In honor of Pride Month, NBC Out is highlighting and celebrating a new generation of LGBTQ trailblazers, creators and newsmakers. Visit our full #Pride30 list here. The discrimination that Black and LGBTQ people have faced in the health care system is what inspired medical student Mikiko Thelwell to find her calling. “It wasn’t until after…
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On a recent Sunday, Eilidh Garrett worked a six-hour shift at her part-time job in car finance. After a four-hour break, the third-year medical student then set off for a 12-hour overnight placement. Each week for Garrett, 25, is a balancing act of working part-time to make ends meet, while struggling to prioritise her studies.…
Henry Jones felt like he was at the end of the line in the summer of 1991. “There was no way out,” he remembered thinking. “I prayed and was tired, but I couldn’t see no way out.” Jones had been homeless in Washington, DC for 11 years, and the years had taken their toll. “I…
1. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, medical cannabis and cannabinoids versus placebo were found to provide a small increase in sleep quality amongst patients experiencing chronic pain 2. Furthermore, the study highlighted an increase in nausea and dizziness as adverse effects of cannabis and cannabinoids use. Evidence Rating Level: 1 (Excellent) Sleep disorders affect…
Direct Medical Programs (BA/MDs, BS/MDs and BS/DOs) are increasingly popular for high school students interested in applying to medical school. These competitive programs allow students to skip over the extensive medical school application process by conditionally being accepted to medical school while they are still in high school. To commit to a career in medicine…
Most medical students today probably cannot recall a time when it was legal to smoke on passenger airlines in the U.S. Still, it wasn’t so long ago that the federal government allowed some passengers and even crew to light up in the air. The total ban on smoking on domestic and international flights didn’t take…
Woman helps her senior mother at home. getty More than ever, family members are required to play a major role in caring for their loved ones. But they are being asked to do increasingly complex medical tasks with little or no training. The result: Greater risk to patients and enormous avoidable stress for those family…
DULUTH, MN. (KBJR 6) – A Ukrainian woman now living in the Northland is going home for a second time since the war there broke out with much-needed medical supplies. Bogdana Krivogorsky moved to Minnesota from Ukraine a few decades ago. When the war began, she felt a call to return home to help. “The…
The miseducation of algorithms is a critical problem; when artificial intelligence mirrors unconscious thoughts, racism, and biases of the humans who generated these algorithms, it can lead to serious harm. Computer programs, for example, have wrongly flagged Black defendants as twice as likely to reoffend as someone who’s white. When an AI used cost as…
Remote Area Medical — RAM — a major nonprofit provider of pop-up clinics delivering free, quality dental, vision and medical care to those in need — will hold a free, two-day clinic this weekend, May 21-22. RAM will be set up at Jellico Elementary School, located at 551 Sunset Trail, Jellico, for only two days.…