Last Year in Medicine – 2024 Recap
Curated by Lavanya Patnala, M.B.B.S. And with that, the 2024 season has officially come to an end. Before we officially…
In the quest for a book to read…
All I’m asking for is a good book about doctors that I can read to relax. Is that really too…
Of evergreen hair and weeds
-Written by Dr. Geeta Sundar Hair has a weird life cycle – anagen, telogen, catagen in periods of intermittent growth…
Golden hands? Or Golden thoughts?
-Written by Dr. Geeta Sundar Over a learning, advancing career of over 15 years, I’ve slowly come to appreciate that…
Is becoming a Doctor all about making money?
Written by Dr. Palak Gupta, Maharishi Markendeshwar Institute of Medical Sciences and Research슠 Is becoming a doctor all about making…
YOU KNOW NOT OF WHAT WE FACE
Written by Dr. Geeta Sundar T/W: Death, blood, depictions of medical duress, loss of a loved one The neuroanesthetist pokes…
Holi: The festival of colorful health benefits
Written by Rahul Mody슠슠 Lets break the norm! Every year we are constantly reminded of the harmful effects of some…
THE STORY OF THE LIVING COFFIN
Written by Dr. Sai Lavanya Patnala, Intern, Apollo Medical College, Hyderabad It was a humid, rainy July day in 1952…
Lex News: What’s Happening in the Medical World?
Curated by Dr. Lavanya Patnala and Madhav Bansal 1.New Drug in HER2 Positive Breast Cancer in Goa Medical College Breast…
At Your Beck and Call
Written by Arushi Sadana, Final Year MBBS, Adesh Medical College Unconscious, pulseless, oozing a sea of blood, Mob smashing the…
What’s New with Leprosy – 2024
Written by Taj Prabhugaunker, Final Year, MBBS- Goa Medical College The Age old nemesis of public health- Kusht Rog aka…
#TooGrateful
-Written by Dr. Geeta Sundar I am not perfect. Gosh, I know that, but like every other woman and lady…
MISTAKES I WISH TO MAKE – IS THERE FORGIVENESS FOR IT?
By Dr. Geeta Sundar In medicine, some days are battles. In neurosurgery, the bloody bath is worse. We have to…
White Coat – a Crown of Thorns?
Dr. Ekansh Debuka The color white is inherently positive and is symbolic of goodness, purity, and cleanliness. As such, the…
The Shroud
Dr. Anindita Das Im going to die today. Stuck on that hospital bed, pallor slowly claiming her face, livid bruises…
A letter to my younger self who just got into the medical college
Akanksha Mahajan Dear younger me, First of all, please make sure no one other than you reads this letter because…
Electroconvulsive Therapy – A Necessary Evil
Dr. Ripudaman Bajwa So lets begin by paying our tribute to the typical evil stepmother of Bollywood that along with…
The Blue Cycle which Speaks Peacefully
Dr. Dinesh Raja She rubbed her weary eyes and adjusted her Avengers skirt and her blue ribboned hair darted towards…
War Ethics: The Physician vs Nationalism
Dr. Priyanka Manghani Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming…
Deafness: Life, Learning, Use of Other Sense Organs to Compensate and Learn
Dr. Mannat Kaur Bhatia It is an often repeated idea that deaf people can compensate for their lack of hearing…
To do it all or not?
Dr. Preeyati Chopra General Advice: This journey all of us embark on when we decide to pursue the field of…
A Walk of Shame
Mansi Regge Dr Sharma woke up and checked his phone. ’10th October’ read the date. It looked like any other…
Trans-Conversation
Susmita Reddy Hey, have a look at this paper! my colleague cried. Transgender cries rape, read the headline. Reminds me…
Rendezvous with Dr. Nafeesa Halim
Interview by Dr. Anushka Marri Hello, readers! Lexicon is honoured to share the insights of Dr. Nafisa Halim, who offers…
The call that changed my life
Akatya Vidushi x Hansel Misquitta I distinctly remember the day when I received a call from Dr. Muffi telling me…
Euthanasia
Amalesh Honnekeri Whose rights will we acknowledge? Whose human dignity will we respect? For whose well-being will we, as a…
The Anxious On-Call Intern
Dr Madhava Sai Sivapuram Little did I know that my duty as a causality intern was going to become a…
Pain, Suffering, and Spirituality
Rev. Dr. Arul Dhas. T Life has different components. Some have exciting lives and others have dull and boring lives. There…
Can food be your medicine?
Avantika Jain I was silently sipping my morning coffee when my grandmother of 82 years handed me a bunch of…
Therapeutic Art
Dr. Shivani Vakilwala Healing can be in several forms, not only physically but also mentally. Some individuals heal by expressing…
The Braille Legacy
Dr. Madhura Mandlik The mind only knows what the eyes have seen. But unfortunately, a few arent bestowed the joy…
Best of Both Worlds
Anjali Mediboina I love reading. Its always great to see the medical field represented, no matter the genre. Its also…
Misinformation Malady
Ajish Francis Just like how the alcohol in a sanitizer kills the virus on your palm, this one kills the…
Crouching Stress, Hidden Struggles
Dr. Ankit Sharma In a move that can only be compared to Miss Malini running out of A-list Bollywood celebrities…
My Journey with Lexicon
Dr Krish Kherajani, Intern , Terna Medical College, Navi Mumbai “Words are not just ink on paper; they are echoes…
Expectation is Predictable, Reality is a Leap
Dr. Geeta Sundar I am yet to become a neurosurgeon. And I will, someday, surely; the path is already writing…