How a brave, worldly-wise teenager, who overcame every health failure with fortitude, taught a resident doctor to believe in the impossible. Once upon a time there was a boy name Arkojjwal. He was a 13-year-old with a brain tumour, and unlike any boy I had met. In 2008, when I … [Read more...] about Writing his own fairy tale
Dr. Mazda Turel
Taking it personally
Developing clinical detachment isn’t easy. Doctors experience pain and grief in equal measure when a patient is long gone. A few months ago, I had operated on an elderly lady for a behemoth tumour arising from her pituitary gland. We take down these tumours through the nose … [Read more...] about Taking it personally
Know your brain: How to keep it healthy as you age
Do you ever wonder why we start forgetting things, will solving puzzles keep us sharp, is the food we eat making us dull, or is our brain ageing like our body? Neurosurgeon Dr. Mazda Turel takes us deep inside the human brain, and talks to us about the intricacies of brain … [Read more...] about Know your brain: How to keep it healthy as you age
Neurological disorders through a gender lens
Neurosurgeon Dr. Mazda Turel, Wockhardt Hospitals, talks to Femoai's Arnika Thakur about how neurological disorders, like Alzheimer’s Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's, and Migraines, impact women differently. In many neurological disorders, including Alzheimer’s … [Read more...] about Neurological disorders through a gender lens