When I was a medical student, we had to practice drawing blood on our lab partners. I remember the first day we did it. One guy fainted as h... [...]
Four years ago, I wrote a post called "Hints for new residents." Among my 15 tips was this: "Read, read, read. This isnt like... [...]
A Kentucky appeals court ruled that a surgeon was not responsible for a burn caused by an instrument that had been removed from an autoclave... [...]
A female high school student asks about pathology, surgery, and medicine in general. [Email edited for length.] See if you agree with my ans... [...]
I did not attend St. Georges, Ross, or Saba. I chose my school because it has a premed program which leads to an MD program. My USMLE Scores... [...]
Dr. Eric Topol is a cardiologist, author, editor-in-chief of Medscape, and genomics professor. In 2009, he was named one of the 12 Rock Star... [...]
Although, uncommon, bleeding after surgery is the most common potential post-operative complication. To minimize the chances of this occurri... [...]
A young man writes I am thinking about pursuing medicine as a career. However, it is not something that I am entirely sure of because of the... [...]
