Author: Dr. Nikitha Fernandez, (Clinical Psychologist – WELLKINS Medical Centre) “I know they are struggling… but I don’t know what to say anymore.” This is something family members often say when someone they love is living with depression. A husband notices that his wife is no longer herself. A mother watches her son stay in […]
Author: Dr. Reneesh, (Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon – WELLKINS Medical Centre) Most patients do not visit an orthopedic clinic only because they have noticed a bump on the side of their foot. They come because they have gradually stopped doing something they once enjoyed, such as taking a morning walk, wearing a favorite pair of shoes […]
Author: Dr. Rahmathunnisa AM, (Dentist – Wellkins Medical Centre) Back from vacation and getting back into your usual routine? Summer holidays often bring restaurant meals, sweet treats, cold drinks, late-night snacks and changes to regular brushing. These moments are part of a well-deserved break but your teeth and gums may need some extra attention when […]
Author: Dr. Nikitha Fernandez, (Clinical Psychologist – WELLKINS Medical Centre) “Am I in trouble? Why do I need to see a psychologist?” This may be the first question a child asks when a parent introduces the idea of psychological support. The word psychologist can sound unfamiliar or frightening and a child may worry that something […]
Author: Dr. Verlyn Zuniega Cruz, (Specialist Obstetrician and Gynaecologist – WELLKINS Medical Centre) Pregnancy often changes the way a woman thinks about everyday health decisions. A medicine or vaccine that once felt routine may suddenly raise questions about safety for the growing baby. The seasonal flu shot is one of the most common examples and […]
Author: Dr. Nikitha Fernandez, (Clinical Psychologist – WELLKINS Medical Centre) Thinking about therapy often begins with a quiet admission: “I think I need to talk to someone but I don’t even know where to start.” Many people carry anxiety, relationship concerns or poor sleep for months before making an appointment. Once you decide to seek […]
Author: Dr. Ayisha Anwar, (General Practitioner – Wellkins Medical Centre) Prediabetes is one of the most important diagnoses in preventive medicine. Not because it is a disease in the clinical sense but precisely because it is not yet. It is a window, a period of time in which the body’s blood sugar regulation has begun […]
Author: Dr. Reneesh, (Consultant Orthopedician, Wellkins Medical Centre) Returning to exercise after a break is one of the most common reasons patients arrive at the orthopedic clinic at Wellkins Medical Centre in Doha, Qatar. After weeks of travelling, relaxing and spending time with family, many of us are now getting back to our usual routines. […]
Author: Dr. Nikitha Fernandez, (Clinical Psychologist – Wellkins Medical Centre) “I am not an angry person. I just lose control sometimes.” This is something I hear quite often in my therapy room. Many people come to counselling feeling guilty about something they said in the heat of the moment. “I shouted at my children and […]
Author: Dr. Preethi Sarma, (Specialist ENT – Wellkins Medical Centre) There is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes with chronic sinusitis. Not the clean tiredness of a busy day that sleep resolves, but the heavy, unrested feeling of a person who went to bed for eight hours and woke up feeling as though they […]
Author: Dr. Ayisha Anwar, (General Practitioner – Wellkins Medical Centre) Kidney stone pain is described by those who have experienced it as among the most severe pain a person can feel. Sudden, colicky, radiating from the flank to the groin, it arrives without warning and can stop a person entirely within minutes. For patients in […]
Author: Dr. Nikitha Fernandez, (Clinical Psychologist – Wellkins Medical Centre) “Just five more minutes.” If you are a parent you have probably heard this more times than you can count. “Just one more game.” “I am almost done.” “Everyone else is online.” Five minutes often becomes an hour. Before you know it the day is […]
Author: Dr. Joanne Mae J Villanueva, (Specialist Pediatrics – Wellkins Medical Centre) Allergies in children are not simply a matter of sneezing in spring or avoiding peanut butter sandwiches. For a significant and growing proportion of children in Qatar and worldwide, allergic disease is a lifelong journey that begins in infancy, evolves through childhood and […]
Author: Dr. Nikitha Fernandez, (Clinical Psychologist – Wellkins Medical Centre) “I have always felt different. I just never knew why.” One of the most emotional moments I witness in therapy is when an adult receives an ADHD diagnosis. Not because they are upset. But because for the first time many of them finally have an […]
Author: Dr. Rahmathunnisa AM, (Dentist – Wellkins Medical Centre) A brighter smile is one of the most consistently requested aesthetic outcomes in dental practice and one of the most achievable. Teeth whitening is safe, effective and produces results that genuinely change how people feel about their smile when it is performed correctly using professional-grade treatments […]
