It's that time of life where I must look deep into my soul and decide what I want to do with my life.  Yes, it's time for me to decide on a medical specialty.  More specifically, it's time for me to decide what kind of residency program to pursue; the decision of whether to subspecialize within that specialty can be made later.  But switching from ( Read more... )

There are 168 hours in a seven-day week.  This week I will be spending no more than 67 of them outside the hospital.

( Women's health part 2: Osteoporosis and Breast Cancer screening )

You heard right...in honor of Senator McCain's historic VP choice (okay, not really for that reason), I have decided to split the Women's Health posts into two parts.  The first will be about UTI's, vaginal infections, and cervical cancer screening, while the next will be about osteoporosis and breast cancer screening, issues facing the older ( Read more... )

When most people say "Diabetes," they mean "Diabetes mellitus type 2," which is a different disease than Diabetes mellitus type 1 and diabetes insipidus.  I will be talking about Diabetes mellitus type 2 here, since it is the most prevalent and poses the largest threat to American adults.   I will also call it DM2, for simplicity.

Simply put, DM2 is ( Read more... )

( Chapter III: Sore Throat and Sniffles )

( Chapter II: Blood Pressure )

Hello, dear readers ( Read more... )

you may think that studying from 8am-10pm (with three hours of scheduled break time for lunch/gym/dinner) seven days a week for four weeks would, to use the colloquial term, suck a lot.

you would be right.

I'm breaking a long silence. But this is sort of worth it. I'm voting tomorrow. Why is this such a big deal? I generally try to make it a point to vote, even if I'm not that great at keeping up with issues. (Fun fact: I've voted in three different states in the last three years (California was absentee), which probably means my residence has ( Read more... )