#MEDICAL

Aspiring POC graduate students are taught that the NSF GRFP is the great equalizer and gives weight to outreach and activism. However, I have watched white folks who could not
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the way cis men and trans men are emasculated is so extremely different from each other and i feel like thats a good conversation to have for example someone like
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The closest thing to torture I've experienced was when I was getting my nervous systems tested when my arms went weak and numb for no good reason, I lost my
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If a student or resident is struggling, our first inclination is to “teach more.” This is often wrong. #tipsfornewattendings 1/ The right idea is often to teach less. Pick one
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I think maybe I might not have applied for medicine if I knew how much roleplay/acting/simulation/etc it involved.And yes I know why it is involved but I'm not an actor
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COVID-19 has taken an outsize toll on Black and Hispanic Americans. And those disparities extend to the medical workers who have intubated them, cleaned their bedsheets and held their hands
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The funny thing is: I have ZERO debt outside of school loans. I don’t have a credit card, I rent so have no mortgage, and I pay cash for my
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Civics thread: There are calls for an inquest or inquiry into nursing home deaths. Some people are using them interchangably, yet they are two different things. 1/? 2/? In Manitoba,
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I'm aware of the situation the world has been in for close to a year, but wanted to share this thread about a close friend of mine & the treatment,
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Of the cis women who complain about gender-inclusive language around menstruation and childbirth, i'd ask:- can you accurately check off your gender on medical forms?- can you accurately check off
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One thing that I think is sometimes not made clear in arguments in favor of anti-psychiatry, social models of disability, etc.: while certain theories do deny the existence of unconditionally
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If alcohol is legal then Marijuana should be legal. I don’t want the stuff but that doesn’t stop me from seeing that it’s a freedom issue (+God made it). Alcohol
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I hate that COVID is still a thing, hate it. But guys. It is. With cases rising in many states, including my own. When I was at the hospital last
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A rarely discussed issue that impacts trans men (and transmasculine medically transitioning NBs) is that, in the US, testosterone is a controlled medication because of its illegal use by cis
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Banner has worked for many months to expand its capacity and staffing in order to meet the increased demand for care brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. (1/12) For the
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PM admits Canada no longer has vaccine production capability. That's because we privatized Connaught Labs—which contributed brilliantly to medical advances, incl development of polio vaccine. (see my book “The Sport
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