Election Anxiety and You: A Brief Breakdown of the Public Mental Health Anomaly
In Phoenix, the close of summer is normally a time to be celebrated. However, this year as temperatures begin to fall and the promise…
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“No, I’m Not in Medical School To Become a Nurse”…and More: The Experience of Female-Identifying Students in Medicine
Our daily innocent interactions with patients and their families can be harsh reminders of how we are perceived from outside the medical institution. At…
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Willy, Our PA
“Our own group has been a little off this morning; we’re missing Willy, our PA.” That was Dr. Crepeau’s response to my blubbering, slightly…
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For the Dogs: LOY-001 and the Potential Future of Anti-Aging Medicine
At its core, the purpose of medicine is to improve, and oftentimes extend, life through the diagnosis and treatment of disease. The logic to…
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“The Operating Table is Not Paired with da Vinci”
Leonardo da Vinci is renowned as an artist, scientist, and inventor–a true Renaissance man. Famously known for painting works such as The Mona Lisa…
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Fighting Weight Stigma Through Weight-Inclusive Medicine: A Conversation With Dr. Erica Wadas, UACOM-P Class of 2015
UACOM-P alum Dr. Erica Wadas is an Internal Medicine physician and private practice owner. In this interview, she reflects on practicing weight-inclusive medicine in…
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A Brief Look into the History of Medical Student Global Activism and Our Silence Today
“A man should share the action and passion of his time at peril of being judged not to have lived.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes…
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Go Hide (In the Patient’s Room)
Even a whole month of transitions cannot prepare one for the onslaught of information and experience that is gained when the medical student finally…
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The Walking Dead
“Fairy tale“, Taras Shevchenko, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons “To tell you straight doc, I’ve come to accept that everyone dies. Everyone dies at…
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Supplements: Score or Scam?
I enjoy working out. And as many 20-something year old males who frequent the gym, I use creatine, a dietary supplement powder of a…
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