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Dr. Maria K Jimmy

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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
  • What Patients Don’t Always See: A Doctor’s Perspective on Life Behind the Consultation Room

    A Doctor’s Day reflection by a doctor on the unseen realities of medicine, from long hours and uncertainty to trust, responsibility, and human connection. Read the piece

    What Patients Don’t Always See: A Doctor’s Perspective on Life Behind the Consultation Room
  • 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
  • When Tests Are Normal But You Still Feel Sick: Living With Unexplained Symptoms

    Normal test results but still feeling sick? This essay explores unexplained symptoms, medical uncertainty, and why lived experience still matters. Read the piece

    When Tests Are Normal But You Still Feel Sick: Living With Unexplained Symptoms

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Writing at the intersection of medicine and lived experience.

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