Dr Nithya Priya Raju is a general practitioner with 16 years of professional experience, practising at Prime Medical Center in Dubai. She graduated in Tamil Nadu, India, and has completed both Part 1 and Part 2 of the MRCP (UK) examinations. Alongside her medical degree she has taken certificate courses in diabetes mellitus management, lipidology and obesity, and her day-to-day work centres on long-term condition management and general women’s health.
Areas of expertise
28 Jul 2026 ⋅ 9 min read
Type 2 diabetes symptoms can be mild enough to go unnoticed for years, so it is often diagnosed after complications have already started. What to watch for, what the treatments do, and why more than half of people with diabetes take no medication for it.
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28 Jul 2026 ⋅ 9 min read
High blood pressure has almost no symptoms, and a hot climate changes how some of its treatments behave. What the numbers mean, which medicines are affected by heat and dehydration, and what to check before summer.
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28 Jul 2026 ⋅ 8 min read
Menopause usually affects women between 45 and 55, and its symptoms go well beyond hot flushes. What perimenopause looks like, what HRT actually consists of, and why oestrogen alone is not the whole answer.
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28 Jul 2026 ⋅ 8 min read
An underactive thyroid causes tiredness, weight gain and feeling cold, symptoms mild enough to attribute to almost anything. What the blood tests measure, why levothyroxine is usually lifelong, and why the dose needs checking.
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