The title of this blog was chosen because of its unsettling and disturbing truth as it applies to modern medicine. Even with nuclear studies, x-rays, gamma-knives, and a seemingly endless supply of prescription drugs, many illnesses cannot be treated. Even worse, many diseases that we can treat we do not detect early enough (if ever at all). Error, both human and systematic, adds to the plethora of possible complications that come up in even the most routine procedures. It is in this that medicine sits as an imperfect science.
The main purpose of my writings is to provide a firsthand account of how doctors are trained in America and the many issues doctors encounter on a daily basis. Currently, I have just finished my undergraduate education at one of the top liberal arts college in the nation and I am starting my next adventure at a top 20 medical school. I have the entire field of medicine in front of me, and not counting my minor training in molecular biology and biochemistry, I have no prior knowledge of medicine. I am truly a blank slate with no prior prejudices. I hope you will join me in these next few exciting years.
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