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GINA 2025 in Children simplified

Dr Vivek’s Blog — Clinical Notes GINA 2025Asthma in ChildrenWhat You Need to Know A concise summary of GINA 2025 guidelines focused on pediatric asthma — diagnosis, challenges, and stepwise treatment for children under 5 and aged 6–11 years. GINA 2025 Pediatrics Dr. Vivek Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases in children.…

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The Boy Who Was Never Afraid

We were assigned to do posting in Autism care centre this week. It was far from our hospital and I was happy to do so, both excited to go out of the hospital for a few days and also learn new things about the Autism Centre. We went there, and then we were trying to…

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Joint pain or bone pain?

So today was my first day of Oncology posting, a new day after thesis submission. The last two weeks were a rollercoaster for me. So many thesis corrections, so many edits, so many overnight SPSS runs and rewriting the results and discussions again and again. At one point I was almost sure I wouldn’t be…

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About the author

Dr. Vivek Karn

Pediatric MD resident at IOM, TU. Writing about child health, medical training, public health, technology, and AI in healthcare.

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Each post should make the reader feel guided: what matters, what to watch for, and what action to take next.