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see you on the other side guys, in a bit.
off blogging, on twitter (put up temporarily on the sidebar at right) over this period.
No Lunch, No Joy
it’s that time of the year all over again - the bane of every student’s life with exams drawing near. (in approximately 1.5 months)
i’ve been stuck in the library since this morning’s supplementary lecture (on a Sunday!!), trying to clear the never-ending piles of EMQ questions i want to get through. haven’t had a sniff of lunch, and it’s already approaching 5.
hope i procure myself some Olympic and Glastonbury Festival tickets for next year though. that will more then make up hahaha.
Choice of BSc
tonight’s the deadline for selection of the BSc that i’ll be doing for the next whole year. i’ve picked:
BSc Course Selection
// Your selections are as follows:
Choice 1 Gastroenterology and Hepatology (GASTRO)
Choice 2 Neuroscience and Mental Health (NEURO)
Choice 3 Global Health (HEALTH)
Choice 4 Haematology (HAEM)
Choice 5 Pharmacology (PHARM)
not really because they are the 5 topics i have the most interest in, but rather due to the manner the courses are structured and their clinical relevance. if the course selection were to reflect purely my interests, my selection would probably have been (out of the limited choices of BSc that Imperial offers):
BSc Course Selection
// Your selections are as follows:
Choice 1 Neuroscience and Mental Health (NEURO)
Choice 2 Surgery and Anaesthesia (SURG)
Choice 3 Endocrinology (ENDO)
Choice 4 Global Health (HEALTH)
Choice 5 Immunity and Infection (IMMUN)
anyway it’s all kind of moot, as my first choice is actually Sports Medicine which Imperial doesn’t offer – i’ve already applied externally to do the course at either Edinburgh, Loughborough or Queen Mary’s. Loughborough is the best university for the course, and the course structure seems tons more relevant and interesting (albeit science-cy and less clinically relevant), but Edinburgh is more renowned as a college. and of course i get to have a year out in Scotland. HMMMM tempting!
Menu Choices
what to pick????
1. lobster bisque/scallops
2. venison/lamb
3. crumble/brulee?
SMSUK’s annual dinner this year will be held at the Royal Society of Medicine on the 30th March! Be prepared for a sumptuous three course meal at this exclusive venue, and a very attractive Waterstones book voucher (worth £20) for each guest, courtesy of our sponsors MOHH and Thomson Medical. Join us for what promises to be a very enjoyable night of good food and great company.
There will also be a lucky draw for very attractive prizes, including 40 signed copies of Surgical Talk by Andrew Goldberg!
Here are the details:
Date: 30 March 2011
Time: 7-11pm (pre-dinner reception with free glass of prosecco)
Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, One Wimpole Street W1G 0AE (Map attached)
Price: £35
Dress Code: Formal
Menu (Choose one from each):
Starter
1. Lobster bisque with crab and spring onion ravioli
2. Seared Cornish scallops with celeriac and truffle remoulade, with a tomato chutney
3. Oven roasted tomato soup with a Confit vine plum tomato and chive cream (v)
Main course
1. Baked salmon fillet with smoked garlic and baby spinach, shallot and herb potato rosti and a red wine beurre blanc
2. Braised medallions of venison with sage dumplings, bitter chocolate sauce and served with a smoked creamed potato, with glazed baby vegetables
3. Oven roasted rump of lamb and rosemary, served with a bubble and squeak cake, glazed baby vegetables, carrot and cumin puree and a Madeira jus
4. Filo parcel of oyster mushrooms, feta cheese and tarragon with Confit tomato sauce (v)
Dessert
1. Warm rhubarb and stem ginger crumble served with a shot glass of vanilla custard cream
2. Dark chocolate and mint bombe with maraschino cherries
3. Passion fruit crème brulee with a blackberry sorbet
While On A Resp Module…
Leading Lung Specialist Endorses Picking Your Nose and Consuming What You Find
Suspend what parents have been teaching kids for eons, and suspend the “wow is that gross” factor:
Picking your nose and eating it is one of the best ways to stay healthy, says a top Austrian doctor.
Austrian lung specialist Dr. Friedrich Bischinger says that those who pick their noses with their fingers are generally healthier, happier and more in tune with their bodies.
He encourages people to adopt a positive attitude to nose-picking, and to encourage children to perform the habit, not suppress it.
 A Healthy Habit that Even the Queen Engages In? |
“With the finger you can get to places you just can’t reach with a handkerchief, keeping your nose far cleaner,” says Dr. Bishinger. “And eating the dry remains of what you pull out is a great way of strengthening the body’s immune system.
“Medically it makes great sense and is a perfectly natural thing to do. In terms of the immune system the nose is a filter in which a great deal of bacteria are collected, and when this mixture arrives in the intestines it works just like a medicine.
“Modern medicine is constantly trying to do the same thing through far more complicated methods. People who pick their nose and eat it get a natural boost to their immune system for free.”
He noted that kids pick their noses happily and without abandon, but by the time they become adults they have stopped (or do so on the sly) under extreme pressure from a society that has labeled it anti-social and disgusting.
“I would recommend a new approach where children are encouraged to pick their nose. It is a completely natural response and medically a good idea as well,” says the respected doctor.
So is it really just a gross habit or gold worth digging for after all? Ultimately, that’s a pick you’ll have to make on your own.
