Rage against the dying of the Light

"They call it luck, but it is consistency. They call it coincidence, but it is discipline. They call it genetics, but it is sacrifice”

[badsciencejokes]

Shut up Sonny-boy

[nunyabizni]

You’ll Photosynthesize and like it

[theliteraryjournals]

Stay away from the ones you love too much. Those are the ones who will kill you.

Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch (via theliteraryjournals)

[bugoutblog]

[taraantino]

Cinematography Appreciation

Requiem for a Dream (2000)

Director: Darren Aronofsky

Cinematography by: Matthew Libatique

Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1

[delta-breezes]

[wordsnquotes]

elysian

(adjective) A beautiful word, elysian is anything that connotes beauty, perfection, celestial divinity, bliss and overall paradise. If you are overwhelmed by a mystical presence the word exudes, you are not mistaken, it is inspired by Ancient Greek Mythology. The Elysian Islands or Elysium is a conception of the afterlife reserved for the gods, the righteous and the heroic. It is a heavenly realm assigned for their indulgence and enjoyment of life to the highest degree of euphoria.  (via wordsnquotes)

[nevver]

The kids are alright, Simon Stålenhag

[doctordconline-blog]

Kawasaki disease is a condition that causes inflammation in the walls of medium-sized arteries throughout the body, including the coronary arteries, which supply blood to the heart muscle. Kawasaki disease is also called mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome because it also affects lymph nodes, skin, and the mucous membranes inside the mouth, nose and throat.

#kawasakidisease #diagnosis #disease #usmle #usmlestep1 #usmlestep2 #doctor #doctordconline #pathology #children #physiology #mbbs #md #medicine #hospital #patient #amc #plab @doctordconline

[biculturalist-deactivated201612]

This is a firm reminder that the medical field, despite committing itself to the service of all of humanity regardless of social, cultural, biological, and economic differences, is still an institution that exists within a troubling social context.

A report recently published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science surveyed medical students and residents on their beliefs about race and health. The study concluded the following:

Out of 418 medical students and residents in the study, 222 were white. About 50% of the white respondents held at least one false ‘biological’ belief about black people, which included at least one of the following:

Black people have less sensitive nerve endings than white people

Black people feel less pain than white people

Black people’s blood coagulates more quickly than white people’s blood

Black people have thicker skin than white people

58% of the total medical students and residents quizzed believed that black people had thicker skin than white people. This included about 40% of first and second year students and 25% of hospital residents

It was further shown from this study that racial biases falsely rooted in biology affects the treatments that doctors give to black people. For instance, a 2000 study from Emory University found that “74% of white patients with bone fractures [in an hospital emergency room in Atlanta] received painkillers compared with 50% of black patients.” Likewise, “a paper last year found that black children with appendicitises were less likely to receive pain medication than their white counterparts.”

Finally, “a 2007 study found that physicians were more likely to underestimate the pain of black patients compared with other patients,” which overall correlates the ignorance in the medical community about race and biology. 

Solutions

As it might turn out, patients of a certain race or ethnicity may fare better when they visit a physician of the same race or ethnicity. For example, “A recent study published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology found that black patients are 19 percent more likely to die from common gastrointestinal problems than white patients, but fare better when treated by black doctors.”

(1) (2) (3)

[jjstudi]

Common functional groups ⚗

[thelovejournals]

Once you lose someone it is never exactly the same person who comes back.

Sharon Olds, Satan Says   (via thelovejournals)

[wordsnquotes]

What a terrible feeling to love someone and not be able to help them.

Jennifer Niven, All The Bright Places  (via wordsnquotes)

[lsleofskye]

Sunset On The Cliffs Of Moher

[militaryarmament]

SVU-A, 7.62x54 sniper rifle.

[rhubarbes]

by HIDEO KOJIMA

[the-cozy-room]

by vanderlost_

☼ coziest blog on tumblr ☼

[iwanttosavealife]

Explicate

ex·pli·cate ˈekspliˌkāt/Submit verb analyze and develop (an idea or principle) in detail. "attempting to explicate the relationship between crime and economic forces" synonyms: explain, make explicit, clarify, make plain/clear, spell out, untangle; More analyze (a literary work) in order to reveal its meaning.