What Happens When Medical AI Sees South Asian Patients?

We ran an early benchmark. The results were exactly as worrying as they were useful.

4 hrs ago • Omar Saleem, MD

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The Overflow Tank: On Ectopic Fat

For South Asians, Where Your Fat Goes Matters More Than How Much You Have

May 6 • Omar Saleem, MD

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March 2026

Chai Shots#008: The Missing Brake Has Numbers

On Adipokines and a new biomarker for the South Asian Phenotype

Mar 9 • Omar Saleem, MD

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February 2026

Chai Shots #007: The Early Alarm

Pre-diabetes comes early for South Asians

Feb 19 • Omar Saleem, MD

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GLP-1 and the South Asian Phenotype

Resistance, Miracle and a Warning

Feb 15 • Omar Saleem, MD

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Chai Shots #006: The Signal Fire and The Missing Mechanics

The Double Hit of Inflammation and Failed Repair in South Asians

Feb 4 • Omar Saleem, MD

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January 2026

The Severed Circuit

How Your Gut and Mitochondria Stopped Talking

Jan 27 • Omar Saleem, MD

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The Migrant Microbiome

Dysbiosis and Changing Gut of the South Asian Diaspora

Jan 25 • Omar Saleem, MD

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The Vanishing Engine, Part II

The intervention architecture for South Asian muscle

Jan 18 • Omar Saleem, MD

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One in Four

We are now Zinda

Jan 13 • Omar Saleem, MD

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The Vanishing Engine, Part I

Why South Asians Are Losing the War for Muscle Before It Even Begins

Jan 11 • Omar Saleem, MD

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Chai Shots #005: Miscalibrated Lipids

Why PCSK9 Inhibitor May Not Work for South Asians and Lp(a)

Jan 9 • Omar Saleem, MD

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