10 HEALTHY EATING HABITS FOR MED STUDENTS The average medical student is often pressed for time, under a lot of stress and eating on the go. With the pandemic moving classes online, this has made the stress even worse. You may find it difficult to avoid bad habits like skipping meals or frequently visiting fast…
ODD CAN BE SUCCESSFULLY TREATED IN PRIMARY CARE A 2018 case report in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology and Psychiatry suggests that Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), a diagnosis which is increasing in developed setting, can be treated in primary care settings. As the incidence of ODD continues to grow, non-specialist mental health providers, particularly those…
EARLY RESULTS SHOW NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT A July 2021 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association has explored the question of whether oral azithromycin can be used to reduce the symptoms of COVID in outpatients. Outpatients refer to those individuals who are sick, but who are not admitted to the hospital for treatment.…
CAN A NETI POT GIVE YOU A BRAIN-EATING AMOEBA? A woman in Seattle acquired a rare and fatal brain-eating amoeba infection, which may have been due to improper use of a neti pot. The 69-year-old woman had been using a neti pot to rinse her sinuses, but filled it with nonsterile tap water instead of…
LOVE AND MEDICINE IN RESIDENCY For those that subscribe to the belief that love conquers all, you will be happy to know that love can even triumph over the dreaded residency Match. During 4 years of education, medical students who are single often have more on their minds than memorizing drugs and bugs and reading…
He’s got a collapsed lung! Call the helicopter! The patient was a 15-year-old male who was having difficulty breathing. We were in the backcountry of Idaho on a Memorial Day weekend, and a long way from a hospital. I was a volunteer paramedic with a small ambulance company that covered an area the size of…