Month: Jan 2019

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