10 HEALTHY EATING HABITS FOR MED STUDENTS The average medical student is often pressed for time, under a lot of stress and eating on the go. With the pandemic moving classes online, this has made the stress even worse. You may find it difficult to avoid bad habits like skipping meals or frequently visiting fast…
TAKING CARE OF THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING OF KIDS Pediatrics is the specialty of medicine that focuses on the comprehensive care of children—beginning from birth and continuing through the adolescent years. Yes, kids are cute, innocent, and fun and most will get better. But children also rarely explain their symptoms, know several ways to…
ODD CAN BE SUCCESSFULLY TREATED IN PRIMARY CARE A 2018 case report in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology and Psychiatry suggests that Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), a diagnosis which is increasing in developed setting, can be treated in primary care settings. As the incidence of ODD continues to grow, non-specialist mental health providers, particularly those…
EARLY RESULTS SHOW NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT A July 2021 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association has explored the question of whether oral azithromycin can be used to reduce the symptoms of COVID in outpatients. Outpatients refer to those individuals who are sick, but who are not admitted to the hospital for treatment.…
WHAT MEDICAL SPECIALTIES ARE MOST IN DEMAND FOR 2021? Physician shortages are nothing new. Globally there is a growing demand for highly trained physicians to meet patient needs. Medical students often wonder whether the specialty they dream of is in demand, or in other words, will they have their choice of locations and jobs once…
THE ROLE OF PSILOCYBIN IN DEPRESSION A 2021 study conducted at Yale University indicates that psilocybin, a psychedelic compound found in magic mushrooms, has the ability to prompt neural plasticity and remodeling of the neurons in the brain resulting in immediate increase in the number of neural connections in the frontal pyramidal cortical cells in…