The fight to end the demonization and negative stigma associated with individuals who suffer from mental illness is spreading fast. But what many people may not realize is that a debilitating stigma plagues the very professionals who diagnose and treat these mental illnesses as well. Although...
As a medical student, there is no way you haven’t heard about, discussed, studied, and pondered over the depth of knowledge provided by the world famous HeLa cell line. The story of just where these cells originated, and the huge benefit to medical science are both...
When exploring the history of of Emergency Medicine Residency Training, one word comes to mind - explosive! It’s almost unfathomable how far EM training has come in so little time - 65 years to be exact - and though it’s been a circumstantially fast-tracked journey, it’s...
The formal classification of diseases has been around for nearly two centuries, but this past October the most comprehensive revision yet was made. Unlike prior editions where only a couple hundred new codes were added to the system, the new ICD-10 boasts thousands more codes...
