Skip to content
Dr. Maria K. Jimmy. Evidence-based Health Writing

Medicine, Mind & Meaning

Dr. Maria K Jimmy

  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Work
    • Books
    • Talks
    • Featured In
  • Medicine & The Body
    • Medical Explainers
    • 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
  • PMOS Is More Than Fertility: What It Does to the Whole Body

    PMOS affects far more than fertility. Discover how it can influence hormonal, metabolic and whole-body health, and why women deserve a broader view of the condition. Read the piece

    PMOS Is More Than Fertility: What It Does to the Whole Body
  • Heart Attack Symptoms in Women: Early Warning Signs You Should Never Ignore

    Discover the early warning signs of a heart attack in women, common symptoms, risk factors and expert prevention tips to protect your heart health. Read the piece

    Heart Attack Symptoms in Women: Early Warning Signs You Should Never Ignore
  • Bursting 15 Common Pregnancy Myths: What Science Really Says

    Discover 15 common pregnancy myths and the science behind them. Learn evidence-based facts about diet, exercise, caffeine, papaya, miscarriage and more. Read the piece

    Bursting 15 Common Pregnancy Myths: What Science Really Says
  • Period Self-Care Kit: 6 Doctor-Backed Ways to Relieve Cramps, Bloating and Fatigue Naturally

    Struggling with period cramps, bloating, and fatigue? Discover 6 simple, doctor-backed self-care tools to ease menstrual pain naturally at home. Read the piece

    Period Self-Care Kit: 6 Doctor-Backed Ways to Relieve Cramps, Bloating and Fatigue Naturally
  • Women with down syndrome: Menstrual health, Fertility and early menopause

    On 21/3, we honour Trisomy 21 — but who speaks about periods, fertility and menopause in women with Down syndrome? This piece explores the overlooked realities of gynaecological and reproductive… Read the piece

    Women with down syndrome: Menstrual health, Fertility and early menopause
  • Beyond “Just Hormones”: The Truth About PMS and Why Your Pain Is Real

    PMS symptoms, period mood swings, and premenstrual depression are often dismissed as “just hormones”. Here’s the science behind PMS vs PMDD and why your pain deserves serious attention. Read the piece

    Beyond “Just Hormones”: The Truth About PMS and Why Your Pain Is Real

©Dr. Maria K. Jimmy

Writing at the intersection of medicine and lived experience.

Essays • Thursdays

Mini-articles • Alternate Sundays

  • Instagram
  • Mail
  • Pinterest
  • LinkedIn

  • Subscribe Subscribed
    Medicine, Mind & Meaning

    Have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.

  • Medicine, Mind & Meaning
    View site in Reader
    Manage subscriptionsSign upLog in
    Report this content
    Collapse this bar