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Mindfulness in medicine primerMindfulness and meditation are not magic tricks. They are skills that are built up. I’m not an expert but the training I received through…Dec 18, 2022Dec 18, 2022
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Owning your narrativeI can’t remember a single word from the speeches given during the white coat ceremony. But the way I felt, and the energy of the room, are…Dec 17, 2022Dec 17, 2022
Step 1 alive : Primary ImmunodeficienciesIn 2001, Jake Gyllenhal was the the Bubble Boy. He played David, a boy who spent his life in a sterile bubble because he was…Dec 16, 2022Dec 16, 2022
HIV antiretrovirals nuggets, starting with Dallas Buyers ClubAZT was the first FDA approved antiretroviral March 19, 1987. Mathew McConaughey character in Dallas Buyers Club is (excuse the pun) dying…Dec 14, 2022Dec 14, 2022