Tag Archives: Musings

Heavy music

Despite my hippy crunch tendencies and tie-dye banner, believe it or not, I don’t listen to a lot of classic rock anymore. I got supersaturated with it in my youth, and have heard just about every classic rock song enough … Continue reading

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Autism and obesity, a confounder

The journal Pediatrics released a study recently claiming an association between autism and maternal obesity during pregnancy. As soon as I heard this study being splashed all over the media, I winced. As much as the journalists point out “correlation, … Continue reading

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When good care isn’t emotionally driven care

Hello, folks! I am slowly getting over not matching. Slowly. I am trying to strategize for the next match. And, I’m trying to take care of myself, emotionally and physically, in the aftermath. In the meantime, I am on my … Continue reading

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The empathy toggle switch

In our clinical years, our medical school has instituted a program in which we do learning modules along with our in hospital experience and didactics. I was happy to see a module on empathy for my second month of surgery. … Continue reading

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Another music post

Time for another music post. I have been putting it off, but I got triggered by the blogiversary at The Unnecesarean. Whenever I say “Happy anniversary”, I always think of “I Think I Need a New Heart” by the Magnetic … Continue reading

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Friday music selection

I don’t do this very often, but I am going to post some music today. I have been really busy and bogged down with more drama than I need, and I think a little musical interlude would do me some … Continue reading

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Putting it in persepctive

I had a rough week, to say the least. My tumor board presentation went fairly well, but I was called out by my attending for a mistake on my epidemiology slide. It was a minor point about the prevalence of … Continue reading

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Happy Mother’s Day!!

I am up too early, considering. I think my husband and kids went to Panera to get me one of their evil egg souffles, hopefully with enough bagels for everyone else so I don’t end up having to make breakfast … Continue reading

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Flying under the radar right now

Sorry about the scarcity of posts recently. I have a lot going on beneath the surface right now, some of which are some really cool collaborative projects that I will share when they are done. I also have fellowship-y research … Continue reading

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What I read for fun

Look what I stumbled across: Substance P, the science and perception of food. (Thanks, Gizabeth!) I am really enjoying his presentation Chemosensory Sorcery. As someone who gives presentations (I did a review for med students yesterday, and plan to be … Continue reading

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