Last Month in Medicine
(What’s happening in the Medical World??) By- Sai Lavanya Patnala & Madhav Bansal There has been a rise in the…
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 Research 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 Mody Let’s 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…
The Empathy Algorithm: Can AI Learn to Care Like a Doctor?
By Dr. Charbhi Gupta When I first heard of an AI-powered chatbot comforting a patient with depression, I felt a…
An Eye into the Mind: Phineas Gage’s Story
By Gayatri Brahmandam We are often taught more by patients than by medical textbooks. A standing testament to that isthe…
Last Month in Medicine
(What’s happening in the Medical World??) By- Sai Lavanya Patnala & Madhav Bansal There has been a rise in the…
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 “I’m 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 let’s 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 Avenger’s 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…
ALL KINDS OF HIDDEN JESSICA JONES
– By Dr. Geeta Sundar * K has this meaningful tattoo, Captured my heart, mind in askew, I > ^…
“LIGHTS, CAMERA…NAH!”
By Dr. Geeta Sundar I love my profession, especially neurosurgery. I really do. More so, I love melodrama, trauma, and…
IF MEDICINE HAD A COURTROOM, WHO WOULD BE ON TRIAL?
Gayatri Brahmandam Intern, Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences James Watson, the pioneer behind the discovery of the helical structure of…
AB-Ark (India) – Another Bigger Agenda Resisting Knelling
By Geeta Sundar Health, in the last decade has become a sector contributing to our GDP. Health has become a…
Stalwarts around the world-The game changers
– Dr. Madhura Mandlik, MS(Obs-Gyn) We live in the era of modern medicine. History is studded with gems, who made…
A Global Snapshot of Physiotherapy Practice and Education
Author: Dr. Natasha Tungare (PT), Senior Paediatric Physiotherapist, NHS England Keywords- Physiotherapy Rehabilitation Overseas, Indian Physiotherapy Students Physiotherapy might be…
Publish or Perish: Global Pressures in the Race for Academic Relevance
Dikshit Chawla Keywords: Publish or perish, academia, impact factor, tenure, paper mills, predatory publishers, UGC-CARE, narrative CVs, open access, burnout, mental…
When an Asian and a European Crossed Paths in North America
Lavanya Patnala, M.B.B.S. Apollo Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Hyderabad As an International Medical Graduate from India, my trips…
Run for Cover! – The Current Global Landscape of Healthcare Coverage
Apoorva Vedula, M.B.B.S. Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad Keywords: healthcare coverage, healthcare systems, healthcare administration, health insurance Healthcare workers are no…
Global Resilience: Redefining Global Disaster Management Strategies, Lessons from COVID-19 & the Call for United Action
Dr Sameena Tabassum, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Keywords: Lessons of Covid-19, Global Resilience, Pandemic…
Escaping the High: Opioid Epidemics and the Many Masks of Substance Abuse Worldwide
Dr. Ikshita Nagar Keywords: Substance abuse, Opioid, Drug addiction, Drugs Substance abuse isn’t a one-size-fits-all issue; it comes in many shapes…
Mapping Progress: What Universal Health Coverage Looks Like Across the Global South
Dr Shambhavi Vashist, MBBS Dr Krish Kherajani, MBBS Keywords: UHC, health access, financial protection, India, Ayushman Bharat, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Brazil,…