May the Slap Chop save us all. As medical science progresses, it not only answers questions but generates even more. Listener Tyler pointed out a study (now on hold) that proposes to withhold the current standard of care for victims of penetrating trauma to try something else, and he wondered what we thought ... Read more
The Short Coat Podcast
Updated June 24, 2022 by The Short Coat Podcast
Dr. Samir Guglani (MBBS, MRCP, FRCR) is a consultant clinical oncologist and a writer. He is also the founder, director, and curator of Medicine Unboxed, an annual event which uses the arts to engage health ... Read more
Gloria Onwuneme
Updated June 25, 2022 by Gloria Onwuneme
Ding. The ring of a bell emanates from invisible speakers overhead, and the pre-med waltz begins. Immediately, a hallway of med school hopefuls grab the laminated neon sheets hanging on the doors in front of ... Read more
Emanuel Grant
Updated June 26, 2022 by Emanuel Grant
“It is our obligation to remove the biases that stand in the way of good medicine. We need to assure no consideration of economic self-interest will prevent us from giving our patients the safest, most ... Read more
Brent Schnipke
Updated March 16, 2019 by Brent Schnipke
Reposted from here with permission. The circumstances under which Jane and I met were less than ideal. That day, I had already seen a family of maggots making a happy living in someone’s foot and been chastised ... Read more
Sean Sanker
Updated August 23, 2022 by Sean Sanker
To make a goal of comfort or happiness has never appealed to me; a system of ethics built on this basis would be sufficient only for a herd of cattle. -Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955) I ... Read more
Jeremiah Fleenor
Updated June 27, 2022 by Jeremiah Fleenor