Tag: health

What Is Osteopathic Medicine?

Happy Monday, and welcome to Medical Mondays!

I’m going to talk about what I’m currently studying today, aka: what the hecks is osteopathic medicine anyway?

With the most recent ruling of a single accreditation system between the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), there are …

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Move, Nourish, Believe

This week’s [optional] theme for the Fit Dish link up (hosted by Jill Conyers @ JillConyers.com, & Jessica Joy @ TheFitSwitch.org) is on…how I move, nourish & believe.

Honestly, I wasn’t entirely sure where to proceed with this one, but…as some of you may know, I’m Continue reading

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Kicking Unhealthy Thinking Habits

Happy Monday, and welcome to Medical Mondays!  Since I’m still in psych and sitting in on group therapy sessions whenever my preceptor ditches me, I figured I’d share another one of them with you! (There’s a light at the end of the tunnel though! I have a new preceptor for the …

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Dyslipidemia

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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Letting Go of Past Grievances

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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