The cost of medical innovation
Not long ago, hepatitis C was a haunting virus. Once in the bloodstream, these biological invaders would unleash themselves on the liver and commandeer host
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Author: Andrew Phifer
A house of hope: volunteering at Angela House
The Matthew Carter Service Day started 14 years ago when a talented and well-loved Baylor College of Medicine medical student, Matthew Carter, was murdered. To
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Welcome to the new Progress Notes
It is easy to see that Baylor College of Medicine students study hard and work even harder on the wards. Less apparent are the creative
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Compassion, honesty and illness: My month in critical care
By Natalie Uy, MS3 Delicate, difficult, and compassionate. That’s how I would sum up my month of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and ICU. I saw an incredible
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How fears change
By Anup Shah, MS4 When medical students start their clinical rotations, there seems to be a fear that comes with presenting a patient to residents
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White Coat advice from an MS3
(Editor’s note: This post is a speech given at the White Coat Ceremony for the Class of 2016, in August 2012, when author and former
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The skydiver
By Donna Huang, Medical Resident He was a man who could fly, or at least “fall for a long time,” as he liked to explain with
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The first time your patient dies
By Anup Shah, MS4 (Author’s Note: It has been over a year since this patient passed, but I continue to remember this as one of
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Becoming the patient – It’s not easy, folks
By Anup Shah, MS4 In June of 2013, I came down with the strangest illness. The events leading up to my visit to the hospital
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Keys to maintaining a healthy diet in medicine
By Paras Mehta, MS4 Throughout medical school, I have seen physicians discuss with their patients the importance of a healthy diet. Doctors tell patients that
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