MEDiscuss

MEDiscuss

Bridging Medicine and Meaning

Clinical teaching for doctors and students, clear health guidance for patients and families, and essays on medicine and meaning, in English and Kannada.

Articles

Tools and books

For clinicians

MEDiscuss CDSS

Calculators, algorithms and management pathways for Indian doctors, in the units your drug charts are written in.

For everyone

Swasthya Compass

Health tools to help you make sense of your own body. Free to use, in English and Kannada.

For PG entrance students

Medha by MEDiscuss

Short modules for postgraduate medical entrance examinations. Each one teaches a topic, tests it, and brings back what you got wrong until you have it.

In preparation

For Kannada readers

MEDiscuss Books

Madhumeha Manohara, a Kannada book on diabetes for the general reader: the science, the myths that circulate around it, and what actually helps.

Latest articles

  1. A Tube in the Nose: Frightening to See, Simple to UnderstandHealth & Wellness, 18 October 2026
  2. ಮೂಗಿನಲ್ಲಿ ನಳಿಕೆ: ನೋಡಲು ಭಯಂಕರ, ಅರ್ಥ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡರೆ ಸರಳ!ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ಮಂಥನ, 18 October 2026
  3. Health Is Not Instant Noodles: A Doctor’s Plea Against Quick FixesMedicine & Meaning, 13 October 2026
  4. ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ಅಂದ್ರೆ ‘ಇನ್-ಸ್ಟಂಟ್’ ನೂಡಲ್ಸ್ ಅಲ್ಲ: ವೈದ್ಯರ ಕಳಕಳಿಆರೋಗ್ಯ ಮಂಥನ, 13 October 2026
  5. Ventilator: A Life-Saving Sanjeevini, or Just a Way to Postpone Death?Health & Wellness, 11 October 2026
  6. ವೆಂಟಿಲೇಟರ್: ಜೀವ ಉಳಿಸುವ ಸಂಜೀವಿನಿಯೋ ಅಥವಾ ಸಾವನ್ನು ಮುಂದೂಡುವ ಸಾಧನವೋ?ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ಮಂಥನ, 11 October 2026