Med Student Wins Award for ‘Best Suture Scissor-Cutting Technique’
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Anna Sturgeon is this year's recipient of the prestigious award for "Best Suture Scissor-Cutting Technique." She narrowly beat another top...
Glycolysis & Other Medical Terms That’ll Get You Laid Tonight
Health care professionals are notoriously sleep-deprived, irritable, and unsexy creatures who roam the hospital floors. It is no wonder that these people, who have...
July Intern Really Excited to Cause His Very First Pneumothorax
ATLANTA, GA - Sometimes getting thrown into the fire is the best way to learn. At least that's what July intern Timothy McDuffy thinks....
FDA approves first novel drug to treat medical burnout
TWISP, WA - The US Food and Drug Administration today approved Peaceaudi (Idongivafumab) injection for intravenous use for the treatment of medical burnout.
“Medical burnout...
Med Student Given Important Task: Find Out What’s on Today’s Menu
NASHVILLE, TN - Instructed by her team that the task she was being given was of the utmost importance, third-year Vanderbilt University medical student...
Negligent Neurologist Tests Reflexes with Regular Hammer
PHILADELPHIA, PA - A malpractice suit probably isn't very far around the corner for neurologist Brady Callahan, who attempted to elicit deep-tendon reflexes from...
University of Phoenix to Start Online M.D. Degree Program
PHOENIX, AZ - Officials at the wildly popular University of Phoenix have announced their newest online learning program for obtaining the Doctor of Medicine...
Thanksgiving Miracle: Medical Student Bovies Family Turkey, Remembers to Suction Smoke
Arlington, Virginia -- This Thanksgiving third year medical student at the University of Virginia and future general surgeon Tucker McMahon offered to carve the...
Internist Trampled to Death by Herd of Wild Zebras
ST. LOUIS, MO - Sad news today as a local internal medicine physician was trampled to death by a herd of wild zebras while...
Physical Exam Tips: The Abdomen
Two things are needed for a spectacular abdominal exam: luck and an abdomen. The following review focuses on different aspects of the abdominal exam,...