Medicine is all about uncertainty, with neither diagnosis nor surgery or the process of recovery offering any guarantees There are […]

The real test of courage occurs when a loved one is on the brink of life and death. How do we

The stoicism of a 32-year-old woman battling two life-threatening diseases is a lesson in acceptance and courage I did not

When you can’t promise your patient 100 per cent recovery, giving them some hope won’t hurt Rahul walked into my

A badly compressed nerve can be the source of all discomfort. Nipping it in the bud instead of playing wait-and-watch

An elderly man struggling with the act of remembering due to a tumour in his brain, forces a surgeon to

Having met patients with different kinds of hand tremors, the surgeon explains why astute judgment is necessary to identify and diagnose problems

A doctor finds parallels between life in the wilderness and inside a hospital as he negotiates the woodlands in the

For patients and their relatives, waiting for answers can be both unnerving and exhausting “How long will surgery take?” a

In this new monthly column Mazda explores the relationship he has with his daughters (and everyone else). “What would you