How Do I Know I’m Right?
The Weight We Carry This is Part 1 of a 6-part series on death, dignity, and what medicine can learn...
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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...
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,...
A Physician’s Guide to the High Mountains
From the warm and humid coasts of Udupi to the icy winds of Everest Base Camp, I have felt the...
Which Cookware is Safe? A Physician’s Guide
We carefully check food labels for sugar and preservatives, but how often do we check the vessel that cooks it?...
