February 2012
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BMJ article: Increasing numbers of "cash-strapped"... →
cranquis:
I’m really not sure about the reliability of the survey method… but at least those students are getting some early experience at getting screwed over by the sad financial state of healthcare reimbursement. :(
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WatchDogma Overturned: Women CAN make new eggs!
A study led by Jonathan Tilly of the Massachusetts General Hospital overturns the decades-long idea that women are born with all the eggs they will ever have. It reports that women of reproductive age carry ovarian stem cells, meaning that they can produce new eggs. Tilly’s team, which made a similar finding in mice in 2004, also discovered that...
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New MCAT format approved →
A few of you have asked about undergraduate coursework and majors as a pre-med. The new MCAT format has some major changes that may guide your choices.
1. The total time for the test will grow from 5.5 to 6.5 hours.
2. No more writing sample.
3. Added focus on health behavior, sociology and psychology.
Recommendations for pre-meds taking the new MCAT:
1. Take courses in psychology or...
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Rank list submitted!
Woo hoo! Now just the long, long wait til match day…..
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The Science of Ponytails? →
“Somehow,” Dr. Goldstein recalled, “a bunch of balding, middle-aged men sitting around a table came up with the idea that the ponytail was the embodiment of all this interesting physics.”
This can’t be all that is interesting in physics right now, really?
The crucial characteristics are elasticity, density and curliness, which essentially tell how springy a piece of hair is, plus the...
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10 Lessons Jeremy Lin Can Teach Us Before We Go To... →
Lin-sanity!!
I should also note that I predicted he’d be awesome this year, which is why I picked him for my fantasy team!!
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My first case report is finally published! →
And I have four + more to go! Kinda exciting.
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