December 2010
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Dec 24th
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Dec 24th
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“The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he’s one who asks the...”
– Claude Lévi-Strauss (via scienceisbeauty)
Dec 22nd
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Christoph Niemann strikes again
LOVE it. http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/
Dec 20th
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Dec 20th
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Dec 19th
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“I don’t care who you love, if you love this country enough to risk your...”
– My senator, Ron Wyden (D-OR).
Dec 19th
“You poor med students should just drink Everclear, you get more bang for the...”
– Older, Southern anesthesiologist leading our “taking a social and family history” small group today. He also announced (in between telling stories and hoarding all our snacks because his wife doesn’t let him eat junk food) that he brewed two batches of beer last weekend and if we...
Dec 16th
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Dec 15th
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WatchWatch
vogue: BEHIND THE SCENES: Natalie Portman’s Vogue Photoshoot #1 girl crush. must see this movie over break. which, by the way, begins in 71 hours and 45 minutes… 
Dec 14th
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LA Times: The McVictim Syndrome Could Kill Us →
Interesting op-ed from the LA Times arguing that we’re in danger of blaming obesity on everything but our own choices, and that such a philosophy (and subsequent reliance on solely policy to solve the problem) is an easy scapegoat. I agree, but only to an extent. Yes, weight gain is as simple as [calories ingested] » [calories burned], and with the exception of babies and small...
Dec 13th
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New Rapid TB Test Endorsed by WHO →
publicradiointernational: pocketglobalhealth: Tuberculosis is a difficult disease to diagnose, relying on subjective analysis of stains or a prolonged wait for a culture & sensitivity.  Even a series of negative results does not completely rule out the disease. A new rapid diagnostic method, based on DNA analysis, has recently been endorsed as a global health tool to fight the disease. ...
Dec 13th
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i swear i'm not doogie howser.
At 22 (almost 22.5, thankyouverymuch), I am one of the youngest first-years here. Having skipped a grade when I hit my academic peak in the mid-1990s, being the wee one is hardly a new experience: I was the last one to get my driver’s license, my 18th birthday party (“V-Leegal”) was epic solely because it was so late, and I could never legally drink in college. Having only taken...
Dec 13th
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Dec 13th
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Dec 12th
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Medical Illustrations as Art →
I’m just far enough removed from memorizing these drawings inside and out during anatomy class to think this is awesome. Netter FTW!
Dec 12th
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Dec 12th
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GIE Memorial
Gross anatomy has come and gone, but last Friday the medical, dental, and allied health students revisited that formative experience and held a memorial service for the 31 donors and their loved ones. I’m not sure if every medical school has such a ceremony, but I really appreciated going back to formally recognize and thank the individuals who gave an invaluable gift to medical education. ...
Dec 10th
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NYT: 'Science' Is Cut from Anthropology Group's... →
Well, that’s awkward; the American Anthropological Association kind of just delegitimized my college major (I was an anthro major with a concentration in human biology). I’ve gotta run to my peds preceptorship so don’t really have time for a dissertation on the evolution of the discipline of anthropology (it’s actually quite interesting though), but this is an unfortunate...
Dec 9th
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Public Health: New Meningitis Vaccine Brings Hope... →
pubhealth: By CELIA W. DUGGER The New York Times JOHANNESBURG — For over a century, epidemics of bacterial meningitis have swept across Africa, arriving with the dry harmattan winds to kill with terrifying speed. But on Monday, a drive starts to inoculate tens of millions of West Africans with a new…
Dec 6th
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Dec 3rd
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Dec 2nd
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ABC News: AIDS Activist Brryan Jackson, Injected... →
My most fulfilling college experience was, by far, my involvement with Northwestern University Dance Marathon for four years. I served on the executive board my senior year, where we raised $917,834 for Project Kindle, an organization that provides cost-free camping programs, advocacy, and other support services for families affected by HIV/AIDS.  Brryan was one of the many incredible Project...
Dec 2nd