Blood substitutes tied to higher risk of heart attack, death
The NIH is saying that experimental blood substitutes are linked to a higher risk of heart attack and death, and that human trials should be stopped immediately. I’ve been reading about the advent synthetic blood for the last decade, and it looks like we still [...]
Archive for April, 2008
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Posted in Articles You Must Read on April 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Female? Live in England? Like chocolate?
Posted in Articles You Must Read on April 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well now you can be paid to eat chocolate every day for an entire year! Read on…
LONDON, England (CNN) — Scientists in the UK are seeking 150 women to eat chocolate every day for a year in the cause of medical research.
The trial, at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, eastern England, will [...]
Online Pharmacies & the FDA
Posted in Med School on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve always been aware of the incredibly high cost of prescription drugs in the United States, but I’ve never really had to deal with it personally. I’ve been lucky enough not to have needed many drugs to stay healthy, apart from the occasional antibiotic.
Lately, however, as I’ve told more and more of my friends [...]
Best Winter in a Decade
Posted in Life Exists Outside Med School, Snowboard on April 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I was at Stowe, Vermont last Sunday for closing day. Snowboarding in late April on the east coast is insane! It was literally 65 degrees at the base…I saw skiers in shorts and t-shirts and more than one snowboarder riding shirtless. Only spring riding. =)
I’m thinking about heading out to [...]
Flu “Vaccine” Ineffective This Season
Posted in Articles You Must Read on April 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is one of the problems I have with the CDC calling it a flu “vaccine.” The word “vaccine” implies to most people that it will prevent them from acquiring the disease. Which leads many healthy adults age 18-45 to get their annual flu shot even though children and the elderly are the [...]
Dogs & Med School?
Posted in Med School on April 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Maybe it’s because I don’t have any siblings, but ever since I was really young, I’ve wanted a dog to take care of. But given the choice between a clean, unsoiled carpet and an animal running amok, my parents never did let me get a dog of my own. It’s not like my [...]
Love-struck hacker proposes using ‘Bejeweled’
Posted in Articles You Must Read on April 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My friend’s sister is the girl in this CNN news article:
JERSEY CITY, New Jersey (AP) — Hiding a ring in a bouquet just wasn’t enough when a computer programmer decided to pop the question.
At Bernie Peng and Tammy Li’s wedding, guests will receive copies of “Bejeweled.”
Bernie Peng reprogrammed Tammy Li’s favorite video game, “Bejeweled,” so [...]
R&B
Posted in Life Exists Outside Med School on April 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
CPW parties always bring me back. I make it a point to involve myself in prefrosh weekend events, if only to get some perspective on myself. Seeing all these soon-to-be college freshmen reminds me of who I was when I was a high and mighty lowly high school senior – wide-eyed, self-conscious, and [...]
The Benjamin Mendelsohn Incident
Posted in Articles You Must Read, Med School on April 12, 2008 | 10 Comments »
I’ve been writing about this a lot over at SDN, but over the past few days a major scandal has broken out of Gainesville, FL. Dean Bruce Kone of the University of Florida College of Medicine recently admitted an applicant into the class of 2012 who had never taken the MCAT and did not [...]
Inaugural
Posted in Funnies on April 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I started this blog to chronicle my life as a med student. But I might as well start with the very thing that drove me to start blogging:
