February 2012
2 posts
Anonymous asked: aren't you in third year now?
January 2012
4 posts
“I am staring down a microscope in the most advanced lab I have ever...”
– Dr. Norman Doidge, The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science (via medicaljourney)
December 2011
11 posts
Cancer-killing nano particle system created by... →
medicalstate:
All it takes is a fresh new perspective, commitment and innovative thinking to take something to the next level. 17-year-old Angela Zhang, under the mentorship of Dr. Zhen Cheng of Stanford University, has created a potential “Swiss army knife” of cancer therapy. Not only has her research yielded nano particles that target cancer stem cells, it also has the capacity to allow...
Life may be sad, but it's always beautiful:... →
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome Unlike the namesake of this disorder, sufferers of Alice in Wonderland Syndrome perceive their body parts and other objects in altered sizes. AIWS is commonly associated with migraines, brain tumors, use of psychoactive drugs, and signs of epilepsy and mononucleosis. This is also called Todd’s Syndrome.
Rapunzel Syndrome This syndrome is named after the fairy...
November 2011
9 posts
“As you learn to become a doctor, there is a frequent sense of surprise, a...”
– Dr. Perri Klass, A Not Entirely Benign Procedure: Four Years as a Medical Student (via medicaljourney)
Check out this Surgeon's blog...interesting →
imallben:
7 Reasons Why You Should be a Surgeon
Posted on 15/01/2011 by Otorhinolarydoc
I’ve been asked many times why I chose the path of surgery. The esoteric, philosophical, mightier-than-thou answer would be “Well, I didn’t choose surgery. Surgery CHOSE me.” Somehow the conversation falls flat after I say things like that. So for practical reasons people can understand, here are some...
“Read, think, ask and learn. It is a privilege to be a physician, but with this...”
– Rick Albert, MD (via thousandsoffaces)
October 2011
30 posts
Fitness To Practise: Why Medical School Is Tough →
fitnesstopractise:
If you are a fairly bright, scientifically minded individual then there is nothing terribly difficult about the academic side of medicine, initially at least. The first two years of my time at medical school involved little more taxing activity than simply memorising the information from hundreds…
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Hi there, just wanted say I love your site (I’m a last year med student) and especially the mnemonics. You’ve got quite the collection! Maybe I can add another one: Otis Campbell. I’m sure you can find out what it stands for and what it’s a mnemonic for. Please keep this site going, I love it!
Thank you very much! Google tells me it stands for Seizure inducing...
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“Every cigarette smoked shortens your life expectancy by 14.4 to 14.8 minutes.”
– Linus Pauling, chemist, physiologist, 2-time Nobel Prize winner. (via cranquis)
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Birth control shots may double risk of HIV →
sciencecenter:
A birth control shot, popular in eastern and southern Africa, has been shown to double the risk of picking up HIV. The shot is convenient and effective, given once every three months and used by 12 million African women. It may, however, come with a sinister side effect. The shot also increases the risk that men will pick up HIV from their female partners if they are infected. The...
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2011 Nobel Prizes →
The 2011 winners of the Nobel prizes in physics and physiology or medicine have been announced. The physics prize goes to Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt and Adam G. Riess for their research on a specific class of supernovae, which turned out to be unexpectedly dim, indicating that the universe’s expansion is accelerating. The prize in medicine was awarded to Bruce A. Beutler and Jules A....
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