A review series on various subjects/topics/lectures we've gone over in med school.
Feb 23
Happy Monday, and welcome to Medical Mondays! While we’re still in American Heart Month, I figured I’d use my last Monday in February to talk about dyslipidemia! Also known as high levels of fat in your blood, which is most commonly correlated with high cholesterol.
Why do we care so much about cholesterol anyway, and …
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Feb 16
Hello, and welcome to Medical Mondays! This week’s topic is less on the super nitty-gritty science, and more focused on what they (don’t ask me who “they” is) call “soft sciences.”
Just to preface, I’m currently rotating in an inpatient psych unit that mostly deals with drug/alcohol detox and suicidal ideations/attempts. I feel horrible for …
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Feb 09
Hi everyone, and welcome to Medical Mondays!
I’m super excited about this one–not just because I love food/it’s an extremely important subject, but also because it’s the first time I’ve ever had anyone guest-post on my blog! :O
Med school unfortunately didn’t teach me as much as I would’ve liked in …
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Feb 02
Happy Monday, and welcome to Medical Mondays!
February is American Heart Month, so I thought I’d start off with Hypertension!
…and since hypertension (HTN) is such an important topic (one of the “big 3!”), it’s getting two posts! :O Today’s post will focus more on the diagnosis, risk factors, and screening, …
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Jan 26
Happy Monday, and welcome to Medical Mondays!
January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, so I figured it might be a good idea to cover this topic!
Cervical cancer is the third most common gynecologic cancer diagnosis and cause of death among gynecologic cancers in the U.S.
Although it has a lower …
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