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    • Skin ScienceEvidence based writing on skin health, dermatology, and everyday skin care and skin products that helped me, all organically written.
    • Hormones & MetabolismExplainers on hormones, blood sugar, weight regulation, blood sugar, appetite, mood, and metabolic health.
    • Women’s Health
    • Sleep, Gut & EnergySleep, digestion, daily energy, practical physiology and restoring everyday well-being is explored in this category.
  • Mind & MeaningEssays on mental health, identity, and the quieter work of living, caring, and becoming human within medical and social worlds.
    • Lived Experience in MedicineReflections from within the system — where clinical knowledge meets uncertainty, emotion, and the human cost of care. Writing that holds space for quart medicine feels like, not just how it functions.
    • The Social DiagnosisExamining how law, power, gender, and culture shape health and lived experience.
    • Mental HealthEvidence based writing on mental Heath, covering anxiety, depression, trauma, burnout, and emotional well-being. Exploring symptoms, and practical care through a doctor’s lens.
    • Notes On Becoming
    • The Unprescribed
  • The Truth About Detox Drinks and Your Kidneys

    Do detox drinks really work — or are they part of a growing kidney detox scam? This World Kidney Day, uncover the science behind kidney function, the gut reset myth,… Read the piece

    The Truth About Detox Drinks and Your Kidneys
  • Broken Heart Syndrome: When Stress Triggers a Real Heart Condition

    Broken Heart Syndrome is a real stress-induced heart condition that looks like a heart attack. Here’s what Takotsubo cardiomyopathy really is. Read the piece

    Broken Heart Syndrome: When Stress Triggers a Real Heart Condition
  • The B Team: Why B-Complex Vitamins Matter For Energy, Mood & Nerves

    B-complex vitamins power energy, brain health, mood, and nerves. Learn signs of deficiency, benefits, food sources, and when supplements help. Read the piece

    The B Team: Why B-Complex Vitamins Matter For Energy, Mood & Nerves

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