As an e-Doctor, one with some IT literacy, I welcome the e-Patient movement.
I think patients should be equipped, enabled, empowered, engaged, equals, and emancipated, as Wikipedia explains.  The link also adds “and experts” and here I have a problem, not because I don’t ... Read More »

Some anaesthetic agents can contribute to global climate change.   The AAGBI offers ways that theatres and anaesthetists can do their bit to reduce that, and save money! ... Read More »

People may not appreciate prevention as much as treatment because, while it is obviously better if something bad doesn't happen at all, it is not as obvious. Having access to health care may be one of the things underappreciated by those with a national health insurance system.

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The UK Daily Mail newspaper is notorious for its somehwat disinegneous reporting and reactionary rants. So perhaps the headline "As a GP, I am disgusted my greedy colleagues are threatening to strike" should come as no surprise ... Read More »

...Are you ready for a fight? ... Read More »

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The various depressive disorders, including major depressive disorder, dysthymic disorder, and bipolar disorders, are considered the plague of modern society, affecting 121 million people worldwide and are expected to be the second largest killer after heart disease by 2020 according to WHO report on mental ... Read More »

Take for instance a typical day in the life of an individual. When the person wakes up in the morning the world comes into existence as far as he/she is concerned. If he feels bliss within himself after a nice deep sleep, he tends to feel happiness in the world around him. He is unaffected by problems around him, but tries ... Read More »

Some recent articles have criticized the arrogance of physicians, especially academic physicians, and the content of medical school education. Both are, to a large extent, right, and we need to change both. ... Read More »

...and nor should they be! ... Read More »