Cancer Care/hemato-Onco

02/11/2025

How to Recognize a Doctor in Public (Even Without the White Coat)

Doctors are a peculiar species.
Take away the stethoscope, ID badge, and scrubs—something still gives them away. If you’ve ever looked at someone in an airport or café and thought, “That person just feels like a doctor,” you were probably right.

Here’s how you spot one in the wild 👇

1. The Walk of Controlled Urgency
They walk like they’re late, but never rushed. Even heading for coffee, the mind is likely still rounding on patients.

2. The Posture of Experience
Years of leaning over patients give them that subtle “clinical hunch”—alert, scanning, always noticing.

3. Hands That Tell Stories
Clean nails, faint sanitizer scent, a firm yet calm handshake. Those hands have held both life and loss.

4. The Eyes of Controlled Chaos
Tired but sharp, compassionate yet calculating. Doctors’ eyes are trained to spot the unwell in any room.

5. The Diagnostic Listener
Mention a cough at dinner, and they’re instantly in history-taking mode. It’s not rudeness—it’s reflex.

6. The Coffee Ritual
Coffee isn’t a beverage—it’s a survival tool. The cup is less comfort, more fuel for the next crisis.

7. Calm in Crisis
At the sound of an ambulance or a fainting stranger, their focus clicks on. Instinct over impulse.

8. The Wardrobe of Utility
Even off-duty—comfortable shoes, smart watches, deep pockets. Form follows function.

9. The Doctor’s Humor
Dark. Dry. Real. The kind only those who’ve seen too much and care too deeply can carry.

10. The Doctor Aura
There’s a steadiness—calm, grounded, quietly resilient. The white coat may be gone, but the calling stays.

Next time you’re in line for coffee, look around. You might just spot that unmistakable quiet strength—the doctor who forgot their coat, but not their purpose.

— Dr. Pushkal Dwivedi
Consultant Oncologist

02/11/2025

01/11/2025

Cancer Vaccine: Immunotherapy

31/10/2025

Indian acacia blooming...

30/10/2025

ZEBRA QUESTIONI asked the zebra,
Are you black with white stripes?
Or white with black stripes?
And the zebra asked me,
Are you good with bad habits?
Or are you bad with good habits?
Are you noisy with quiet times?
Or are you quiet with noisy times?
Are you happy with some sad days?
Or are you sad with some happy days?
Are you neat with some sloppy ways?
Or are you sloppy with some neat ways?
And on and on and on and on he went.
I’ll never ask a zebra
About stripes
ZEBRA QUESTIONI asked the zebra,
Are you black with white stripes?
Or white with black stripes?
And the zebra asked me,
Are you good with bad habits?
Or are you bad with good habits?
Are you noisy with quiet times?
Or are you quiet with noisy times?
Are you happy with some sad days?
Or are you sad with some happy days?
Are you neat with some sloppy ways?
Or are you sloppy with some neat ways?
And on and on and on and on he went.
I’ll never ask a zebra
About stripes

-Shel Silverstein

29/10/2025

भारत का पसंदीदा चावल और रोटी: क्या आपके खाने की थाली सेहत के लिए खतरा बन रही है?ICMR की नई स्टडी के मुताबिक, भारत में ज्यादातर लोग अपनी दैनिक कैलोरी का 62% कार्बोहाइड्रेट से और सिर्फ 12% प्रोटीन से लेते हैं। इससे डायबिटीज, हृदय रोग और मोटापे का खतरा बढ़ गया है!कैसे बदलें अपनी थाली?अनाज (चावल/रोटी) प्लेट में 25% से ज्यादा न रखेंदाल, बीन्स, दूध, मेवा और सब्जियाँ ज्यादा शामिल करेंसफेद चावल, मैदा या रिफाइंड अनाज की जगह बाजरा/ब्राउन राइस/साबुत गेहूं लेंक्या बाजरा है जादुई विकल्प?बाजरा पौष्टिक है लेकिन संतुलन जरूरी है, सिर्फ कार्ब्स खाना सही नहींप्रोटीन के फायदे:मेटाबॉलिक बीमारियों से बचावएम्यूनिटी मजबूत बनाएसिर्फ 3 राज्य नियमित रूप से ज्यादा बाजरा खाते हैं: कर्नाटक, गुजरात, महाराष्ट्रसंतृप्त फैट (11.2g/दिन) ज्यादा, असंतृप्त फैट (17.6g/दिन) कम—जो दिल की बीमारी बढ़ा सकता है।🌾 अपनी थाली में बदलाव लाएं और परिवार को स्वस्थ रखें!

28/10/2025

The Origin of the Word “Cancer”: The CrabThe earliest known reference to cancer appears in the Edwin Smith Papyrus (circa 2500–1600 BCE), one of the oldest extant documents of ancient Egyptian medicine. It describes a “cold, hard, immovable swelling of the breast, with no known treatment” — recognized today as the first recorded description of breast cancer.Nearly two millennia later, Hippocrates (460–370 BCE), and later Galen (129–216 CE), used the Greek term καρκίνος (karkinos), meaning “crab,” to describe such tumors. The analogy arose from observation: from the lesion’s firm core, veins spread outward like the legs of a crab. Its tenacious adherence to surrounding tissue further evoked the crab’s grasp.Roman physicians rendered the term into Latin as cancer, preserving both the word and the metaphor across centuries. The endurance of this term in modern languages testifies to a remarkable continuity of thought—where an ancient image became a lasting cornerstone of medical vocabulary.The crab, as a metaphor, reveals humanity’s timeless impulse to interpret disease through the forms of nature. In this way, the naming of cancer stands not only as a linguistic inheritance but as an early act of scientific imagination—a bridge between observation, symbolism, and the effort to understand life’s afflictions.

23/10/2025

"5 ways to reduce the risk of breast cancer:
1. Maintain a healthy weight
2. Be physically active
3. Limit alcohol consumption
4. Breastfeed if possible
5. Be mindful of hormone use

Source: Lancet Commission"

"स्तन कैंसर के खतरे को कम करने के 5 तरीके:
1. स्वस्थ वजन बनाए रखें
2. शारीरिक रूप से सक्रिय रहें
3. शराब का सेवन सीमित करें
4. यदि संभव हो तो स्तनपान कराएँ
5. हार्मोन के उपयोग को लेकर सतर्क रहें

स्रोत: लैंसेट कमीशन"

22/10/2025

Breathing polluted air (smog) is very bad for your health—it is like smoking ci******es, even for people who don’t smoke. We can’t solve the problem just by using products shown in advertisements. What we need is clean air, clean water, and clean food for everyone, to stay healthy mentally and physically.

Doctors see young people who have never smoked get very serious lung diseases, sometimes even cancer. One reason might be long exposure to dirty air. Everyone needs clean air, water, and food to be safe from these health problems...