By Matthew Ross
Peer Reviewed
In 1910, Ezra Hayman was on top of the world. The 26-year-old Nebraska native was a young ear, nose, and throat doctor studying abroad in Vienna, then one of the most prominent scientific and intellectual hubs in Europe. One …
By Daniel Martinez-Krams
Peer Reviewed
You are rounding on your patients, and your team is discussing a 52-year-old man with HIV who came in with shortness of breath and fever and was found to have …
By Ella Feiner
Peer Reviewed
In a world abundant with food and sedentary lifestyles, the global prevalence of cardiometabolic disease has reached alarming levels. Nearly half of Americans grapple with conditions such as diabetes, heart …
By Enoch Jiang
Peer Reviewed
“Counseled patient on diet and lifestyle.” Over the past few weeks on my Ambulatory Care rotation, this phrase has rapidly shot to the top of my internal gestalt of a …
By Chloe Fong
Peer Reviewed
The correlation between vitamin deficiency and alcohol use disorder (AUD) has been well documented in the literature, with a study from 1963 finding that 70% of patients admitted to the …
By Justin Jewell
Peer Reviewed
We all have our guilty pleasures, and one of mine happens to be country music. On a cold night in February, as I struggled to stay afloat in my seemingly …
By Daniel Joyce
Peer Reviewed
I vividly recall my first Impossible Whopper at Burger King after its introduction to the menu in 2019. As I bit down, …
By Johain Ounadjela
Peer Reviewed
I still remember filling out the application form for my driver’s license at the Redwood City, California Department of Motor Vehicles. I was 16 years old and ready to zoom …