mvenus929's blog

As a (hopefully) future physician, I have taken an interest in a number of so called 'alternative' medicines, simply because I know that sometimes, conventional medicine doesn't cut it, for whatever reason.  Read More »

I am a big proponent for patients taking charge of their own health, becoming informed about their bodies rather than simply relying on authority figures to tell them what is going wrong. However, many people don't have the science background to really understand what is being told to them, and so they'll tend to rely on those authority figures regardless.  Read More »

It's been a while since I wrote something in this series, and this idea fell into my lap today. While at work today, we had some dilemmas regarding drawing the patients. As we were giving report to the next shift, the topic of refusing treatment came up. One of my coworkers said that as soon as someone says that they refuse to have their blood drawn, he leaves the room, no questions asked.  Read More »

As you may or may not know, at the end of May, we moved over to a new server. There are a host of advantages that come with this move, including more funding for other programs (since we don't have to pay nearly as much for the server), and a (hopefully) faster service.  Read More »

Your mother has been telling this to you since you were a little kid, taking revenge on the girl who stole your sucker by bopping her on the head. Or some variation of that reaction. It's still true today.  Read More »

Many of us will be applying to schools this upcoming school year. Of course, some have just completed this cycle and are preparing to go to whatever school they picked, and others are long out of school, but it seems like this time of year is just crazy.  Read More »

On May 13, 2008, a request to the patent office was granted. Well, I'm sure several requests were actually granted, but one had some long reaching implications that we are still looking at a year later. The BRCA-1 and BRCA-2 genes were patented on this day by Myriad Genetics.  Read More »

One of the side effects of not announcing that I'm not Christian is that people often don't think about it. I admit it, long ago, I didn't really think about it either. But, it makes for some rather uncomfortable circumstances.  Read More »