Confessions of a Doctoholic

Best christmas present for me and I guess for yous. My best friend George and I talk about the dramas that can take place during Christmas, it may even include an ER/ A & E department, have a listen if you would like to know what we are on about.

GUYS GUESS WHO'S BACK, BACK AGAIN ;) Welcome back and Merry Christmas, and my tone deaf singing, yes I butchered Mariah Carey's famous song but it's all for a good cause and that is to start season 2 with a bang. On this episode Orchestral conductor Christos and I talk about getting back into shape during the holiday season, stay tuned!

It’Its world HIV day and we decided to bring some AIDS awareness to you with my study buddy Gabriel so stay tuned

Warning - Don't hate on me you can eat as much as you want but arent you curious why do food comas happen? Gabriel and I will give you the deets so tune in.

So I scrubbed into the surgery (as in wore the full on surgeon hazmat suit) for the first time ever, and obviously it doesn’t come drama free, tune in to have a listen to what happened

I caught up with Oumaima who had a really traumatic incident at her university hospital, tune in to hear all about it!

So many people have phobias so I wanna know what that's like tell me about it. Also please try to have a crack at pronouncing this word cause I'm failing miserably (Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia), can you guess what this phobias all about? Well tune in now!

Before you become a doctor there are a few challenges you must go through, kinda like ninja warrior if you watch that show. Except as a doctor it's less physically demanding and just requires the strength of will, i.e. will you inject yourself to get through your med degree (we're feeling for all the diabetics out there). You’d think injecting yourself with insulin is straightforward trust me ther...

My dad was recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and I’m really worried about him, so I thought let’s dedicate this episode to all the diabetics and prediabetics out there and let’s kill the sugar tooth together

Alright guys the news that has taken all of us by a storm - finally a vaccine is out, or is it out a bit too soon? It's a bit of a long one cause we're chatty but my friend Dennis and I speak about what we think about it (aka from a med student's perspective) and whether we would take it. and a question to you all: Would you take the coronavirus vaccine?

What happens when you get new gadgets? I think I can officially call myself a tech dinosaur

I interview an anatomical artist @hashimedic about his medical art business and how'd he get into it so stay tuned!! 

I’m turning into a Silver Fox and I reckon the stress is to blame so we’re getting to the bottom of this for National Stress Awareness Day P.S. Are you stressed? Do you feel like your life is running out of control? I want you to write down the things that are stressing you out and try to try to cope with it better (easier said than done I know)

You never really understand the meaning of short people problems till you perform a digital rectal exam, especially on a real-life patient. Have a listen to my struggles performing a digital rectal exam with my placement partner. P.S. It's Movember which means we're trying to create prostate cancer awareness, so it might sound scary but Digital Rectal Exams help doctors determine whether the prost...

It's Halloween tomorrow and it can't be Halloween without a Halloween special. Do you reckon that vampires, zombies and werewolves are real? Tune in if you wanna find out!

I experienced something life changing today. It broke my heart and made me question many things and I want to know if you experienced death too and how did you feel afterwards.

I continued chatting up Ali Abdaal. Have a listen to more about his youtube channel and how he balances it with medical school, plus I added in a cheeky rapid fire round YIKES!

Thinking about starting YouTube but stressed about how you'll juggle it with your daily life? Have a listen to Ali Abdaal and how he juggled it with med school. Plus, I ask him a cheeky question in the end, have a listen!

Instagram can be a blessing and a curse. I wanna give you a little insight into the gram life and also do yous wanna be nice and help me get to 10K. I explain why in the episode so tune in!

A little birdie told me who duxed my first year med school cohort, so I thought let me try to grill him about his study techniques and how he performed so well despite having a child! Tune in!

When you study medicine, your life changes forever, and I don't mean the money, the snazzy car and the bigger brains. Some things are just never the same, and if you were an adventurous person, you may have to bury that aspect of your personality under rubble. Tune in if you wanna know what I'm on about.

It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month and you know what that means, we will talk about boobs. Plus, I’ll tell you about the weirdest thing I discovered after performed a breast exam.  P.S. My friends are super supportive of my education. 

Sometime's things don't work out the way we want them to. Sometimes despite all the hard work you put in, you have to repeat the year and you have 2 choices - to give up or keep going. I caught up with Suresh, a dear friend and a classmate to ask him about what he went through when he repeated first year of med school.

What doesn't kill you truly makes you stronger, but at what expense? It's Bully Prevention Month and I thought today I will tell yous my story. I know it's a bit of a long one but I got emotional as I recorded this. I was bullied in high school and for those bullies out there who are ballsy enough or even my bullies if you see this I dare you to tell me why ....

Dating in med school is more difficult than you can imagine. You would think Tinder or Bumble is the solution to loneliness but as a med student chats can get a little intense especially if that medical student is me. I have unleashed my new super power and it has everything to do with Tinder. Check it out! P.S. Send me your Tinder messages if you want some medical comebacks on @hafsaslaiman! Or l...