Recent content by oliviajane

I'm starting at 34 and still have to finish pre-med. Any M.D. school in the U.S. won't take me. I talked to one of the Deans at CWRU about it. D.O. school will, and I'd prefer the D.O. model anyway. For loan purposes, people past the age of 25 at start (of pre-med) are considered a "bad...

There's no problem with the plan--I just don't know the hoops to jump through, and would like to do as much to make this work as i can in advance. One of the med students I worked with told me he went to Ireland, the care was substandard; had to do rotations here. That was it. Other...

The diesel will evaporate. Check your tire valve.

Any "non-traditional" med students? Hello Everyone! In the near future I'm looking to move somewhere with no distractions to do (finish) my pre-med, and then Cuba for Med School. Has anyone had experience with a: being an "old" student and/or b: getting licensed in the U.S. after...

mrsspeedybob--it's a fun question to ponder. Obviously they didn't have scientific methods like we do today, so they went with what they had for making sense of the world. Given the fact that there are actually 13 astrological "signs" technically, if not more, and the fact that we pay...

Apple leaves will just make you sick (if you are referring to the standard grocery store kind.) You have to eat at least a quart of the apple seeds for them to be poisonous. (In some herbal remedies, they are advised for cancer.) The other parts won't kill you; just make you sick. (and I'm...

If you don't eat actual food, the body will stop the digestive process. This happens in people with anorexia. It is extremely dangerous to not eat solid food for a prolonged time.

I remember reading an article that Dawn dish liquid was shown to be equally or more effective in removing bacteria before puncturing skin, but that Iodine has been used for so long that's it's just tradition to do so.