Discontinuity in Care
My resident tries fairly hard to take care of his patients. When he is with them, I catch him paying
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Nodding Along
My grandmother was a strong and compassionate Egyptian woman, a mother of three, and a pathologist. On a glass slide,
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#BoPo: Body positivity in the age of obesity
When I was younger, I loved watching the televised broadcasts of New York Fashion Week. I grew up in the
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Running Low and No Longer Running
I recently completed a rotation in endocrinology, and I learned valuable lessons about diabetes management in both the inpatient and
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Keeping Abreast of Lactation Laws
“Infant forced to go without milk, Mom says it’s not her fault.” This seems like the kind of terrifying headline
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Properly Unprepared
It was late afternoon, and the current nursing shift would be relieved in less than ninety minutes. The feeling of
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Nutrition 101
A 2011 Consumer Report found that 9 out of 10 Americans consider their diet healthy.5 People have become accustomed to
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Culture and Medicine
Culture binds together the building blocks of our identity. It defines the paths we choose to walk, the people we
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The Hypocritical Oath
Taking the Hippocratic Oath is a rite of passage. Before any physician enters Exam Room 1, he recites these words,
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