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Medicine Personal Growth Physician

Safe & Simple Strategies for Gloves, Face Masks, and Hand Washing

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April 30, 2020
Reading Time: 9 minutes Are You Using Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Correctly? Personal protective equipment (PPE) comes in many shapes and forms. Some items are unique and specialized to certain fields, while others are used for generic purpose. From the former category are beekeepers’ netted veil face masks and firefighters’ thermal-protective gear, both highly specialized. [1] Goggles (eye protection), […]
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“You Are Not Crazy, They Are”

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April 29, 2020
Reading Time: 4 minutes When considering mental illness and the way society views it, you must understand that this problem has been ongoing since the dawn of time. Over the last two or three decades, how it is dealt with has changed, but there remains a ton of room for improvement. What is “the norm?” Culture can be defined […]


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Artificial Intelligence Emerging Technology Medicine

Supercomputer Identifies 77 Compounds That Can Limit the Spread of COVID-19

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April 23, 2020
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Pandemic’s Rise As the world’s fight towards reducing the number of COVID-19 cases rages on, it is clear that the disease is spreading faster than initially anticipated. Thus, our need for a vaccine or a combination of drugs that can assist patients in their full recovery is more paramount. Researchers like Vincent et al. attempted to […]


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Medicine Physician Practice

Balancing Theory and Clinical Practice

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March 13, 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutes Navigating the Wards AND the Boards as a third-year medical student. Welcome to the Jungle  During medical school, one is constantly bombarded with information and statistics that are often irrelevant by the time graduation rolls around.  This phenomenon is very similar to social media literature in the sense that it seems to be outdated the […]


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Trials and Tribulations of Dating Medical Students

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March 4, 2020
Reading Time: 4 minutes This article is based on my personal experiences dating a medical student and what I have witnessed of other couples in similar situations. A few things I learned along the way: Every couple’s experience will be different. Medical school is packed with new daily problems, whether the student is single or has been married for […]


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Medicine Physician Practice

Managing Parents’ Reactions to Pediatric Encounters

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February 29, 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutes Insights from my experiences when dealing with the parents of pediatric patients. Intro Of the myriad of different challenges and new situations encountered by a third-year medical student, one of the most difficult for me so far has been seeing my first-time patients in physical or emotional pain. It is never easy to see another […]


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Artificial Intelligence Emerging Technology Medicine Physician

Physicians’ Perspective on Chatbots and Healthbots

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February 21, 2020
Reading Time: 7 minutes The positive and negative views that physicians have for chatbots in medicine. The development of chatbots is one of the most significant achievements of AI and machine learning. While several researchers have theorized the potential benefits of chatbots or healthbots, recent happenings in medical care show how they are making these theories a reality. Intro […]
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Artificial Intelligence Emerging Technology Medicine Physician

How Apple Inc. helps physicians monitor and treat patients

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February 14, 2020
Reading Time: 4 minutes Apple is getting more involved in healthcare. And they’re doing some pretty cool stuff for hospitals, doctors, and patients. Humans, from time immemorial, has always relied on tools for meeting his everyday needs. These tools serve essential purposes in assisting the human race with an extra push to make their world a better place. In […]
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Medicine Physician

The Fascinating Relationship That Kids Have With Pain

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February 7, 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutes My clinical experience and observations with pediatric pain and tolerance. If you’ve ever been around a child or an adolescent that is truly sick or in significant pain, you can attest to how difficult it is to handle.  As a medical student, I am not ashamed to say that I was not adequately prepared for […]
SOHAIL MERCHANT
Youngstown, Ohio

Medical Doctor (M.D.); Research Fellow at Lumen Foundation Artificial Intelligence Division

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