By Anthony Tolisano
Faculty Peer Reviewed
The sunlight forces its way into your eyes, stabbing at your cortex. Suddenly, a wave of nausea and diarrhea grips your stomach, threatening …
Category: Class Act
Clinical Correlations
The Stories My Senses Tell Me
May 20, 2011
By David Ellenberg
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Mr. A is a 91 year old male with a history of hypertension and two myocardial infarctions. He presented with shortness of breath and worsening lower extremity swelling and was subsequently …
Warning: Drinking Cola May Be Dangerous To Your Health
May 11, 2011
By Jessica Leifer
Faculty Peer Reviewed
As a new third year medical student excited to finally be seeing my own patients and still looking for my style as an interviewer, I …
Educating Patients About Sun Exposure
March 23, 2011
By Courtney Maxey
Faculty Peer Reviewed
At this point it seems that the general public is aware of the relationship between exposure to the sun and skin cancer. It is troubling, …
Twisted Translation: Using Friends and Family Members As Medical Interpreters
March 18, 2011
By Nina Sainath, Class of 2011
Faculty Peer Reviewed
According to the latest US Census Bureau report analyzing the use of languages in …
The Myth of the Helminth: Can Worms be the Next Therapeutic Breakthrough for IBD Patients?
March 16, 2011
By Michael Guss, Class of 2012
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Helminths–parasitic worms that have co-evolved with humans and colonized our gastrointestinal (GI) tract for millennia–have developed the ability to modulate our inflammatory …
Culturally Competent Care: Primary and Preventive Health Care for Lesbian and Bisexual Women
March 2, 2011
By Elizabeth P. Gurney, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
In the United States, population-based studies estimate that 1-4% of women self-identify as lesbian or bisexual and 4-17% have had same-gender sexual activity …
Ramadan, Fasting, and Diabetes
February 25, 2011
By Sana Shah, Class of 2011
Faculty Peer Reviewed
The Islamic faith is characterized by five central pillars: the public declaration of …