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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.
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    • The Unprescribed
  • What Your Child Needs to Hear on Result Day (Not What You Think)

    What to say to your child after exam results? A simple, evidence-based guide to reduce stress, support mental health, and move forward. Read the piece

    What Your Child Needs to Hear on Result Day (Not What You Think)
  • High-Functioning Anxiety: Recognising the Subtle Symptoms

    You appear organised, productive, and in control, yet your body stays tense and your mind never truly switches off. This essay explores the subtle signs of high-functioning anxiety, where competence… Read the piece

    High-Functioning Anxiety: Recognising the Subtle Symptoms
  • Bipolar Disorder Tools: Practical Supports to manage mania & depression

    Explore bipolar disorder, including symptoms of mania and depression, and practical tools to manage mood swings, improve sleep, stabilise routines, and support daily life alongside medical care. Read the piece

    Bipolar Disorder Tools: Practical Supports to manage mania & depression
  • The Cost of Being Rare: A Doctor’s Reflection on Policy, Rights, and Choices

    Rare diseases challenge medicine’s reliance on patterns and protocols. This reflection explores what happens when rarity meets policy, limited resources, and ethical responsibility — and why the cost of being… Read the piece

    The Cost of Being Rare: A Doctor’s Reflection on Policy, Rights, and Choices
  • Valentine’s Day: The Hidden Medical Emergencies

    While social media celebrates romance, emergency departments see a surge in chest pain, anxiety, alcohol-related injuries, and emotional distress on Valentine’s Day. This piece explores the unseen physical and mental… Read the piece

    Valentine’s Day: The Hidden Medical Emergencies
  • Beyond Romance: Redefining Love

    Valentine’s Day often frames love as romantic partnership alone. This reflective essay explores emotional connection, self-worth, and the quieter forms of love that shape a fulfilling life beyond romance. Read the piece

    Beyond Romance: Redefining Love
  • Coping with Uncertainty During Cancer: Mental Health Insights

    Long after diagnosis, uncertainty lingers in the mind. This piece explores the mental health cost of living in that in-between space — where questions remain and resilience is built quietly.… Read the piece

    Coping with Uncertainty During Cancer: Mental Health Insights
  • The Silent Sacrifice: Families of India’s Martyrs

    On Martyr’s day, we honour those who died for India’s freedom. But history rarely asks what happened to their families — the mothers, widows, and children who lived with sacrifice… Read the piece

    The Silent Sacrifice: Families of India’s Martyrs
  • Why We Applaud Sunita Williams but Reject the Word Feminism

    When Sunita Williams arrived in Kozhikode, the applause was instant. But beneath the pride lies a quiet contradiction: we celebrate women who break ceilings, yet hesitate to embrace the idea… Read the piece

    Why We Applaud Sunita Williams but Reject the Word Feminism
  • The Bombay High Court Order on the “Dr” Prefix: What it means for patients

    After a Bombay High Court ruling on the “Dr” prefix, and old question returns: what do patients hear when they hear “Doctor”? This essay looks at titles through the lens… Read the piece

    The Bombay High Court Order on the “Dr” Prefix: What it means for patients

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