In the year 1797, during an assault on the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife,…
Rupleen KaurNovember 21, 2017
The International Space Station (ISS) revolves around the earth at a height of 248 miles.…
Rupleen KaurJuly 28, 2017
Syndactyly is a condition that results in webbed fingers or toes. It is one of…
Rupleen KaurApril 2, 2017
The human genome is normally composed of the four nucleotides Adenine, Cytosine, Thymine, and Guanine (abbreviated A,…
Rupleen KaurApril 2, 2017
The practice of medicine is full of ethical issues and challenges. How should a medical…
Rupleen KaurJanuary 30, 2017
Every year, fresh faces entering medical school partake in the centuries-old rite of passage of…
Rupleen KaurJanuary 30, 2017
Medical malpractice lawsuits are fairly common nowadays. Most doctors expect to get sued at least…
Rupleen KaurDecember 20, 2016
You have successfully completed your first board examination. You are a third year med student, already…
Rupleen KaurDecember 20, 2016
When astronaut John Phillips looked down at the Earth from aboard the International Space Station…
Rupleen KaurNovember 29, 2016
There is no chapter in medical school textbooks that prepares students for delivering bad news or coping…
Rupleen KaurOctober 21, 2016
The central dogma of molecular biology explains that genetic information is first converted from DNA to RNA,…
Rupleen KaurOctober 21, 2016
Medicine is full of uncertainties. The medical decision-making process may often figuratively resemble a tree with…
Rupleen KaurAugust 23, 2016
On May 10th, a group of roughly 150 select scientists, lawyers and industry leaders met…
Rupleen KaurJuly 12, 2016
In 2016, a 32-year long study performed on more than 130,000 US health professionals found…
Rupleen KaurJune 8, 2016
Doctors today are becoming increasingly dependent on technology. It is not inherently a bad thing,…
Rupleen KaurFebruary 7, 2016
For a long time, clinical empathy was brushed aside as being far less important for…
Rupleen KaurDecember 25, 2015
Storytelling is a centuries old tradition, and it remains central to our lives even today.…
Rupleen KaurDecember 3, 2015
"High school is like a lawn sprinkler. College is like a garden hose. And medical…
Rupleen KaurDecember 1, 2015
