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We all know the importance of sleep and as Ernest Hemingway said :“I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?”  We all know when you are sleep deprived you seem more irritable, unable to function at your best and even feel physically ill. Lack of sleep has… Continue reading Sleep

Communication is the real essence of medicine. You need to be able to listen to the patient, ask the right questions and then explain your thoughts, the process and how you plan to get to the diagnosis. Once you get to the diagnosis you need the ability to explain the condition and the risk benefit… Continue reading Communication

Memory is critical for normal life. Just rethink the last time you forgot something and how does memory work and how do you explain it to patients? Here is a short video that may help to understand it better. https://youtu.be/yOgAbKJGrTA Next challenge for us as doctors are how to we assess memory and cognition. A… Continue reading Memory

As I closed the door to signify my final day in the NHS and clinical practice today it allows me to reflect on my career. I recall how medicine have changed for the good and how hope is now available for most patients but also much is still to be done especially for those affected… Continue reading Lessons from the past into the future

This is an updated reposting from our previous site. The opinions shared here are those of the writers and is not intended to be medical knowledge or even scientifically correct. The aim is to be provocative, objective , realistic but even sometimes controversial as sometimes real problems are only solved by using some of these… Continue reading Disclaimer- April 2018