If my grandfather were alive, he would be the same age as Mr. Hendricks. Seventy-eight years old. That’s why when I first met him, he introduced himself as John but I preferred to call him Mr. Hendricks. That’s how I was taught as one of the ways to give respect to the elderly. The “American” …
Sandy was sent to me by her primary care physician for evaluation of anemia. As I reviewed her chart, Iexplained to the medical student that the blood work showed a lifelong benign condition called alpha thalassemiatrait that she was born with. It had no potential to harm her. This would be a quick consult meaning …
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“Mark my words. AI (Artificial Intelligence) is more dangerous than the nukes.” Elon Musk. The other day, as soon as I walked in to work, already running my usual ten minutes late, I was hustling from my office to the clinic when I saw one of our physician assistants in the hallway. Otherwise known for …
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Our first meeting: My first recollection of Donna is when she came to the Cancer Center for the first time. She had been recently diagnosed with cancer that had already spread to her liver. As I walked into the room, I found an energetic and charismatic person who had the ability to become the center …
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It’s not a good feeling when as a doctor, you cannot do too much for your patient. That’s how I felt when I walked into the room to see Valerie for the first time. She was in her 60’s. She was flanked by her two adult grand-daughters who you could tell were very close to …
Is it just me or does it look like everybody is getting overly opinionated nowadays? Everywhere I go, discussions are robust and quite heated. Everybody is part of multiple WhatsApp groups nowadays which has helped rekindle old friendships and has brought families together despite living many miles apart. It is supposed to be a good …
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This article was published in The Friday Times on April 12, 2022. ***CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE AT THE FRIDAY TIMES WEBSITE*** The first Grammy for a nation of 220 million people should be celebrated no less than the first Nobel Prize or the first Oscar. Thank you Arooj Aftab to show us this …
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It was not too long ago, but it seems like decades when traveling for a CME conference was a routine part of being a physician as looking up articles on UpToDate or giving patients bad news. But like so many other things in life, the reality of CME conferences has changed. Most training programs give …
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***CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE PODCAST*** “I understand that the biggest fear you have about going through chemotherapy is losing your hair. I just want to tell you. You will be fine. Trust me. I know it’s barbaric. Why don’t we have medicines to treat cancer that will not make you lose your hair in …
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Visiting Peshawar after six years I left Peshawar and went to the USA for medical training just a couple of years after 9/11 in 2001. Since I left, over the last two decades, I have visited this historical city a number of times but then, as life events happened and for various reasons, I did …
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