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…
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…
A Pandemic that changed the world we knew: A Health-Y talk
– Dr. Tanay Maiti, Psychiatrist, AIIMS The world is no more the same! What was normal, mundane six months ago…
A Pandemic that changed the world we knew: A Health-Y talk
– Dr. Tanay Maiti, Psychiatrist, AIIMS The world is no more the same! What was normal, mundane six months ago…
A Pandemic that changed the world we knew: A Health-Y talk
– Dr. Tanay Maiti, Psychiatrist, AIIMS The world is no more the same! What was normal, mundane six months ago…
A Pandemic that changed the world we knew: A Health-Y talk
– Dr. Tanay Maiti, Psychiatrist, AIIMS The world is no more the same! What was normal, mundane six months ago…
‘Miss Rona Speaks’- Have you learnt her language yet?
It is mid-afternoon somewhere on a Blursday, so go plant yourself on the couch to quarantine and chill. Its time…
The Oasis of Serenity
Sitting in the library at 8 am, still trying to force myself out of the sleepy stupor and focus on…
Life In COVID-19
Supriya KamathJunior Resident, KEM Hospital, Mumbai
Nature is recharging its Batteries
1st Jan 2020, marked the beginning of a fresh decade. A decade that many looked forward to with great enthusiasm…
THE UNACKNOWLEDGED CRISIS
– Dealing with the devil’s workshop Dr. Usha Nandini M PG in Psychiatry Tirunelveli Medical College Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu One moment…
“Life is too short for bad vibes”
Dr. Suranjana BasakMD General Medicine, Navi Mumbai IF there was one place I could revisit since Lockdown brought in some…
First line of defense
– Dr. Manasi Rege I am a commoner. We commoners only read and hearabout wars, tsunamis, fires, murders, diseases. For…
Doctor to the core
– Dr. Manasi Rege A DOCTOR TO THE COREWhen we do something to occupy some time inour lives, we call…