The authors take note of the rapid decline in the use of live animals in medical schools. In 1987 over 90% of schools used live animals as part of their curricula. This number plummeted to 32% of U.S. medical schools in 2001. Today, there are no U.S.-based medical programs that make use of live animals. […]

  Musculoskeletal (MSK) disorders are injuries that affect the body’s muscles, bones, and joints. Lower back pain is one of the most predominant MSK disorders in working class Americans, especially in service workers, craftsmen, operatives, and laborers (1). This pain is defined as a non-traumatic MSK disorder affecting the low back, including lumbar disk problems […]

The quality of mental health among medical students worldwide is an issue that has existed for decades, but one that has not, as of yet, received sufficient resources, time, and practical consideration. A recently published meta-analysis of 195 studies in JAMA calculated the overall pooled prevalence, globally, of depression or similar indications of medical students […]