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Recently, I came across a fascinating case report in the International Journal of Medical Students that described an unusual and rarely reported clinical association: Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) developing in a…
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Countercurrent Exchange – How a Duck’s Feet Don’t Freeze
If you’ve ever stood barefoot on a cold kitchen tile, you know it’s uncomfortable. Now imagine standing on a literal block of ice for six hours. That is basically the…
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How Do MRI Scanners work?
So, you’ve probably seen an MRI machine in a movie or a hospital. It’s that giant, noisy doughnut-shaped tube that people slide into. But have you ever wondered how a…
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Combating Rheumatic Heart Disease in Pakistan: A student perspective
So, I recently came across an article in the International Journal of Medical Students about a student-led program in Pakistan tackling something called Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD). RHD is a…
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The Bohr Effect – How blood knows where to drop oxygen off
So you probably know what haemoglobin is (or hemoglobin for the American readers out there :D) - it binds to oxygen in the blood. Why? To drop it off at…
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Can We Really Cure Ageing?
https://youtu.be/T8bMzDPzq0U We often think of ageing as nature’s one unbreakable law. Everyone gets older. Cells slow down, tissues wear out, and eventually, the body gives in. But over the past…
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