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For many years now, people have admired my daughter's long , black, flowing beautiful hair. Recently, she decided to do something that I hope people will admire her even more! She decided to get 10...
Recently I read a blog/letter written by a medical student about the special bond she developed with her anatomy cadaver. http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2010/05/medical-student-writes-gross-anatomy-cadaver.html It reminded me of my cadaver in medical school. It is true, after working on your cadaver zillions of hours, learning every organ, every nerve, tendon and muscle...you definitely have a special bond. We called him Romeo- because he had an unusually HUGE heart. Most likely he had some sort of dilated cardiomyopathy...
Recently, I read an article about a possible danger to your health if you ride on those crazy fast roller-coasters that are at many amusement parks nowadays.http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/health/2010/05/04/study-fast-roller-coasters-linked-to-ear-injury/ This article reminded me of the time when I was doing a rotation with an Ear Nose and Throat Doctor while in medical school. A girl came in after she had been scuba diving earlier that day at a local lake ( she was training to learn how to scuba dive). She apparantly...
Recently I read an article on the causes of green fluorescent colored stool in a baby.Reading this article makes me laugh because it is the type of article that would only appeal to a physician or possibly young parents of newborns! http://ow.ly/1nzsT Some of the possible causes listed are ,ingestion of large amounts of green veggies, decreased colonic transit times or possibly food dyes-specifically blue dye #1. You can find such dyes in popsicles or fruit loops! This article immediately reminded me of a...
Job shadowing is a common occurrence in the medical field. I believe it is valuable for a student to shadow another physician to see what life is like on the job before they decide to go into the medical...
Recently I read an article about the timeliness of patients getting the results of their laboratory tests http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2010/02/notify-patients-abnormal-test-results.html . This is a constant struggle in doctor's offices. We order tests/labs on a patient, give them a lab slip or test requistion and send the patient on their way with expectations that they will follow through. How do we know if the patient even went to have the test done? . What if the lab sends the results to the wrong office or doesn...
We went to Cornell University to drop our daughter off . It was a bittersweet time for our family. How can one have such joy and sorrow in one's heart all at the same time? Coming to a close is her childhood- a new chapter of adulthood is beginning . As we said a teary good-bye, driving off in the car - I couldn't help but think back on her years of growing up and our parenting and family life. Did we prepare her well enough for the road before her? Will she be able to withstand the pressures of the future...
I am reposting this so I can autopost this to my WellSpring Family Medicine Fan page on Facebook. Even in light of reading something like this : Medical students want to become primary care doctors, until reality hits http://bit.ly/8p3dq June 06, 2009 I STILL LOVE MY JOB! I get asked by many people if I like being a doctor, do I like my job, would I recommend this profession to their kids, if I had to do it over- would I do it again? I have pondered these questions this past year, especially...
Recently I was reading an article in the NY Times about Women at Risk: Women at Risk: Considering Bob Herbert's Column // medical blog Life in the United States is mind-bogglingly violent. But we should take particular notice of the staggering amounts of violence brought down on the nation’s women and girls each and every day for no other reason than who they are. They are attacked because they are female. A girl or woman somewhere in the U.S. is sexually assaulted every couple of minutes or so. The number...
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