I’ve finished my surgical rotation and I’m currently doing a month of outpatient medicine. This means being in the clinic, doing prototypical doctor visits. It’s spread across a variety different areas, with a lot of general medicine, some urgent care, arthritis clinic, endocrine clinic, renal clinic, etc. However, one of the common threads is obesity. […]
How One Drug Caused a Rabies Epidemic
Everything in our world is interconnected in very complex and sometimes fragile ways. In the arthritis clinic, one drug that comes up is diclofenac (2-(2,6-dichloranilino) phenyl acetic acid). It’s a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory. It works to inhibit the COX enzyme, but also seems to have some anti-bacterial properties as well. It’s a great medication, and it helps a […]
The Health Effects of Moderate Consumption of Alcohol
For hundreds if not thousands of years, humans have had a complicated relationship with alcohol. It has served as religious and cultural institution in many societies. For example, in current university culture, alcohol plays an enormous role in social norms. At the same time, alcohol’s health effects are equally enormous. According to one study 12.5% […]
