We asked, you answered. We recently asked our followers on Instagram: any good book recommendations this holiday break? Here were some of the top responses we heard were on your reading list. 1. Becoming Dr. Q: My Journey from Migrant Farm Worker to Brain Surgeon by Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, MD Dr. Quinones-Hinojosa, also known as Dr….

Figure 1 Quiz of the Week A 20-year-old mechanic is brought to the emergency room after his co-workers found him exiting the garage inebriated and confused hours earlier. On examination, he is disoriented, ataxic, and complains of nausea. A urine toxicology screen is negative and urinalysis reveals the rhomboid calcium oxalate crystals seen here. Image…

Figure 1 Quiz of the Week A 35-year-old male presents to his family physician with progressive heel pain. He denies any recent trauma and mentions the pain has worsened in the last two days, affecting his ability to walk. He has recently completed a course of antibiotics. On examination, there is warmth, erythema, and tenderness…

By: Mustafa Almukhtar A social network is akin to a railroad; the more tracks comprising it, the more areas are accessible through it. This analogy holds true when it comes to the realm of professional endeavors: connecting with more individuals opens new doors to explore distinctive avenues through which one can fulfill their aspirations. Being capable…

Figure 1 Quiz of the Week A 62-year-old female presents with fatigue and innumerable pruritic, keratotic lesions on her back and neck which she says developed quite suddenly two months ago. A blood test reveals a microcytic anemia with hemoglobin of 9.1 g/dL.    Image credit: @kdh113.   Answer: Gastrointestinal malignancy These lesions are seborrheic keratoses,…

By: Mariah Gray I met the little orphan boy in his home in an Addis Ababa slum. He lived there with his older sister – or maybe she was just a kind town girl that took him in. Regardless, she was young, she was his caretaker, and she was living with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)….