Month: December 2015

You may know the phrase, “you are what you eat.” It’s a truism you’ll especially want to keep in mind while enduring the rigors of your MCAT preparation. The importance of healthy eating Many pre-meds ask what they can do to improve their overall diet and avoid neglecting their health while studying. Most of us…

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine students and AMSA members Max Feinstein, Yang Sheng, and Alana Van Dervort pose for a photo after meeting with Senator Sherrod Brown’s staff in Cleveland, OH to advocate for women’s reproductive rights. Last month, students from Case Western Reserve University SOM held their own advocacy training for students…

By: Rhode Island Medical Navigator Partnership (RIMNP) “Being homeless is not an easy thing.” These words are so simple, yet they carry so much truth. They were said to us by a woman who has spent decades living on the street, who has been robbed and assaulted numerous times, who must exceed an alcohol breathalyzer test…

This World AIDS Day AMSA Chapters across the country held events at their school, rallies at their Capitols, and legislative visits with their elected officials urging them to scale up treatment to end the AIDS epidemic! This is a particularly important time since we are fighting hard to restore funding to a vital US AIDS…