horizontal and vertical) in each, for social justice).
2) Demand a total end to communal politics that sows discord between communities & distracts from real issues.
3) Demand children of all politicians and civil servants (centre and state) to be enrolled only in govt schools and colleges.
4) Demand complete disclosure of PM CARES FUND and all ELECTORAL BOND cases; and all assets transferred as part of the I.B.C. processes to crony capitalists.
5) Demand all top ministers and civil servants with children or relatives settled in US (and other interests in US) to leave their official posts right now.
6) Demand immediate fast track trial of all MPs and MLAs with multiple criminal cases against them.
7) Demand a full actual disclosure of money spent in each election in each constituency by each candidate, and disqualify every one who exceeded official limits.
Start by demanding this. See what happens.

I wish you the best ... May you win 🌹

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

Can anyone show me another Prime Minister who publicly claims that promoting Homeopathy within the healthcare system can help their nation progress?

Just one?

In the country of its origin, Germany, the Health Minister Karl Lauterbach is actively moving to abolish state-funded insurance coverage for homeopathic treatments, arguing that services without proven medical benefits should not be financed by statutory health insurance.

People like this man are giving me second hand embarrassment because his team of science illiterates is the sole reason why India is now the pseudoscience capital of the world, dethroning China to the second place.

[Kanchit Kumar @KumarKanchit]

@VinayakGupta26 @SamsungMobile This is strange and massively disappointing !!!😟

[Vinayak Gupta @VinayakGupta26]

Whats going on @SamsungMobile suddenly S22, S23 devices are getting power ic issue. Within my contact circle 2 S23 and 1 S22 suddenly turned off and now not powering up. When shown in service center, they mentioned power ic has short and need to change whole mother board.

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

Ministry of AYUSH will receive ₹44,000,000,000 (Forty-four thousand million / Forty-four billion Indian Rupees) this year for promoting pseudoscience, creating more stethoscope-wearing Instagram quacks, building more unscientific institutions, and endangering peoples liver and kidneys.

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

In rivers and bad governments the lightest (most useless) things swim at top.
- Benjamin Franklin

[Kanchit Kumar @KumarKanchit]

@theliverdoc Stupidity 😟😔

[Keith Siau @drkeithsiau]

Can anyone explain why this is worthy of the Nobel prize in medicine, and how it applies to gastroenterology?

[Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM @hyderabaddoctor]

When Generic Medicines Don’t Work as Expected

A 35-year-old man came to me with severe nerve pain that had troubled him for nearly nine months. His story was complicated by long-term alcohol abuse and uncontrolled diabetes, both of which are known to damage the nerves. Despite quitting alcohol (with medical help), bringing his blood sugars under control, and taking several medicines commonly prescribed for nerve pain, such as gabapentin, pregabalin, and duloxetine, he continued to suffer. The pain was so intense that it interfered with his daily activities and even robbed him of sleep.

At the time he consulted me, he was already taking pregabalin (300 mg/day) and duloxetine (60 mg/day), but with very little relief. Since his condition was stubbornly resistant to treatment, I even considered doing a nerve biopsy to check for less common causes of neuropathy. Detailed blood work, already done, were negative. However, the patient wanted to wait for a month before undergoing any invasive procedure.

During this time, I decided to make one change: I switched his pregabalin from a generic version to the innovator (original) brand, keeping the dose exactly the same. When he came back for follow-up, the transformation was remarkable. He reported 80% improvement in pain, and his quality of life improved dramatically.

The takeaway:
While generic medicines are effective and affordable for most people, occasionally they may not work as well as the original brand in certain individuals. If symptoms don’t improve despite the right treatment, it may be worth discussing, whether switching to the innovator brand is an option, even if it comes at a slightly higher cost. Sometimes, that change can make all the difference.

Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM 07-10-2025

[Patrick Heizer @PatrickHeizer]

In honor of today's Nobel Prize, here are ~500,000,000 human regulatory T cells in culture.

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

I want to make a clear statement regarding cough syrup use in children and in general. This is especially for those idiotic physicians who still prescribe cough syrups for children even in 2025.

Please stop prescribing cough syrups to children, especially in a country like India where public healthcare is not evidence based and proper vigilance and scrutiny of over-the-counter (OTC) medicines is zero.

The routine use of conventional cough syrups is not recommended due to limited benefit and safety concerns. Most guidelines advise supportive care and highlight that cough in children is usually self-limiting. Overall, major guidelines suggest against routine OTC cough/cold meds for common-cold cough in kids. Honey (>1 yr.) is reasonable; otherwise supportive care.

Age related recommendations:
Under 4: skip cough syrups.
4–6: avoid, especially opioid cough syrups.
6–11: can be used cautiously, but evidence is very limited. Again never use opioids; avoid benzonatate.
12–17: no opioids; even dextromethorphan use should be cautious because abuse risk of this is high in this group.
Adults: routine cough syrups aren’t recommended.
≥65: avoid sedating/anticholinergic combos; check interactions; always favour non-drug options.

What actually helps
Honey (for anyone >1 year) for a few days at night time can modestly ease cough.

For those thinking that "natural" options are better, please avid OTC Ayurvedic and Herbal cough syrups because [1] they contain multiple herbs that can interact in the body and cause organ damage or interact with other medicines to cause harm and [2] they are not adequately tested for safety or benefits and are directly marketed without evidence and [3] the doses mentioned in those Ayurvedic bottles are not scientifically identified, but the company's arbitrary doses, which may not be safe for all, or all ages. Read the label!

And for those thinking herbal is unsafe, so lets go with Homeopathy cough syrups, please don't even tough those with a 10ft pole because not only they have multiple herbs, but also high levels of alcohol which is never safe for children or adults and will have high chances of misuse/ addiction later on. Read the label!

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

Our immune system is an evolutionary masterpiece. Every day it protects us from the thousands of different viruses, bacteria and other microbes that attempt to invade our bodies. Without a functioning immune system, we would not survive.

One of the immune system’s marvels is its ability to identify pathogens and differentiate them from the body’s own cells. The microbes that threaten our health do not wear a uniform – they all have different appearances. Many have also developed similarities to human cells, as a form of camouflage. So how does the immune system keep track of what to attack and what to protect? Why doesn’t the immune system attack our bodies more frequently?

Researchers long believed they knew the answer to these questions: that immune cells mature through a process called central immune tolerance (see image). However, our immune system turned out to be more complex than they believed. Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.

[Dhruv Rathee @dhruv_rathee]

Can you imagine how insecure must Modi be on the inside?

Not even his birthday wishes are genuine. His team needs to literally reach out to celebrities & sportsmen to make them wish him happy birthday using a pre-defined toolkit. What a sad life honestly!

[Kanchit Kumar @KumarKanchit]

@DrNimoYadav thanks

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

Here we go. Results of Citizens Protein Project 2. Please read, share max. We have to bring in change. Thank you for your contributions. Huge thanks to @arifhussaintm who led clinical research division on behalf of Mission for Ethics and Science in Healthcare to do this...1/15

[Kanchit Kumar @KumarKanchit]

@theliverdoc @arifhussaintm This is huge and commendable ❤️

[Kanchit Kumar @KumarKanchit]

@Doctors__squad I am now surprised to know the history about how Li came into existence as one of most widely used drug in psychiatry.