Just got done listening to a lecture about the FDA process of drug approval. This comic was included in the lecture. This rat lived, but I wonder how many had to die to develop the miracle drug. Moral of the story is that drug development takes a long time and is very expensive. The FDA [...]

I think I found this on the Student Doctor Network forums awhile back. Maybe I’m strange, but I found this quite funny. tripod – I’m pretty hardcore but this is the best way to practice. Sit down on a chair and take some 1% lidocaine and inject it into your thigh. Then take a #15 [...]

This summer I had the opportunity to participate in a research project at the Medical College of Wisconsin. The project that I worked on was called the Hypertonic Saline Study (HSS). It is part of the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium. (NIH News: New Federally Funded Research Program Aims to Improve Survival from Cardiac Arrest and Severe [...]

I’ve been wanting to start a cycling club for the Medical College of Wisconsin since the summer. Wisconsin has some terrific road biking, but, I’m afraid, not too many people know this. They think of Wisconsin as just a flat state. And in comparison to some of the western states it is. However, during the [...]