THE TWILIGHT YEARS Understanding Human Aging and Death at Molecular Level

The writing of the book, ‘Hardaker Angina’ in Bengali was initiated following a personal experience. After stepping into retired life at the age of 65+ years, I went to a private hospital in Kolkata for a thorough medical check-up. After all sorts of test done there, I was diagnosed to have developed ischaemia in my heart for which the cardiologist-in-charge suggested for undergoing angiographic investigation. He also told that I might suffer from heart attack any time. This comment of the doctor made me mentally upset. To release my mental pressure, I entered a book shop within the same hospital building and went on turning the pages of books and magazines one after another without any serious reading. During that endeavour, I noticed a book entitled “Your Doctor may not be knowing about Nutritional Medicine, may be killing you’ written by an American practicing physician, Ray D. Strand (Magma Publications, Paper Back edition). Immediately I picked up the book and very quickly glanced through its pages and got the essence of the text matter provided therein. I bought the book and completed a non-stop reading back home. As a biochemist and molecular biologist, the subject matter dealt in the book took to my mind. As a biochemist and molecular biologist, I felt it to be very relevant for the maintenance and management of health through nutritional approach. I decided to take a second opinion from another cardiologist who suggested for Echocardiography before going for angiography. This time I went to a reputed super-speciality cardiology hospital in Kolkata, completed the Echocardiographic test there and became mentally relieved at least partially when the report showed all the relevant features of the heart to be normal. Then I consulted a reputed cardiologist in the same hospital. After examining all the reports, this doctor also suggested to go for angiography. At this point I told, “Doctor, at present I am tempted to take personal care through change of life-style for a certain period of time. If I feel anything adverse any time, I shall immediately rush to you and get the angiography test done and seek your further advice.” Then the doctor prescribed statin (10 mg), Conspiring (75 mg) and Restyle (0.25mg, SOS).