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 …
Ephemeral: adj: lasting for a very short time – Oxford Little Dictionary Ever since we start to read and write as children, it is imposed on us that we should be on a lifelong quest to improve our vocabularies. And why not? The more words you know, the better you will be able to express …
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Friends get each other talking I’m trying to remember how it came about. Some of my friends who have been friends for four decades, that is, since elementary school, but living in different parts of the world now, have come up with a routine. We talk by WhatsApp video chat every now and then. Last …
Dear patient, I understand that the biggest fear you have about going through chemotherapy is that you will lose your hair. I just want to tell you. You will be fine. Trust me. I know it’s barbaric. In this day and age, why don’t we have medicines to treat cancer that will not make you …
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*** CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE PODCAST*** “At the hospital, the nurse is the one who is at the patient’s bedside around the clock. When the patient has to go to the bathroom or needs help to sit up in a chair, he or she calls the nurse. The nurse is the one who is …
“They are firing me for not getting the COVID vaccine. I can make more money working at Michael’s than I do at this job. I was only doing this because I like to help people. But this is it for me. I’m quitting. I’ll miss the patients, but I cannot be forced into doing something …
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***CLICK HERE*** TO VEW THE PODCAST “I was a bit nervous about how she would perceive my advice. She could find it inappropriate and report me for making personal remarks. But I believe she sensed the sincerity in my words and appeared invigorated, uplifted, and excited. She was smiling now and exclaimed, ‘Doctor, you will …
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