Do Traumatic Brain Injuries Induce Hypothalamic Pituitary Dysfunction in Children?
Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are a major public health burden in the US, if not an epidemic. At least 5.3 million Americans currently live…
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Atheism and Medicine
When I was asked to write this article, I initially declined. First of all, I wasn’t really sure what I would write about. A…
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Investigating the Clinical Course of Rattlesnake Bites Treated Without Antivenom
Rattlesnakes are a group of venomous snakes classified under the subfamily, Crotalidae [1]. They are characterized by their triangular head, heat-sensing pits, and rattles…
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May Ethical Question
A terminally ill patient is seen by a colleague in your group practice after hospitalization for pneumonia. The patient has metastatic cancer and COPD,…
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The Devil You Know or the Devil You Don’t: Ethical Viewpoints on Expanded Access Policies
With medical development increasing at a logarithmic rate, it seems as if we hear about new life-saving medical treatments every day. However, the lengthy…
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Faith and Medicine
If you are a student at UA COM-P, then you’ve navigated an aspect of our curriculum, Community Clinical Experience (CCE), designed to expose MS1s…
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IBM’s Watson in Medicine
In 2008, IBM developed its now iconic supercomputer Watson to play Jeopardy! against the show’s most successful duo, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. Boasting…
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CRISPR: The Scientific Breakthrough of 2015
CRISPR/Cas9 was recently named the scientific breakthrough of 2015 by the journal Science [1]. Said to be a revolutionary gene-editing technique, CRISPR/Cas9 has risen to…
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The Importance of Interdisciplinary Collaboration
It is no secret that interdisciplinary collaboration and healthcare teams are essential to providing quality patient care. Therefore, it is important to begin learning…
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Culture Clash
As the election year rages on, many people are learning that the United States is a diverse, multicultural nation. In the 2014 census, approximately…
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