About

Malady Wise is made by an Australian GP who enjoys the strange end of medicine: zebras, eponyms and the case that doesn’t quite fit.

What you’ll find here

Daily puzzles. More than a dozen free games, new every midnight Sydney time: a diagnosis case (Dxtective), blood tests (Panelysis), clinical photos (Glimpsis), X-rays and scans (Opacitis), word games, trivia and a medical sudoku. They get harder through the week, Genius on Sundays, with a rare Einstein day.
ECGs twice a week. Arrhythmix: one fictional case and one ECG to read, every Monday and Thursday.
Weekly specials. A medical cryptic crossword every Saturday (Cryptoplexy) and twenty hard trivia questions every Sunday (Grand Rounds).
Normie mode. Flip the switch at the top for everyday, non-medical versions of the games.
Plain-English health guides. Conditions and Medicines explained in a couple of minutes, plus tools for health professionals.
Zebra Mail. A free weekly email with the week’s health news, interesting research and puzzles.

Every case and patient in the puzzles is fictional. Real clinical images are credited under each one.

Personal medical advice. For that, see your own GP. Read the disclaimer.

Spotted an error, or have a puzzle idea? Email maladywise@gmail.com or find @MaladyWise on X. We can’t answer personal health questions.

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