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Medical Uncertainties - 22 Mar 2008
“Ten years? Thats alot..”
“Not really…its not like I’m skipping those ten years of my life or anything..”
Thats how the conversation with my parents started out a few nights ago, as I declared my final college choice and ‘career path’ to them, and yes it was medicine and yep so far it is to become a […]
Snow in Spring!? - 08 Mar 2008
Snow in March!?? Whats happening, global warming or climate changes or is it that theory from 10 years ago.. El Nino? Okay, so for some people this may not be the most amazing phenomenon but the region of the of the country I currently reside in has not seen snow for years and to […]
Read Full Post »Server Change - 06 Mar 2008
About two weeks ago I decided I should update the theme on Medilogy and add a few more plugins. I tried out a new FTP program and began to upload files to update Wordpress, and the transfer stopped in the middle, and thats when I knew I was in for a problem. Half of the […]
Read Full Post »Gecko Inspired Bandage for Surgeries - 21 Feb 2008
Recently a team led by MIT Professor Robert Langer and Jeff Karp, created an adhesive tape that could become an important tool for surgeons in the near future. The tape could serve as a replacement for staples or sutures in surgical processes as it is both biodegradable and can stick in wet environments without to […]
Read Full Post »The Youngest Mother - 18 Dec 2007
The youngest mother, how old could you expect her to be? Ten, Eleven, or Twelve? Those were the ages that first came across my head as I began to read about five-year-old Lina Medina, who gave birth to a 6 lb child at the Andean village of Ticrapo in 1939. It was a […]
Read Full Post »Operation Successful - 06 Nov 2007
I feel so releived to know that Lakshmi’s operation has gone successful. I posted about it just recently here. Lakshmi was suffering from a parasitic twin that was attached to her from birth, giving her four arms and four legs along with numerous other problems including spinal problems. Just a matter of minutes […]
Read Full Post »Thirty Doctors, Forty hours, and a young girl, lets hope for the best - 06 Nov 2007
Just today I was watching the news and across the bottom I read about a surgery taking place in India composed of a team of 30 doctors. The surgery will be approximately 40 hours long and the patient is and her condition is what left me with a feeling I can’t describe. It […]
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