(c) Dr. Rajas DeshpandeIt was still raining after the college, but that was never an obstacle. We still reached “Mangesh”, our pet tea (plus ahem!) joint, just outside the college campus, a routine religious for many reasons. Ofcourse the steaming hot tea was crucial to rejuvenate brains exhausted by the extensive and complicated knowledge bombarded […]
Letter to a beloved Teacher: (c) Rajas Deshpande Respected sir, Yourself and most other teachers are my Gods, I am what I am largely because of teachers like you, and cannot argue with your opinions. Like any normal man, I wanted Porsches and Ferraris, a bungalow by the beach, a calm and quiet life of […]
Make a law against “Interference in patient care” Should the docs leave casualty if they sense hostility / arrogant and threatening relatives? Every doctor cannot make correct decisions under duress, and patients suffer. © Dr. Rajas Deshpande Doctors who work in any emergency ward / hospital in India are exposed to two great risks: violence […]
Patients who taught me life. The breathless grandpa. © Dr. Rajas Deshpande This octogenarian Mr. Abaji was admitted for the umpteenth time in the general ward for sudden breathlessness due to a respiratory condition called COPD. In general ward at govt. hospitals, there’s barely three feet distance between beds, without any privacy (No embroidered / […]
(c) Dr. Rajas Deshpande Tuesday 3 pm. OPD “She needs urgent admission and treatment.. she may be developing a stroke.” I told the relatives of this 70 some year old lady who was having recurrent episodes of tingling / numbness all over her body, with slurred speech. Otherwise healthy. The disturbed family was displeased: a […]
The Mother Brain © Dr. Rajas Deshpande “Get out of the ward, Rajas!” said Dr. Pravina Shah. Although many of my teachers may have thought of these words school onwards, it was Dr. P. U. Shah who finally said them, in the first month of my joining the D.M. Neurology course at KEM hospital (Seth […]
The Messiah of Medicine © Dr. Rajas Deshpande “Sir, many times last night, I felt it was so easy to slip in some wrong drug to that rapist: if that criminal is allowed to go back in the society, he will just continue to rape more women”. Said the devastated intern with tears in her […]
© Dr. Rajas Deshpande What is the Guarantee, Doctor? Best of the Doctors internally react like metal on sandpaper to this question by the patient or relatives. While surgeons are the most common victims of this question, physicians also often succumb to these innocent words. It’s not that the doctor wants to hide or lie, […]
The new medical villain on the block “Medical Meddler” © Dr. Rajas Deshpande There are more than one options to choose from in the treatment of most medical conditions. Although doctors may differ on the exact diagnosis in some cases, they usually agree upon the “umbrella” or parent medical condition, and usually prescribe similar molecules […]
Should the docs leave casualty if they sense hostility / arrogant and threatening relatives? Every doctor cannot make correct decisions under duress, and patients suffer. © Dr. Rajas Deshpande Doctors who work in any emergency ward / hospital in India are exposed to two great risks: violence and murders and early health problems and death […]
© Dr. Rajas Deshpande There are more than one options to choose from in the treatment of most medical conditions. Although doctors may differ on the exact diagnosis in some cases, they usually agree upon the “umbrella” or parent medical condition, and usually prescribe similar molecules as treatment. It is extremely important for the patient […]
Added by Alex Lemieux on April 12, 2015. Saved under bipolar disorder, Headlines, Health, Mental Illness Tags: bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, darpp-32, schizophrenia In today’s society, mental illness receives and bad rap. After all, for centuries, and most likely even further in the past, the notion of mental illness was seen to be a taboo […]
It was a hot and clammy morning in S. N. Medical College. Agra. India..Dr Y Agarwal was on his morning round in the Coronary care Unit.He had to prepare all the details before the visit of the Professor.A old patient with CAD,HT,type 2 DM and other complications who had had a cardiac arrest last night […]
Dr. Mukul C Kapoor Apr 12 2015 Share with Colleagues Career in Medicine Votes(12) Comments(155) Viewed 3028 Times Hippocrates wrote an oath for Physicians circa 350-370 BC. Medicine in those times was considered a holy service meant to heal the sick and not a profession. With time medicine became a profession and monetary […]
Embed from Getty Images (Things doctors don’t get time to say!) © Dr. Rajas Deshpande Wherever possible, and whenever they deal with “mature and understanding” relatives, most doctors explain and predict about the patients, but the moment they sense accusive, legality oriented, halfbaked googlecakes, doctors have no option but to turn on their guards in […]
(C) Dr. Rajas Deshpande KEM Mumbai Ward No 10. 2.30 PM somewhere in 1999. Prof. Dr. Sorab Bhabha, Neurologist, entered the clinic room. Dr. RNR, my seniormost chief resident appearing for DM Neurology exams, was to present the case to him. Three other batches of DM students, almost 20 others including medicine residents, lecturers, interns […]
Medical Gods I met upon Earth: Part II © Dr. Rajas Deshpande Today (10th April) would be Dr. Sorab K. Bhabha’s Birthday. Due to some administrative glitches, Dr. Sorab Bhabha left KEM Hospital Mumbai. He still visited us at KEM for the famous “Neuro-Radiology” meet on Fridays at 8 AM. This was the war zone […]
Embed from Getty Images Medical Gods I met upon Earth: Part III (c) Dr. Rajas Deshpande “My decision is final. You can kill me now” Said my professor to the mob in his room, about twenty hardcore muscular giants in the trademark outfit of a dreaded political party. He was just about five feet, thin […]
Medical Gods I met upon Earth: Part IV (c) Dr. Rajas Deshpande “He’s a King.. and also a Superman” Deb said. One of the most respected figures in the world of clinical and research Neurology, director of a specialty unit and professor in one of the best reputed western universities, and the highest among genius […]
Lets talk about FEEDBACK. This is something which we should do everyday, may be after every shift or may be twice/thrice on a single shift. An effective feedback can really transform learners. This is important for the attendings/consultants as well as the residents as they need to provide constant feedback to the residents/medical students. So, What […]
The matter with regard to violation of MCI’s code of ethics by the Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP). The Medical Council of India noted the following recommendations of the Executive Committee:- “The Executive Committee considered the matter alongwith opinion of the Law Officer and the Committee accepted the legal opinion. The Committee also considered the […]
From Hogarth to Van Gogh, art has challenged our understanding of mental illness. Jonathan Jones ‘Vincent’s eyes are crystal blue, his gaze acute and penetrating. He is neither “sane” nor “insane” but a fellow human being who speaks to us with courage and honesty.’ Self-portrait with Bandaged Ear, by Vincent van Gogh, 1889. Photograph: Peter […]
Hairworms turn crickets suicidal, wasps make spiders spin their last web, and more. Under manipulation by a parasitic wasp larva, a Leucauge argyra spider builds a special “cocoon web” that will house the larval wasp until it grows up. PHOTOGRAPH BY ANAND VARMA, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Mary Bates for National Geographic PUBLISHED OCTOBER 31, 2014 Zombies […]
Big Wedding or Small? By DANIEL JONESJAN. 9, 2015 In Mandy Len Catron’s Modern Love essay, “To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This,” she refers to a study by the psychologist Arthur Aron (and others) that explores whether intimacy between two strangers can be accelerated by having them ask each other a specific series […]
Careers in medicine have taught them the limits of treatment and the need to plan for the end By KEN MURRAY February 25, 2012 Years ago, Charlie, a highly respected orthopedist and a mentor of mine, found a lump in his stomach. It was diagnosed as pancreatic cancer by one of the best surgeons in […]
Someone recently asked me to write on what I wish people knew about depression, in light of Robin William’s suicide. Here’s my response. I wish people knew that depression is complex, that it is a physiological condition with psychological and spiritual components, and therefore can’t be forced into any neat and tidy box, that healing […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. — BETSY came to Dr. Martin for a second — or rather, a sixth — opinion. Over a year, she had seen five other physicians for a “rapid heartbeat” and “feeling stressed.” After extensive testing, she had finally been referred for psychological counseling for an anxiety disorder. The careful history Dr. Martin took […]
by Mark Hyman, MD “If you really knew what was happening to you when you are stressed, you would freak out. It’s not pretty,” I said during the 2013 Third Metric women’s conference. I wasn’t kidding. I could write several books about stress’s massive, chronic havoc on your body. If you want to avoid stress, you’ve […]
The Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 divide Controlled Drugs (CDs) into five schedules corresponding to their therapeutic usefulness and misuse potential. A number of changes affecting the prescribing, record keeping and destruction of CDs have been introduced as a result of amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001. The Controlled Drugs (Supervision of Management […]
Although we think of some drugs being legal, and others being illegal, many drugs are somewhere in between. Some substances are legal, but there are laws restricting their use or sale. Others are illegal to use, possess or produce. New psychoactive substances (synthetics) – including synthetic cannabis A range of terms have been used to […]
a guide to the complexities of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act of 1994. This is a brief guide (courtesy of Freedom Network) to the CJA. A copy of the entire Act can be viewed online Sections 61 & 62: Trespassers on land Two or more persons trespassing on land ( not including public […]
The number of people dealt with for drug offences in 1998 was 153,200 and of these, 127,840 were found guilty, cautioned, given a fiscal fine or dealt with by compounding for drug offences in 1998. Offences mainly involved cannabis (76%), followed by amphetamine (12%), heroin (9%) and cocaine (4%), with little change in the type […]
By RICHARD GUNDERMAN, MD Last month the American Medical Association wrapped up its annual meeting in Chicago, where it has reached the final stages of modernizing its 167-year-old Code of Medical Ethics, last updated more than 50 years ago. The central role of ethics in medicine is reflected in the fact that, at the AMA’s first […]
By Rick Maese December 6 <:article> Cynthia Kamzelski heard the recent news reports out of Ohio — a young athlete, apparently taking his own life after struggling with the effects of concussions — and everything raced back. “I’ve been just sick about it,” she said. Kamzelski’s son, Kaelin, was a sophomore in high school when […]
Introduction One of the issues that was succinctly articulated into the consensus statement that was produced at the second African Regional World Organization of Family Doctors’ (WONCA) Conference which was held in Rustenburg, South Africa (October 2009) was the leadership role of the Family Physician in Primary Care in the African context. Part of the […]
(102 of 1956) 30th December, 1956 (As amended by the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Acts, 1964, 1993 & 2001) AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE RECONSTITUTION OF THE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF INDIA AND THE MAINTENANCE OF A MEDICAL REGISTER FOR INDIA AND FOR MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH. Be it enacted by Parliament in the seventh year […]
By Lisa Esposito for US News Caring is key to your response. This is what you should do if someone you know talks about taking their life. Take people seriously and let them know you care. When someone tells you he’s thought of suicide, it’s scary. Or when a friend confides she’s an attempt survivor, […]
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/109891498 Dietrich Blumer, M.D. View Author and Article Information Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) had an eccentric personality and unstable moods, suffered from recurrent psychotic episodes during the last 2 years of his extraordinary life, and committed suicide at the age of 37. Despite limited evidence, well over 150 physicians have ventured a perplexing variety of […]
So is it possible to live forever? The person with the longest confirmed lifespan is Jeanne Clement. She lived to be 122 and died in 1997. Imagining living that long almost makes your head hurt. This lady met Vincent Van Gogh. In person. For real. And was around to see the internet too. Imagine your […]
POSTED OCTOBER 20, 2011, 12:46 PM Peter Wehrwein, Contributor, Harvard Health Remember when the best-selling bookListening to Prozac came out almost 20 years ago? Now Americans aren’t just reading about Prozac. They are taking it and other antidepressants (Celexa, Effexor, Paxil, Zoloft, to name just a few) in astounding numbers. According to a report released […]
Next Avenue | By Laine Bergeson Posted: 11/08/2014 7:45 am EST Updated: 11/08/2014 7:59 am EST SPECIAL FROM Next Avenue By Laine Bergeson Hair loss, common for men and many women in midlife, can have profound emotional and psychological effects. So, too, can baldness cures advertised as magical remedies. “There’s this guy, a regular caller on […]
By JANE COLLINGWOOD Associate News Editor Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on November 10, 2014 Researchers are beginning to discover some of the reasons whybipolar disorder can cause people to engage in risky behavior. The condition involves fluctuatingdepression and mania. In the manic stage, the patient often feels intense excitement and irritability, which can […]
I was standing at my patient’s bedside. Mike Venata was having chills with a temperature of 103. Sweat covered his balding scalp like dew, then coalesced and rolled down past his staring eyes. Just 20 minutes earlier, a specialist had informed him that he hadmetastatic pancreatic cancer and could expect to live less than six months. […]
BY ED CARA • November 03, 2014 • 6:00 AM (Illustration: Simon Prades) Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on google_plusone_shareShare on diggShare on redditShare on emailShare on printfriendlyMore Sharing Services The belief that hidden memories can be “recovered” in therapy should have been exorcised years ago, when a rash of false memories dominated the airwaves, […]
Stress is affecting your brain much more than you think. Sure, you’ve experienced the distraction, forgetfulness, negativity or anxiety that comes from stressful situations, but did you know it’s also shrinking your brain? Hormones released in response to stress not only affect brain function, they also change the physical structure of your brain. The stress […]
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