The Health Benefits of Gardening
As we approach the end of 2022, I find myself beginning to appreciate even more the many benefits of gardening. Of course, in these days when food is so expensive, … Continue reading
COVID 101 – some Frequently Asked Questions about COVID
With many of my patients now having been vaccinated against COVID or having recovered from a mild episode of COVID (or both), I am now accustomed to being accosted by … Continue reading
Can Diabetes be Reversed?
For centuries, Diabetes was considered an incurable disease, the result of the affected person’s body not having enough of the vital hormone Insulin that is required to utilise the sugars … Continue reading
THE POST-COVID WORLD
Can we predict the new ‘Normality’? The two countries that I have been most interested in during this Covid pandemic -Sri Lanka and Australia – have both been lagging behind … Continue reading
Dr. David (Devendranathan) Chanmugam – an Eulogy
One of the best teachers I had in Medical School was Dr David (Devendranathan) Chanmugam. He was someone who simplified complicated medical subjects for us students. His lectures were succinct … Continue reading
To Vaccinate or Vacillate?
It is gratifying for us to note that Australia is finally beginning to get its population efficaciously vaccinated against COVID – having bungled the initial roll-out of its vaccination programme. … Continue reading
Living in Covid Times
A conversation with Prof Leon Piterman: I was having a chat the other day with my friend Professor Leon Piterman. Now Leon, former head of the department of General Practice … Continue reading
Tips For New Diabetics
Why Diabetes starts with’ D’ One of the most important thngs I tell patients when they are newly dignosed with Diabetes is that is important for the person having a … Continue reading
COVID vaccination – the facts explained
I am taking the liberty of sharing on my web-page this excellent article by Dr Champa Ratnatunga – a Sri Lankan immunologist and senior lecturer working at the Department of … Continue reading
Urgent – a strategy to control COVID 19 in Sri Lanka
I am sharing this link on my webpage because I am of the opinion that this article should be disseminated to the widest audience possible. It is a timely article … Continue reading
Sanjiva Wijesinha -writer and physician 
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