Category: Medical Mondays

Stroke Awareness

american stroke month

Happy Monday, and welcome to Medical Mondays! Since May is American Stroke Month, this week’s Medical Mondays is on Stroke Awareness!

Early detection is key, so I’ve made a handy little graphic here!

Learn how to recognize the signs + symptoms of a #stroke! #MedicalMondays #health #awareness

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Day in the Life: Pediatric Floor

Hello and welcome to another Medical Mondays! I have 4 weeks left of inpatient medicine before…(drumroll…) my vacation! (I’m so excited to see my friends and family again!)

I spent my last 4 weeks on the pediatric floor, and although I’ve done Pediatrics twice before during my med school rotations (once in …

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Bulimia Nervosa

Happy Monday, and welcome to Medical Mondays! February 23 to March 1 is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week here in the United States, so I’m going to talk about bulimia nervosa this week.

(Trigger warning!) As with anorexia nervosa, I’m only going to be going into the facts that …

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Day in the Life: Intensive Care Unit

Hello and welcome to another Medical Mondays! My first rotation for the new year was in the intensive care unit, which, truth be told, I had been absolutely dreading.

The ICU in the hospital I’m at is a closed unit (only we should be putting in orders) divided into two teams: Scarlet + …

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Tzu Chi Community Health

Happy Monday, and welcome to Medical Mondays!

I just came off an 80-hour work week (3 weeks down, 11 more to go!?) and spent my day off volunteering as a spotter/loader at a powerlifting meet in the area. (Guess who’s joining the Rutgers Powerlifting Team like she said she would!? ;P …

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