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Day in the Life: Allergy/Immunology

One of my closest friends is allergic to almost the entire world, so I figured this would be an interesting rotation, and if I learned anything that could be beneficial to her, I could pass it along!

I’d also read in the evals that he taught billing/coding, which would be monumentally …

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This I Believe

Happy Monday, and welcome to Medical Mondays! The first of my residency interviews takes place next week, so the past few days have been filled with introspection.

I recently dug up my research paper from grad school to refresh my mind on it, and it’s been such a long time (or at least, …

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The Cost of Applying for Residency

Happy Monday, and welcome to Medical Mondays! Since I covered how much the cost of a year of medical school was a couple weeks ago, I figured I’d follow up with what I’m currently also working on–applying for residency programs! If you’ve ever wondered how much that costs…keep on …

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Day in the Life: Orthopedic Surgery

Forgive me if it’s just because of the stereotype I’ve always heard, but I don’t think the typical orthopedic surgeon would sit with his patients for 45+ minutes to counsel them on how to clean up their eating habits, suggest healthy dietary substitutions, and examples of a daily meal plan, etc…on top of all …

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Major Depressive Disorder

Happy Monday, and welcome to Medical Mondays! Since this week is National Suicide Prevention Week, with World Suicide Prevention Day in 3 days (September 10), this week’s topic is on Major Depressive Disorder.

Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a mood disorder that’s characterized by recurrent episodes of sadness, anhedonia (loss of interest in …

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