Doctors 3D-Print An Emergency Airway Tube To Save A Child’s Life
Doctors at the C.S. Mot Children’s Hospital 3D-Printed 100 tiny tubes and laser-stitched them together over a 20-month old baby boy’s trachea. The boy suffered from a severe version of tracheobronchomalacia, causing his bronchus to collapse. The material used for the airway will dissolve into the body in two to three years, which is the amount of time it takes for the trachea to remodel and grow into a healthy state.
http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/23/doctors-3d-print-an-emergency-airway-tube-to-save-a-childs-life/
Just amazing!
Pretty much sums up my life as a student.
The Medical Chronicles: Stressed Out?
Tap on your body’s acupressure points while repeating certain statements aloud, says Jessica Ortner, co-producer of The Tapping Solution, a documentary film that explores tapping.
Research shows that the Emotional Freedom Technique (a.k.a. EFT or tapping), a treatment which combines ancient…
A message from usne
I want to go to med school and I have to choose subjects for my 2 last years of school and I am definitely going to take the maximum amount of biology and chemistry. I was wondering if you need physics for medical school, because I still don't know wether or not I should take physics as well. I also have to decide between 3 hours or 5 hours of maths. Do you have any advice? Thank you so much in advance.
Hi Usne.
The only advice I can give when it comes majors has always been to do what you love. To prove a point, on my interview, my grades were of critical point. The doctor who interviewed me was a pathologist and, if my Microbiology and Parasitology grades were less than perfect, I doubt if he would’ve given me a thumbs up. It wasn’t my favorite subject and thank God I fared well, or things would’ve blown apart. Yes, schools look for diversity, but if you do love physics, then go right ahead. And remember, diversity doesn’t have to come from odd majors.
Here in the Philippines, the med schools require a certain amount of units in Physics and Math (and so on) so you should probably look into the requirements of the prospective med school you plan to apply to in the future, just so you know you’re not missing any subjects. As early as now, you should make a list of the schools you plan to go. Sometimes some med schools have different affinities for subjects, so make sure you’re aware of what they want.
I’ve read a few med student blogs here in tumblr to know enough that “med schools don’t really care what you major in”. They take both traditional minded folks and students with diversified majors equally. And if you think you need to balance your subjects out, grab some minors in non-science subjects or participate in some extracurriculars that are non-science related. I did debate and some English classes and it can help distinguish you from other applicants. Not that the ability to write poetry ups your chances, but it will make you easier to remember.
Science majors will burn you out faster, but when you get to med school, it will help things go a little smoother for you on your first year. There’s the trade off.
To sum it all up, major in whatever you wanna major in, finish those pre-med pre-reqs, and enjoy the rest of your undergrad years!
This is how I prepare for exams (Locomotor finals). I write TONS of stuff. Very tasking style of learning, but it works for me. I have not been as blessed as some others who have the supreme talent of a photographic memory (or well trained memory). Thus I have no choice but to make repetition my best friend.
Top: Left - In another life, I would have liked being a teacher/professor | Right- Calcitonin and PTH’s biochemical roles in bone development
Middle: Wreaking havoc in our living room. The study area in my bedroom gives me the ZZZs.
Bottom: All my fictional female MDs that inspire me. Do you know some of these faces?
The coagulation cascade of secondary hemostasis has two pathways which lead to fibrin formation. These are the contact activation pathway (also known as the intrinsic pathway), and the tissue factor pathway (also known as the extrinsic pathway).
Coagulation begins almost instantly after an injury to the blood vessel has damaged the endothelium lining the vessel. Exposure of the blood to proteins such as tissue factor initiates changes to blood platelets and the plasma protein fibrinogen, a clotting factor. Platelets immediately form a plug at the site of injury; this is called primary hemostasis. Secondary hemostasis occurs simultaneously: Proteins in the blood plasma, called coagulation factors or clotting factors, respond in a complex cascade to form fibrin strands, which strengthen the platelet plug.
Explore The Wellcome Collection’s 360-Degree Brain
This interactive tool (go check it out, it spins and zooms and enfoldulates on their website) is like having a brain in a jar on your shelf to study for anatomy class, but much less creepy and less likely to lead to a misunderstood monster roaming the streets of the local village and terrorizing the dreams of young people everywhere.
(ᔥWellcome Collection)
Also: Explore the brain’s beautiful connectome at Cocktail Party Physics!
For anyone who’s ever forgotten something or someone they wish they could remember, a bit of solace: Though the memory is hidden from your conscious mind, it might not be gone.
(via goldenfiddle)
Today I produced an interactive flash piece to show different layers of the anatomy. I can’t upload the swf to tumblr, so click on the image above or the link below to go to my website and see :) (give it a few seconds to load.. I haven’t got round to putting a pre-load screen on yet). My favourite bit is the heart.
Areas of localization on the outer surface of hemisphere of the human brain
Motor area in red, Area of general sensations in blue, Auditory area in green, and Visual area in yellow. The dotted regions represent the psychic portions of the respective areas.
