Wednesday 15 June 2011

And without much of a hoorah, or much of a bang, the exams are over. (thank goodness for that). Its great. to suddenly feel relieved of the literally 100 kilos of books. ok maybe just 50. but yeah. I'm glad to be relieved of them.

And now for a well-deserved break. And perhaps a couple of beers.

Thursday 2 June 2011

CV

Studying medicine, have perhaps one disadvantage. It shows us perhaps that deep down, however idealistic and cheery of us, there's one part of us, perhaps lying somewhere deep in our basal ganglia. That says, life is futile.

But studying medicine, also teaches us, that although that may be true, that pathway is normally inhibited. Perhaps by the dopaminergic pathway, or perhaps GABA-ergic. But whichever the case, I think i am writing nonsense. and should probably hit the books again.

Cardiovascular risk factors:
Smoking
Hypertension
Diabetis
Hyperlipidemia
Chronic Renal Failure
History of cardiac attacks
Past Family Hx
Male
Age.
Obesity and lack of exercise
raised homocysteine levels... and the list goes on.