Monthly Archives: June 2006

evil pollen is pretty?

Posted on 2006/06/14 by mylifemypace

I hate pollen. It makes me suffer needlessly come springtime. But it sure looks pretty and innocuous under scanning electron microscopy. Why, Pollen, why must you torture me so? Check out this SEM of pollen here as well as other neat-o … Continue reading →

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ddr: it’s good for your health

Posted on 2006/06/13 by mylifemypace

Or at least that’s what physical educators in West Virginia think. After a successful pilot program, all public schools in West Virginia will be implementing a Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) program in their PE classes. Dance Dance Revolution is a video … Continue reading →

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grand rounds 2.38

Posted on 2006/06/13 by mylifemypace

Don’t forget to check out this week’s Grand Rounds at The Haversian Canal.

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they should just add prozac to the drinking water supply

Posted on 2006/06/12 by mylifemypace

I stumbled upon this article today that discusses further implications of intermittent explosive disorder, including that it’s treated with Prozac. Let’s just add this disorder to the long list of psychiatric disorders treated with Prozac. How convenient for pharmaceutical companies! Who … Continue reading →

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failure to communicate (season 2, episode 10)

Posted on 2006/06/11 by mylifemypace

STACY: If I thought you were capable of listening, I’d shut up. HOUSE: That makes no sense at all. CT… that’s like, short for MRI, right? Excellent, well I guess that saves us a lot of time. I teach you … Continue reading →

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wait for me!

Posted on 2006/06/10 by mylifemypace

So my former classmates, the class of 2006, graduated today. These people, who I met four years ago, a good half of whom I thought I would never want as my doctor, are now doctors (and I probably still don’t … Continue reading →

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it’s not my fault i never learned anger management—it’s a medical disorder

Posted on 2006/06/09 by mylifemypace

That’s what they’re calling intermittent explosive disorder (IED), which is defined as at least three incidents of anger attacks in which physical harm was done to other people or property. Supposedly, this disorder could affect up to 16 million Americans, explaining … Continue reading →

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inspirational music for the graduate student 1.1

Posted on 2006/06/08 by mylifemypace

As promised, here is the next category in our inspirational music series. To be quite honest, no songs really instantly pop into mind when I think of my life as a grad student (unlike when I think of life as … Continue reading →

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a (standardized) patient encounter

Posted on 2006/06/07 by mylifemypace

During our first year of medical school, we were required to take a physical exam and diagnosis class, otherwise known as let’s-teach-you-how-to-be-doctors-even-though-you-know-nothing class. Every week, one of us would interview and examine a standardized patient. Lucky me was assigned to … Continue reading →

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no wonder i’m so close-minded

Posted on 2006/06/06 by mylifemypace

Because I don’t drink coffee. Or tea, or really any other caffeinated beverage except for the occasional Cherry Coke/Cherry Pepsi (yum!). According to this article, consuming caffeine makes a person more easily convinced by arguments that go against their beliefs by … Continue reading →

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