The cost of medical care

The day after I went to the OR for the first time, I was back in the hospital, but for a different reason. My significant other had woken in the middle of the night to unbearable pain. I started out of bed and rushed to put clothes on, and within minutes we were [...]

Biochem fail.

As if my biochem class weren’t bad enough (it is the bane of my existence at the moment), I have to come home to find that some Smartass McPremed has made an asinine post over at SDN about the topic.
Kill me.  At least the premed gods smiled upon me: the person who wrote this was [...]

Pagers and Facial Hair

How many cell phones do you own?  One?  While my answer is 1 and I would argue that you are weird if you have more than that, it isn’t unheard of to find someone that has more than one mobile phone.  A few of my friends’ fathers have separate phones for work (think Nextel).  A [...]

Insurance doesn’t want you to hear this, or anything

Without mincing my words, let me ask this:  Why doesn’t health insurance cover hearing aids?
I just found out from the doctor for whom I work, that families are often denied coverage for their children’s hearing needs.  Considering that a single hearing aid can cost upwards of $1,000, I find that pretty outrageous.  Being fitted with [...]

Killer pen caps

I just got back from grand rounds.  Let’s be honest, there’s only so much I can learn from these talks, since I don’t know the underlying medicine behind them, but I go all the same.  If nothing else, it’s interesting to see a part of medicine that is otherwise reserved for medical students, residents, and [...]