We all have a framework through which we relate to the world. Our day-to-day experiences usually fit within this framework easily. Sometimes though, new experiences may force us to re-evaluate the framework, and maybe even consider changing it, if necessary.

Belarus, a small country in Europe, part of the erstwhile Soviet Union, will be the venue for the 1st Euro-Asian Head and Neck Cancer Congress in July 2009. Dr Subramania Iyer, MS, MCh, FRCS from the Amrita School of Medicine has been invited as scientific co-chairman of the congress.
 

Dr. Moni Abraham Kuriakose MD, FDSRCS, FFDRCS, FRCS, FRCSEd, Dip Am B has been appointed to the scientific committee of Academy of Oral Oncology and Advanced Craniomaxillofacial Research.
 

Dr. Sukhes Mukherjee of the Department of Biochemistry at the Amrita School of Medicine was awarded the 2008 Young Scientist Award. Effects of grape skin and flesh on ethanol induced alterations in blood — this research paper by Dr.