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Marilyn Fisher My friend recently started feeling pain in her foot that has caused her to walk with a limp. Wanting to learn the source of the pain and receive relief, she scheduled an appointment with a podiatrist. She returned to our apartment after the appointment fuming. “The doctor didn’t examine my foot or even …
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Rakshita Balaji and Ethan Cheng Informed by principles of machine learning, economics, and applied math and statistics, Dr. John P. Dickerson seeks to optimize the kidney exchange process. Science on Tap has returned for the Fall 2021 semester. Hosted monthly by the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences (CMNS) at The Hall CP, these …
Ethan Cheng One of the biggest concerns undergraduate students often have with taking part in basic research experiences is how little it seems to relate to anything they are interested in. And who can blame them? The learning curve for understanding why a lab’s research is important often ends up being as steep as the …
Ethan Cheng A quick continuation of the February Dose column . . . Cut For Time | Just Missed It! This recurring section of "The Dose" will include the portions of The Scribe articles that were cut due to length, or ideas, paragraphs, or memes that were realized too late to be added. To start …
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Ethan Cheng Thus far this semester, we’ve established that we can write a mean GBM/Hangout Recap and some spicy Hot Takes. In this section of the blog, we want to write about what the writers behind the writing are doing in the blog when they are not writing. This section will essentially be a monthly …
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-Art created by the wonderful and amazingly talented Sally Zhao Welcome to The Scribe! We hope everyone has been staying happy and healthy during these strange times. Here are our blog member's (weekly) suggested science + health reading/watching/listening, along with our brief thoughts on why you should check them out. Marilyn's Reading Recommendation: Atul Gawande's …
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Angela Sun January medical news highlights, in memes. Credits to Kevin Tu. It’s January, folks, and this year our blog team’s New Year's resolution is to cultivate a healthy awareness of goings-on in the medical and scientific world, amongst both the lovely members of UMD AMSA and the FBI agent assigned to 24-hour surveillance of …
Jad Kfouri Introducing our new 2% feature, Here's the Scoop! In the course of human events, one oftentimes come across an issue that shows up in the news again and again. With these these hot-button topics, we think you deserve the full scoop. So rather than saving everything for our monthly update, we're going to …
Angela Sun December medical news highlights, in memes Holiday season may be approaching, but The Scribe team is still hard at work putting together our present to you–one last medical news roundup before we ring in the new year! This past month, we’ve realized that “medical news” is a wicked broad term, encompassing health policy, …
Jad Kfouri November has been a whirlwind of activity in the medical world, all across the globe. In China, two individuals were found to have the plague, the feared Black Death that ravaged the European and Asian continents. More specifically, these individuals have pneumonic plague, affecting the lungs. They are currently receiving treatment (1). Meanwhile, …
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