chronic illness

Even before I started medical school, I was hoping and dreaming of becoming a surgeon. I worked with surgeons and anesthesiologists in a level 1 trauma center for a year before I started school, and I loved the stressful situations, the communication skills you develop, the general "type of...

Hey yall, my name is Emily, from Baton Rouge, LA Currently completing a masters thesis program at the University of New Orleans First time applying- not sure where I want to apply- Interested in LSU (IS), CST, and NCS Goals: zoo/wildlife/conservation vet, would love to do wildlife research and...

Hello, Would anyone be willing to read the 350-word abstract of an undergraduate thesis about Alzheimer's disease I'm working on? I'm posting about it in oncology because many of the mechanisms and themes are also integral to cancer biology (e.g. signal transduction networks, metabolism...

I'm sure the title sparks a lot of "why would you do that?" but hear me out. I started medical school at 28 and long story short, during my third year I was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. I was sick a great deal of the time, sometimes requiring hospital admissions, and by the time fourth year...

Greetings, I've found myself in an unusual situation and I wanted to reach out to the community for advice and guidance. To quickly summarize my situation, I took one step towards my dream of attending medical school when I was extended an offer of admission during the 2015-2016 application...