"Annals of Medical School" - 5 new articles
El Aprendiz MedicoIt has been a long time since my last post, as I have been busily working on the hospital wards, but recently I had the opportunity to be interviewed on a local radio station, Latino Public Radio RI. I worked with Dr. Pablo Rodriguez and spoke about dysmenorrhea, or the phenomenon of pain during a woman's period. This was an amazing opportunity, something the obstetrics and gynecology faculty made available to the students at Brown. The interview is mostly in Spanish, so please bear with my attempts to translate my thoughts, but Dr. Rodriguez did a superb job of guiding the interview and translating: I hope you enjoy!  Battles With Gluten: Celiac Disease
 AIDS Vaccine Deck The Halls With Serology
Deck the Halls with Serology It is quite simple, we do it in a jif Start it off with SLE ANA, DNA, anti-Smith! DR 2 and 3 add to the score, SLE is RF positive If it's drug induced look a bit more Anti-histone we might very well see! When your hands hurt think RA Look to HLA DR 4 RF positive and X-Ray, CCP, smokes hist'ry all the more! Sjogren's Syndrome makes my eyes dry ANA and RF positive When my cheeks swell then I will sigh SS-A, SS-B or Ro and La! Scleroderma has two subtypes Both are ANA and RF+ PSS is antitoposiomerase CREST think speck-led anti-centromeres! Myositis, poly and dermato Anti synthetase gives lung disease SRP will cause heart problems M i 2 is classic dermato findings! Ankylosing Spondylitis is the end B twenty seven, and RF minus Now you know what to the lab you must send Fa La La La La, La La La LA!  Medicine and Politics: The Surgeon General's Battlefield
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