The Advent of Commercial Space Travel
When the Wright Brothers first achieved motorized flight in 1903, the response to their achievement was lackluster. In fact, when propositioned for contracts regarding…
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Is There a Doctor On Board?
“Is there a doctor on board? We have a medical emergency in row 12.” Your heart skips a beat as you look up from…
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Arizona’s New Anti-Abortion Law
In late April Governor Dough Ducey signed Senate Bill (SB) 1457, an expansive anti-abortion bill with a plethora of mandates impacting both patients and…
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The Hardest Pill to Swallow
Kneeling on the ruthlessly cold, travertine bathroom floor, lights off, abdominal muscles convulsing, lungs heaving, and hands holding her hair back as she purges…
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The Things We Carry
As medical students and future physicians, we are granted permission to witness some of the most intimate and vulnerable moments of our patients’ lives….
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Remembering Keenan McNamara
Our world lost the brightest of lights on October 16, 2021 when Keenan Clark McNamara, 29, passed away. Keenan was a special soul on…
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Día de los Muertos at UACOMP
From October 11th through November 3rd, the Latino Medical Students Association (LMSA), the Office of Student Affairs, and Marketing & Communications set up an…
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The State of Emergency
There are a number of inevitabilities in life. Death, billionaires avoiding taxes, and people asking med students what specialty they want to go into….
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Death With Dignity
On November 1st 2014, Brittany Maynard ended her life at her home in Oregon, surrounded by friends and loved ones, by taking a lethal…
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Exploring the Anti-Vax Perspective on the MMR Vaccine
Vaccines are among the most important inventions in medical history, having effectively eliminated conditions that caused innumerable deaths. In fact, vaccines are so important…
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