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Spit it out
What your saliva tells about your health… WHY DROOL IS COOL One of the most innocuous body secretions that becomes…
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COOL BRITANNIA!
How a cocktail helped the cause of Cinchona, Conquest, and Colonialism. What is common amongst Juniper berries, Dutch Courage, Anopheles…
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World Food Day – Introducing Millets in our daily Diets
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” ~Hippocrates. This World food day, The Checkup catches up with…
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God of the Gaps
What is ‘God of the gaps’? Whenever there is a gap in scientific understanding, where science falls short in explaining anything,…
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Quote by Robin Cook
Here’s an interesting conversation quote- excerpted from ‘Intervention” the book written by Robin Cook “Natural, my ass! The worst poison…
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Love in the Wards!
( An Inspired Story) The wards..! A stinky, crowded, tense, rushed, crazy place to be in. And yet, a place…
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On World Mental Health Day what do Doctors advice their children?
Since 1992, October 10th is celebrated as World Mental Health Day, an initiative of the World Federation for Mental Health,…
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Drowning in Despair: The Silent Battle of Burnout among Doctors
Four years ago, in 2019, a young doctor’s post titled ‘Ugly side of becoming a surgeon’, went viral on social…
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The Weekly Quote – Dr Nawal El Saadawi
Nawal Elsaadawi was an Egyptian feminist writer, activist and physician. She wrote numerous books on the subject of women in…
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Socialized Healthcare: A Path to Equitable Health in India
With its rich cultural legacy and thriving economy, India is on the verge of a healthcare revolution that can alter…
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