What does it mean to be a professional? And how do we maintain our professionalism at a time when things such as stress, burnout, and caregiver fatigue can degrade our motivation? In medical school, you learn early that one of the best ways to remember important information is to attach an …
Disability: Know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em
While I have been feeling healthier and stronger than ever, I was reminded about disabilities recently... about my own and about how we all have them to some degree. I recently underwent an ACTH stimulation test to see if my body is doing any of its own signaling to cortisol, the important stress …
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Been on vacation lately?
Please excuse the lack of posts on PracticeBalance, but I have just returned from a long vacation... the first in at least 4 years and the first of (hopefully) many similar vacations. I had hoped to post this during my trip, but my current lack of blogging skills rendered me unsuccessful (this …
Are chronic sleep deprivation and call nights making you fat?
A new study out in the journal Science Translational Medicine makes a direct link between disregulated sleep and metabolic derrangements that lead to poor health and weight gain. While there have been several epidemiological studies drawing correlation between sleep deprivation and hyperglycemia, …
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Lessons Learned from a Patient: Me
“Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity, and change.” – Brene Brown Within a week of my diagnosis, my family had descended upon my home and I was wheeled into the OR for a transphenoidal tumor resection. The tumor would be approached through the nose, but my surgeon warned me …
The Stress of Match Day
Happy Match Day to all of those medical students who will be soon graduating and moving onto residency! While it is a day of relief in some ways, one more hoop that you've now jumped through on your journey to being a doctor, it can also be a day of stress. And that's not to mention the stress and …
