It was a quiet night in the clinic, and everyone in the health profession knows better than to acknowledge that fact. Dr. Death sits at his desk sipping a coffee …

There’s a well known theory that tests the identification of any given subject by observing its habitual characteristics. It’s called the duck test. A form of abductive reasoning, it’s often …

The only certainty in life is death. It matters not what advantages you’re afforded, nor your hopes and ambitions, nor your desire to uphold a certain duty or moral. Men …

Every day I wake up, roll out of bed, and go to work. Review my cases for the day, check in with a few of my patients in recovery, and …

Close your eyes… Go to sleep. Imagine a lush, rolling savanna at sunrise. Wild animals roam the terrain at will, birds glide in the air, and the red sun slowly …

Have you ever performed a craniotomy? It’s a highly specialized neurosurgery where a portion of the brain that is affected by something, perhaps a tumor, or a clot, or a …

Imagine you’re a little red blood cell floating along the bloodstream of an immunocompromised person. There once was more of your kind, but as time has lapsed your peers have …

There are so many types of scissors to choose from when performing surgery. Different sizes, shapes, and colors indicate specific purposes, so it’s absolutely imperative to make an informed decision …

BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. A heart monitor at the head of a comatose patient’s bed beeps with every QRS complex that appears on the screen. Nurse Frightengale eclectically documents at her …

My whole life has been a constant climb. I was born and raised in the lowest level of the bleak, starting my ascension from the bottom rung of society. As …