Wiktor Szczudlinski
drwiktor.bsky.social
Wiktor Szczudlinski
@drwiktor.bsky.social
Physician on the midlife journey
https://midlifelab.substack.com/

NHS GP. Metabolic health. Health span.
Lifestyle medicine. Physicians' well-being.
"𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬,
𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞"

The documentary "Don't Die" left me feeling sad and disturbed.
The desire for immortality is nothing new.
People have craved it since ancient times.
January 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Midlife is a strange beast.

It might make you confused, lost, uncertain, dissatisfied, resentful, desperate, hopeless or even low.

It is a time of soul-searching, reevaluating life choices and accepting one’s own mortality.

But it is also a hopeful time.

It is time to explore new things.
Unsettled Soul
Midlife wake-up call
open.substack.com
January 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
🤖 Over the years, I saw patients coming to the clinic with printouts of their “Dr Google research”.
But I honestly have not yet met a patient who came with a DIY diagnosis supported by ChatGPT. Yet.

But this is the thing.
People are using AI tools more and more often.

❓𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 - 𝗪𝗛𝗬?
December 4, 2024 at 8:47 AM
Many physicians don't believe that something like chronic fatigue/ME exists.

Or at best believe it is a mental health issue.

The evidence for underlying pathology is growing.

T-cells getting "exhausted".
Strong new evidence for T cell exhaustion in myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS) reflecting chronic viral infection, relevant to #LongCovid, and possible path to treatment candidates
www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10.... @pnas.org
December 3, 2024 at 10:34 AM
Great piece on overconsumption of junk information.

open.substack.com/pub/gurwinde...
The Intellectual Obesity Crisis
Information addiction is rotting our brains
open.substack.com
November 28, 2024 at 8:10 AM