What did you learn today?

[deleted29780]

i just reviewed the management of protein calorie malnutrition. That a subset of it, Kwashiorkor has not been fully clarified in terms of the aetiology...free radical injury, aflatoxins, loss of the body's protective functions - liver sparing in cases of starvation. etc...i am looking foward to researching on PCM. I might get nominated for the Nobel Prize.

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[humuhumu]

Today we heard from the wife of a man who, at age 32, was a loving father and diligent employee. Then he started becoming indifferent and rude, walking up to people and calling them "fat," for example. Now, only a few years later, he lives in a nursing home - demented, completely mute, and incapable of feeding himself. Diagnosis: frontotemporal dementia. It was heartbreaking to hear her describe the transition....

 

[alphaholic06]

Today I learned that stercobilin is what give feces it distintive brown color. Oh, the joys of medical school.

 

[humuhumu]

Recently I've learned that facebook can be addictive...

 

[45408]

Today I learned that stercobilin is what give feces it distintive brown color. Oh, the joys of medical school.

Go look up urobilin next. You'll never guess what color it is or where it's found!

 

[KaraKiz]

i learned that pterygopalatine ganglion is the hay fever ganglion and is what makes me so miserable in the spring..

 

[humuhumu]

i learned that pterygopalatine ganglion is the hay fever ganglion and is what makes me so miserable in the spring..

That's one reason it's also known as the "terriblepalatine" ganglion.

 

[omgwtfbbq?]

I learned that although neurology is a life-sucking, soul-crushing, sleep depriving seventh layer of hell ... especially when you add onto it the expectations piled on you when the guy who wrote everybody's book is your professor ...... I learned that it IS possible to completely, utterly dominate a neurology exam! three more to go! *yahoooooooo!"

 

[nlax30]

I learned that professors can write some horrible questions...... yay for challenges!

 

[humuhumu]

Halloween is still my favorite holiday!

 

[alphaholic06]

Go look up urobilin next. You'll never guess what color it is or where it's found!

It's yellow and it comes out of your pee pee.

 

[akinf]

I learned that ODing on beta-agonists will probably make your head explode.

 

[LabMonster]

Seeing edges of bowel indicates free air in the abdomen. fun.

 

[Nikki2002]

I used "Two Zombies Buggered My Cat" for that. I survived a whole block of biochem and anatomy with mnemonics.

"two zebras bit my cookie"