Dr. Ashok DB Vaidya

“Science means learning to say—I don’t know”: An interview with Dr. Ashok D.B. Vaidya

Dr. Ashok D.B. Vaidya, the stalwart in the fields of Experimental Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology, and Reverse Pharmacology turns 75 on Nov, 27, 2011. A former Clinical Research Head of CIBA Geigy Research Centre, his name has been synonymous with the concept of the Golden Triangle for resurgence of Ayurveda and its reinterpretation in modern scientific terms. At a time when most fields are...

Spontaneous or Induced Regression of Cancer a Novel Research Strategy for Ayurvidya

Regression of cancer has been an interiguiny factor for medicinal science. This article is bringing out some interesting data on this issue with a view to generate in the Ayurvedic researchers to see the possibilities of Ayurveda in induced regression of cancer.

Vaidya-scientists: catalyzing Ayurveda renaissance

Clinical practice guidelines on postmenopausal osteoporosis: *An executive summary and recommendations

For review on vitamin D: Michael F Holick, Professor of Medicine, Physiology and Biophysics and Molecular Medicine. Director, Vitamin D, Skin, and Bone Research Laboratory. Programme Director General Clinical Research Unit. Director, Biologic Effects of Light Research Centre, Director, Bone Healthcare, Boston. External Review Board: A Muruganathan, Anil K Jain, Dinesh K Dhanwal, G R Sridhar, H...

An advocacy for Vaidya-Scientists in Ayurvedic research

“Those who have handled sciences have been either men of experiment or men of dogmas. The men of experiment are like ants; they only collect and use: the reasoners resemble spiders, which make cobwebs out of their own substance. But the bee takes a middle course, it gathers its materials from the flowers of the garden and of the field, but transforms and digests it by a power of its own.” –Sir ...