Amazon Ants, Aphrodisiacs, and Prostate Cancer

To fulfill a request by a foreign medical student, I am going to start today by telling you, the readers, what my day was like.

8-10am: Laboratory Session about Renal Pathology
10-12am: Lectures about the Renal System
12-1pm: The eating of a salad and boiled eggs
1pm-4pm: OB/GYN Small Group Sessions where we learned about Bimanual exams, rectovaginal exams, GYN Pathology, and about pregnancy in general, followed by visiting patients.
4pm-5pm: Blogging
5pm-11pm: Studying, Doing Research, Eating, Interneting
11pm-12am: Trying to Fall Asleep
12am-7am: Sleeping
7am-8am: Showering and Transit Time


A Poem About My Life

It was warm where I was,
And It's Cold Where I am,
I was studying before break,
And I'm studying again, goddamn,

I'd rather still be relaxing,
But the facts are that I can't,
I chose to be a doctor,
Not an amazon ant.


And For Some News....
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1. Weight gain linked to prostate cancer death
To Be Fat, or not to be fat? That is the question.....because although Obese men are less likely to get the disease, they are more likely to die of it, a study says.

2. Does it pay to fight stress with your wallet?
"Items and services aimed at calming us are at the core of what's becoming a booming business — the "stress industry." Americans will spend an estimated $14 billion fighting stress next year, according to Market Data. That’s up from the $11 billion a year we’re currently spending."

3. Having a kid in the house makes you fatter
"Adults living with young children eat significantly more fat than grown-ups with no kids at home, up to a whole pizza a week!, a new study shows.

4. Nine healthy foods that may surprise you
"These include_________, ____________,__________,______, and chocolate."

5. Ten Aphrodisiacs That Work
"For as long as humans have been having sex, they've been trying to get in the mood--or get their partners in the mood. And if necessity is the mother of invention, it's no surprise that humans have developed a wide variety of creative solutions for the old "I've-got-a-headache" problem. Most of those solutions don't work, however, and some can even hurt. Here are ten tricks that might actually boost your partners libido--or your own."