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The Daily Whistle Stops, Issue #74. (3/15/18)

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Tuberculosis (Ft. MTB)

In my previous post, I talked about antibiotic resistance, a problem that is making the war on disease even more problematic. Now, I move on to tuberculosis, a ...

Deep Cuts

Deep Cuts Blade cuts the barren land Like a fountain, shoots Out to the desert around Crimson red. The cutter stares at his hands Wondering what took him As lif...

Why, oh why, golems?!

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Antibiotic Resistance

As a student of medicine in his second year, I've started to spend more time in the hospital as part of my training. I see various cases daily and how they are ...

A Bloody Nightmare (part 1)

A Bloody Nightmare Another boring day at college, as usual, had just come to an end. Sometimes I wondered why I attended classes. Hell, it was better to sleep i...

Gone

Gone Gone with the wind That blows cold and hard Gone with the waves That wrecks my hopes Gone with the sands That buries my sorrowful soul Gone with the last h...

WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE SCHIZOPHRENIA

Schizophrenia is a state of psychosis. By definition, psychosis is a mental disorder characterized by disconnection from reality. So what causes schizophrenia? ...

Peripheral Blood Smear (Lab Diaries)

A patient presents to the hospital with complaints of tiredness and fatigue. On examination, she appears to be jaundiced as well as anemic. After a few question...

Lost

Lost The skies were clear Unlike my conscience I reflected back into the things I had The things I lost And those that I wrecked. The despair I brought Taking h...

In Deep Waters (Going Down #5)

In Deep Waters Poisoned, no doubt. Alarms rang as I walked away from my fallen friend, around whom a crowd was now gathering. Not one of them could help him. Ou...

A Dangerous Visit (Going Down #4)

A Dangerous Visit I left the foundry and got back into the vehicle, in deep thought, so deep that I almost walked into two pits and one shutdown machine. I deci...

The Hunt Begins (Going Down #3)

The Hunt Begins I took the corpses of Kyle and Bart and laid them in the back of the vehicle. Rigor mortis would soon set in. I reloaded my guns and holstered t...

An Unseen Threat (Going Down #2)

An Unseen Threat The footsteps sounded distinctly heavy. It was either a very heavy man or a robot. I looked around in vain for places to hide. None seemed to p...

A Missing Link (Going Down #1)

YEAR 2342 Medical science had advanced rapidly towards the end of the 21st century. At the beginning of the 22nd, the moon had been colonized successfully. Towa...

Parkinson's Disease - An Overview

Muhammad Ali is one of the most popular boxers, or sportspersons for that matter, of our times. Shortly after Ali's retirement from boxing in 1981, rumours bega...

Frosty Vengeance #5

He sighed. "You do not understand. Perhaps some glances from your own life?" Before I could say a word, I was now at the Greater Gate of the Temple. The guards ...

Epilepsy Broken Down

Jamie, a 13 year old boy, was a huge fan of racing games. One day, he sat down to play one of his many games on his laptop. As the game loaded, he plugged in th...

Frosty Vengeance #4

Pain surged through me. With great power comes great pain. I could feel the energy struggling to be released. What I needed to do was release it and bind it to ...

Frosty Vengeance #3

My eyes were dazzled by the brilliance of the power in front of me. In the centre of the chamber stood a great crystal, graceful yet immensely strong, made of t...