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Life: A Poem

A critical care holiday poem.

Autophagy: research topic, painting, poem, dance

E ffective teachers do no simply present information for students to learn by rote for a good grade. Rather, they provide an environment in which students can engage with course material and both learn and interpret it for their own interest and goals. With this in mind, I have spent a considerable amount of time developing an active learning format for my introductory biology course, including...

FEATURED TECHNOLOGY: INDIGO SYSTEm

Existing endovascular options for lower extremity and visceral arterial thromboembolism face the challenges of limited trackability, vessel injury, and incomplete revascularization. At the forefront of advances in catheter materials and technology, Penumbra, Inc. recently introduced the IndigoTM System for mechanical thrombectomy in the periphery. The Indigo System is designed to address the li...

Avicenna's Medical Didactic Poem: Urjuzehtebbi.

Historical research shows that many physicians experienced in medical sciences are also talented in art, literature and poetry. Avicenna was a sage who was skilled in poetry in addition to philosophy and medicine. He wrote two different types of poetry: those meant to be enjoyed for their literary qualities of novelty and imagination, and his didactic Urjuzeh. Didactic poems are different from ...