I found out a few months ago that Stanford has been doing research regarding allergy desensitization. (http://med.stanford.edu/allergyandasthma/research.html) What they have been doing is administering micro doses of allergens to subjects over an extended period of time. What they’ve found is Read More …
Easy Way to Learn the Arteries
Learning the vessels of the body can be a daunting task. Looking at one of those blood vessel models for the first time can simply look like a plate of noodles! One of the things that helped me learn the Read More …
Alternative to Using the Great Saphenous Vein for Heart Bypass Surgery
You may have heard that many heart surgeons harvest and use a patient’s very own great saphenous vein from their leg when performing bypass surgery on that patient. https://www.humanbodyhelp.com/blood-vessel-plaque-lower/ (#6 on the picture) Doing this has been a common practice Read More …
Mental Practice Applied to Everyday Life!
For years scientists have been conducting research on how mental practice can improve athletic performance. It’s so effective that our Olympic athletes incorporate it into their training. It turns out, the brain can’t tell the difference between mental practice and Read More …
Which Would You Rather?
Just something to think about for this week’s post: Would you rather make a lot of money at a job you hate or would you rather make less money at a job you love?
Create a Schedule of Your Exams
Hi all! Many of you may be on the verge of beginning another semester, if you haven’t done so already. If you are, it may be helpful to use a calendar to build a schedule of “due dates” for your Read More …
Happy Holidays Anatomy Lovers!
This will be my last post until late January as it’s the end of the semester and time to celebrate the holidays where I’m from! Over my winter break, I will still continue to work on the website – when Read More …
Relax to Think Better.
Students often tell me they know the information before they take their exams, but when they actually take their exam, they lose all their knowledge. There could be many explanations for this, assuming they actually did study :-). One reason Read More …
Why do we have to learn the Cranial Nerves?
You may currently be learning about the 12 pairs of cranial nerves that emerge from the brain. Students often ask me, “Why do we have to learn these? These things are confusing!” Often times it’s helpful to step back and Read More …
What’s the Furcula?
This week I thought I’d hit you with a little comparative anatomy to celebrate Thanksgiving. Furcula means ‘small fork’ in Latin. It’s customary to make a wish on it around this time of the year. It’s the wishbone! Found in Read More …