“Death comes for all of us. It is our fate as living, breathing, metabolizing organisms. Dealing with the fact of death is unsettling. Yet there is no other way to live.”– Paul Kalanithi, MD Recently, first-year students of the medical and physician’s assistant classes completed their seventh and final practical exam in clinical anatomy. Through… Read More »
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In his mid-60s, my father unfolded a United States road atlas, laid a ruler across it, and drew a straight line from Cape Flattery, Wash., to Key West, Fla. “It’s downhill all the way!” he boomed. Then he drove that line, from the northwest corner of the continental United States to its southeastern endpoint —… Read More »
Michael PowellGetty Images In a new Instagram video, Dr. Pimple Popper removes a sesame seed-like blackhead from a patient’s lip. The famed dermatologist also removes a second blackhead from the sensitive area under the patient’s eye. Blackheads, or open comedos, are clogged pores that are filled with dead skin cells and oil. Blackhead extractions are… Read More »
Jan. 22, 2020 — Utah has banned the discredited practice of conversion therapy for LGBTQ children. It’s the 19th state and one of the most conservative to outlaw the practice that seeks to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity, the Associated Press reported. The ban in Utah could give support to people challenging… Read More »