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Mark Cuban Says Med School Should Be Free—'For $10B A Year, We Would See A Change In The Profession, Career Paths, And The Cost Of Care'

Billionaire Mark Cuban is doubling down on his idea that medical school in the U.S. should be tuition-free. “There are 100k students in med school each year. Room and board is about 100k per year. For $10B a year, med school could be free,” Cuban said recently on Bluesky.

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No Pseudonymity for Illinois Ex-Med Student Suing Under Title IX to Challenge Dismissal for Sexual Misconduct

The Seventh Circuit is generally much more hesitant than courts in other circuits to allow pseudonymity in such cases.

Reason

Capping Student Loans Won't Destroy Medical Schools

Medical school is so expensive in the first place because of a policy that gives medical students unlimited access to loans.

Reason

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Loan plan in Republican bill could worsen doctor shortage, experts warn

Proposal to limit student loans for ‘professional programs’ risks driving people away from medicine, critics say

The Guardian - US

80 Hilarious Memes Shared By Medical Students

Nobody's pretending it's easy.

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The PayPal memo said ‘braiiins’: Harvard Medical School morgue manager, accused of smuggling human remains, enters plea

Another memo said "head number 7."

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Dr. Zhong Liu: Leading Cutting-Edge Research in AI Sleep Medicine and AI Cardiovascular Dynamics at Harvard Medical School

As a Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Zhong Liu has made groundbreaking advancements not only in fundamental theoretical research and AI algorithms but also in infusing new energy into life sciences AI algorithms and interdisciplinary medical technologies with his diverse academic background.

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ICE Is Trying To Deport a Harvard Medical School Researcher Over Frog Embryos

An immigration judge found the official document initiating Kseniia Petrova’s deportation to be legally deficient. She remains in detention, unable to further her cancer research.

Reason

Former morgue manager of Harvard Medical School to plead guilty to stealing and selling body parts

Cedric Lodge was accused of stealing and selling human heads, brains, skin and bones from cadavers as part of a ‘nationwide network’

The Independent UK

Experience: I held up a plane to catch a thief

Four years of medical school notes vanished with my device, and my flight was due to take off in 45 minutes

The Guardian - UK

Doctor shortages have hobbled health care for decades − and the trend could be worsening

Americans are increasingly waiting weeks or even months to get an appointment to see a health care specialist.

The Conversation

Russian Putin Critic Could Be Deported Following ICE Arrest: 'She Cannot Return To Russia Without Being Jailed Or Harmed'

A Russian scientist working at Harvard Medical School has been detained and taken to an ICE detention center in Louisiana

Latin Times

A Palestinian American medical student objected to working alongside IDF soldiers. The university suspended her

Emory University put Umaymah Mohammad through ‘one of the most dehumanizing’ experiences of her life as a new front opens in the silencing of pro-Palestinian voices

The Guardian - US

In lawsuit settlement, Texas Tech’s med school promises it won’t consider race in admissions

George Stewart sued Texas Tech University Health Science Center and five other medical schools claiming they rejected him in favor of lesser qualified students of color.

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The Guardian - UK

Tackling class barriers to medical school

Letters: Broad descriptors of class fail to capture the full picture of underrepresentation, writes Dr Katie Petty-Saphon, while Dr Carl Darby says working-class grit is a useful quality in the NHS

The Guardian - UK

Only 5% of UK medical school entrants are working class, data shows

Sutton Trust says underrepresentation of poorer students is ‘outrageous’ but number has doubled in 10 years to 2022

The Independent UK

Only 5% of students in medical schools from lowest socio-economic group – study

Medical schools should make more ambitious use of contextual offers to widen access, a charity has urged.

The Guardian - AU

Here’s what I learned in medical school – beyond the curriculum

Studying medicine is not an identity – and self-care should be considered a matter of medical ethics rather than an indulgence

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South Korea Exam Sees Record Number Of Re-takes After Medical Reforms

South Korean students are sitting a crucial university entrance exam Thursday, with a record number re-taking the test in a bid to capitalise on reforms that made it easier to get into medical school.

The Walrus

To Get into Medical School, I Thought I’d Have to Hide Parts of My Blackness

But then came a question I wasn’t prepared for

The Guardian - UK

Europe’s medical schools to give more training on diseases linked to climate crisis

New climate network will teach trainee doctors more about heatstroke, dengue and malaria and role of global warming in health

The Conversation

Nobel prize in medicine awarded for discovery of microRNAs, the molecules that control our genes

Two scientists, Victor Ambros (UMASS Chan Medical School in the US) and Gary Ruvkun (Harvard Medical School in the US), have won the 2024 Nobel prize in medicine or physiology.

The Times of India

Nobel Prize 2024 in Medicine announced: Victor Ambros, Gary Ruvkun awarded for discovering microRNA

The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institutet awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of microRNA, a new class of tiny RNA molecules that play a crucial role in gene regulation. Ambros, 70, is a professor at the…

The Conversation

On television shows like “Grey’s Anatomy,” “The Resident” and “Chicago Med,” physicians seem to always have the right answer.

The Guardian - AU

Menopause should be taught in Australian medical schools to prevent women being gaslit, inquiry finds

Women were dismissed, offered ineffective treatments or wrongly diagnosed by healthcare professionals, Senate inquiry told

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