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Sep 15, 2022

Am I responsible ?

When things go wrong, we make sense of them with 3 possible explanations * I am responsible * Someone else is responsible * No one is responsible I have been brought up to believe that if something goes wrong with my life, then I am responsible — and I should…

Medicalruminations

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Am I responsible ?
Am I responsible ?
Medicalruminations

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Aug 31, 2022

The Noodles consultation & the ‘Google’ Patients

One of the common complaints among Indian patients is “the Doctor doesn’t spend much time with me”. An article published in BMJ claimed that the average time per patient was around 2 minutes ! Our consultations are like instant noodles , but a lot less enjoyable This is particularly hard…

Doctors

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Doctors

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Jul 18, 2022

Fragmentation of care: could Concierge medicine help?

Recently I read an article by senior endocrinologist,Dr Mathew John about the fragmentation of care in medicine and endocrinology ,its causative factors and possible solutions. You can read the article here. After reading the article, I had a few thoughts — the foremost of which centered on the idea of…

Medical Care

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Fragmentation of care: could Concierge medicine help?
Fragmentation of care: could Concierge medicine help?
Medical Care

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Jul 3, 2022

Politics based medicine

The recent judgement by the US Supreme Court that overturned Roe vs Wade, has been called an abortion ban — by the main stream media, while the truth is a little more nuanced. …

Healthcare

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Politics based medicine
Politics based medicine
Healthcare

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Jul 2, 2022

Mirror, miror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all ?

The other day, I was reading the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs for my daughter.In case you have forgotten, Snow White’s step mother — the evil queen asks the mirror, “Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all ? “. The mirror replies “Snow…

Fairy Tale

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Mirror, miror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all ?
Mirror, miror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all ?
Fairy Tale

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Jun 30, 2022

Radius of compassion

A few days back, I met a young man in his late twenties. He used to accompany an elderly couple — both of whom had multiple health problems. He would patiently take them to OPDs , never once attempting to jump the queue. …

Medicalruminations

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Radius of compassion
Radius of compassion
Medicalruminations

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Jun 26, 2022

Roe vs Wade — What I learnt as an outsider

“Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France!” said Henri de Bornier in his play, more than 100 years back. It means, every man has two countries, his own and France. In our time though, it’s safe to say, that every man has two countries — his…

Dobbs

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Roe vs Wade — What I learnt as an outsider
Roe vs Wade — What I learnt as an outsider
Dobbs

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Jun 17, 2022

Diagnosis — A work in progress

During MD days, I had seen some patients from Immunology / Rheumatology whose case sheets read, “undifferentiated arthritis”. It was an interesting term, which I learnt means an arthritis which can’t be classified as anything more specific. I wondered if there is a difference between undifferentiated and idiopathic. In medical…

Medicalruminations

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Diagnosis — A work in progress
Diagnosis — A work in progress
Medicalruminations

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Jun 14, 2022

GLP1 agonists : Private truths, public lies

GLP1 agonists — the glutides are antidiabetes drugs that also have protective effects on the heart. In the initial few days, the drug is known to cause vomiting, fullness or even diarrhea. Most people grow out of it. Some people however seem to complain for a long time and refuse…

Diabetes

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GLP1 agonists : Private truths, public lies
GLP1 agonists : Private truths, public lies
Diabetes

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Jun 7, 2022

The Night with the Nazi

The last few days has seen terrible polarization in Indian political scene -so much so that it has spilled across borders. It appears like there is no end in sight. Binary thinking has clouded our collective minds,once again and there seems no hope for a national antidote. As I was…

Nupursharma

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The Night with the Nazi
The Night with the Nazi
Nupursharma

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Karthik

Karthik

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Physician.Endocrinologist. Jipmerite. Data science enthusiast.

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