The Changing Face of Modern Medicine

When I look back at how I practiced medicine even a decade ago, the changes in our industry feel nothing short of remarkable.

Take diagnostics — once, waiting for CT or MRI reports could delay treatment decisions. Today, with faster imaging and AI-assisted reporting, I often get actionable insights within…

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How AI Is Quietly Changing My Daily Practice

As a doctor, I sometimes forget how much of the medicines I prescribe today are shaped by AI working behind the scenes in pharma. It’s no longer just futuristic — I see it in daily practice.

Consider antibiotics. With resistance rising, I often worry if I’m choosing the right one. Now, pharma…

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Why I Trust Generics — But Double-Check Every Time

In my practice, I prescribe generics frequently. A few months ago, I had a patient with high cholesterol who could not afford a branded statin. I shifted him to a generic version. Within 6 weeks, his LDL had dropped beautifully, and his follow-up labs looked great.

But another patient on a…

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India’s Regulatory System Is Turning More Digital, Faster, More Innovation-Friendly

Several changes are underway that affect us in clinical practice:

• The DCGI / CDSCO is pushing faster drug approvals, especially for rare disease therapies and advanced treatments (like gene therapies).

• Drug licensing systems are being digitized: state + central…

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As a doctor, I often see patients asking whether they can combine Ayurvedic medicines with their prescribed allopathic drugs. The interest is understandable — Ayurveda has a rich history of treating chronic illnesses like arthritis, digestive issues, and stress-related disorders through natural formulations, diet, and lifestyle.

Take, for example,…

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Last week in my OPD, a middle-aged man walked in with uncontrolled diabetes. He wasn’t new to treatment — in fact, he had seen multiple doctors before me. But what struck me was not his sugar levels, it was his fear. He told me, “Doctor saab, I am scared to even eat. I feel one wrong bite will kill me.”

As doctors, we often focus on lab…

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As a physician, I often worry when first-line treatments begin to fail — and that’s what’s happening in Pune: Salmonella typhi strains resistant to ceftriaxone have now been documented. Although azithromycin still works for these cases, this trend signals that our antibiotic arsenal is eroding. In practice, this means that empirical therapy for…

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Burnout Crisis

A new global survey published in The Lancet highlights that over 60% of doctors report high levels of burnout, citing long hours, administrative overload, and staffing shortages. Personally, I see colleagues struggling with exhaustion and sometimes questioning whether to continue in clinical practice. Burnout not only affects…

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AI in Indian Healthcare

The Indian healthcare sector is rapidly embracing artificial intelligence, with adoption rates now surpassing FMCG and manufacturing.

In hospitals, AI is being used for diagnostics (image analysis, CT/X-ray interpretation), predictive analytics (anticipating disease outbreaks, patient deterioration), and…

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The active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) for cancer market has been witnessing robust growth, driven by the rising global burden of cancer and the increasing demand for advanced therapies. APIs are the essential components of cancer drugs, directly responsible for their therapeutic effects. With oncology being one of the most dynamic…

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