Obamacare: What You Should Know
By: Muaaz Masood According to a U.S. Census Bureau report, 15 percent of Americans, or about 48 million people, did not have health insurance coverage in 2012. Many people, including
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Emergency Care Abuse
By: Bethany Watson Over 120 million Americans visit the emergency room every year. Surprisingly, only 13.3 percent of these individuals are admitted to the hospital, and only about 40 million
Read morePre-med Survival Guide
By: Natalie Dixon In 2008, only 45.6 percent of medical school applicants were accepted into at least one school. Although most laymen know how rigorous medical school curriculum, many people
Read moreThe Truth About Neurogenesis
By: Sheila Bhavsar Exactly how the brain works is still a mystery and there is much to discover. Fortunately, a large amount has been learned about the brain in the
Read moreFact vs. Fiction: Busting Common Medical Myths
By: Ahmed Mahmood In this day and age, it seems like everything we do, eat, or drink is either a cure for cancer or it’s slowly killing us. We all
Read moreDitch What’s Miserable and Find What Makes You Come Alive
By: Mugdha Joshi Being the high achievers and go-do-ers that most pre-med students are, many start their undergraduate experience with a checklist of what MUST be accomplished before their medical
Read moreTaking the Drama out of Medicine
By: Ronke Olowojesiku A look into the misconceptions of medical professions in some of TV’s biggest shows While taking a break from studying for that big test, we choose to unwind
Read moreReflexology- Nothing more than a money-making placebo
By: Cathrina Nauth Pull up a chair, sit back, relax and enjoy a therapeutic foot massage. And while you’re at it, don’t worry about those health problems your doctor told
Read moreModern Day Myth-busting: What is the BRAIN Initiative?
By: Emily Myers Almost everyone knows somebody who has had a relative affected by some brain disease or injury. Thanksgiving Day of 2012, my otherwise healthy grandmother collapsed unexpectedly. We
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