A 48-year-old businessman had just returned home after a long international flight. Apart from a mild pain in his left calf, which he dismissed as a simple muscle strain from travelling, he felt perfectly well. Two days later, while climbing the stairs at home, he suddenly became breathless and developed severe chest pain. Within minutes,…
Antibiotics have transformed modern medicine. Diseases that once claimed countless lives became treatable after their discovery. Today, complex surgeries, cancer treatment, organ transplantation, and intensive care are possible largely because effective antibiotics can prevent and treat bacterial infections. Yet, one of the greatest threats to these life-saving medicines is not the lack of newer drugs….
Most of us have a surprisingly simple relationship with cough. We ignore it. A few days of coughing during a viral infection rarely worries anyone. A cough syrup is purchased, warm fluids are advised, and life moves on. when the cough lingers for weeks, many people continue to wait patiently for it to disappear on…
“Doctor, I think I am getting old. “The gentleman sitting in front of me in my consultation chamber said it. “I become breathless after climbing one flight of stairs nowadays. Earlier, I could climb three floors without stopping. I suppose this is simply part of aging. “His wife disagreed immediately about who came with him….
“Doctor, my wife says I snore loudly every night. She’s threatening to sleep in another room.” The middle-aged gentleman sitting across from me laughed as he said it in my consultation chamber the other day. “But I sleep well. Surely snoring can’t be a disease?” His wife, seated beside him, immediately disagreed. “Doctor, he stops…
In the previous episode, we discussed air pollution and lung cancer in non-smokers. The other day, an elderly gentleman visited my clinic with worsening breathlessness. He had never smoked, rarely travelled, and spent most of his time indoors. “Doctor,” he asked, “if I stay at home all day, how can pollution affect me?” His question…
“Doctor, there must be some mistake in arriving at the diagnosis of my husband.” The young woman sitting across the consultation table looked anxious. Beside her was her husband, a 34-year-old software engineer who had been suffering from a persistent cough for months. Several consultations, multiple investigations, and finally a CT scan had revealed a…
The increasing use of pornography in society is posing several social, psychological, marital, and other issues. Pornography also steals time that ought to be used for other developmental things. A man who uses pornography often neglects spending time with his family; instead, he hides, choosing to be away from his wife and children, broadly away…
There are ongoing sparking debates about whether PPU is a form of addiction or a disorder. Equally, some feminist scholars have expressed concerns regarding the medicalization of “porn addiction” by perceiving it as an illness. At this point, it is not very clear how we should portray and assess problematic pornography use (PPU). However, Fernandez…
In recent times, pornography is entering the parliament house, classrooms, kitchens, and bedrooms. As a whole, compulsive sexual behaviors pose many problems in modern civilization. Several instances of lawmakers watching pornography within parliamentary buildings have caused controversy. Notably, UK MP Neil Parish resigned in 2022 after admitting to watching porn in the House of Commons….
