Before starting medical school this August, I took a gap year in which I spent a lot of time with friends on the East Coast. And we ate. And ate. And ate some more. I tried authentic Philly cheesestea...

Married mother of three tells her NSCLC treatment story. Learn more about Tori's non-small cell lung cancer treatment including crizotinib and chemotherapy.

I have always thought it a bit ironic that future physicians often sacrifice their own physical, mental, and emotional health on the path of medical training. How are patients expected to listen to ou...

I was first introduced to Tag Days when I was an undergraduate student here at Michigan. I was walking to class on a cold December day when a guy dressed in a red poncho asked if I would like to donat...

Delivering & receiving cancer diagnosis can be hard. Learn more about sharing bad news with three cancer diagnosis stories from patients, families, and doctors.

It snowed this week. I couldn't believe it. I was at the Student-Run Free Clinic, and from the window, I saw snow falling to the ground. I'm still not entirely sure why this was surprising, as this is...

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! It's crazy to think that we're already most of the way through November; July doesn't seem like that long ago…

Colon and rectal polyps occur in 25 percent of people 50 and older. Learn the different types of colon polyps, colon polyp symptoms, & colon polyp risk factors.

Some of the brief highlights from my first 48 hours include: the Cultural Barriers to Learning seminar, Group on Student Affairs (GSA) poster session, and Doris Kearns Goodwin's plenary speech. The Cu...

As you might imagine, attending a health policy conference (AMA Interim Meeting) two days after a Presidential election was quite a whirlwind! The workshop that my committee coordinated on post-electi...

After only 11 weeks in medical school, I had the opportunity to represent the University of Michigan Student-Run Free Clinic at a fully-funded conference in Minneapolis. A team of us, including two...

Rodney documented his prostate cancer treatment by taking a picture after every chemotherapy treatment. Learn more about Rodney's prostate cancer survival story.

Complementary cancer therapies like art therapy & guided imagery sessions help lessen the discomfort of treatment. Here's more on complementary cancer treatments.

"DeBakey. 3-0 monocryl. LigaSure." (Try it; it's all the rage.)

Lecture hall at 8:30 a.m.