How Do I Know I’m Right?
This is Part 1 of a 6-part series on death, dignity, and what medicine can learn from ancient wisdom. The...
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The Sixth Walker: A Pilgrimage to Everest Base Camp
Medicine, Mortality and 5,364 Meters In medicine, control is everything. We intervene. We stabilize. We measure life in clear, quantifiable...
When the Body Knows
This is Part 2 of a 6-part series on death, dignity, and what medicine can learn from ancient wisdom. The...
Anayasena: Essays on Death, Medicine, and Ancient Wisdom
This is the complete collection of the Anayasena series: Six essays exploring what ancient wisdom teaches modern medicine about dying...
The Mountain Within: Bringing the Silence Home
Mountaineers and mountain trekkers have a saying. Getting to the top? That’s optional. Getting down? It’s mandatory. After the spiritual...
Are Packet Masalas Safe? A Physician’s Guide
Do you remember the aroma of your grandmother’s kitchen? The sneeze-inducing pungent smell of fresh chillies when they are being...
Are Air Fryers & Microwaves Safe? Kitchen Gadgets – A Physician’s Guide
Our grandmothers cooked on firewood stoves and used clay pots. Today, our kitchens look like science labs, filled with buzzing...
AI vs. Doctors: Why the Knowledge Era is Dead
It’s 11 AM. The Professor’s office. The espresso machine screams to life… that loud whirrrr that cuts through everything. The...
Night Owls & Heart Risk: A Physician’s Guide
Our bodies operate on a strict 24-hour schedule known as the circadian rhythm. This internal master clock synchronizes our sleep,...
Stones of Silence, Guardians of Snow
In my last note, I walked you through the physical grind of getting to Everest Base Camp (EBC). The steps,...
