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May 13, 2013

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6:16 PM | “All I Really Want to Do Is Sleep”
A recent article in NYTimes [1] declared that the rising rate of suicides among our baby boomer generation now made suicides, by raw numbers alone, a bigger killer than motor vehicle accidents! Researchers quoted within the article pointed to complex reasons like the economic downturn over the past decade, the widespread availability of opioid drugs [...]
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April 18, 2013

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5:55 PM | A Vignette from Psychiatry
I didn’t make it to rounds with the rest of my team because I was occupied with another one of our patients who was being assessed by the neurology consultant to be cleared to undergo electroconvulsive therapy. The spring sun shone bright through our large reinforced glass windows in the mood disorders unit at our [...]
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November 30, 2012

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1:38 PM | The Economy of Surgery
When I was twelve, my sister and I accompanied my grandparents to their annual yoga retreat in the hilly ranges of southern India. We had never been before, but the summer heat was particularly blistering that year, so we persuaded our grandparents to take us along. I envisioned a blissful two-week vacation in a photogenic [...]
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September 04, 2012

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11:31 AM | Pressing Pause in Alaska
I spent this past week in Alaska with my family, during what was the entirety of my summer vacation this year (thank you medical school). We flew into Seattle early last Saturday and boarded a cruise liner from that beautiful pine and spruce-lined coast. After only two relaxing days at sea, which involved a lot [...]
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April 21, 2012

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4:02 PM | Step One: A Medical School Pivot Point
The morning of my Board exams, my mother packed me a lunch comprising of seedless grapes, two Greek yogurts, a cheese sandwich, a bag of pistachio nuts, two cappuccinos, a diet coke, chocolate-covered coffee beans and a pouch of pretzels. “Mum, this isn’t the Hunger Games,” I joked. “Well no duh. You have absolutely zero [...]
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