Before Frontiers Magazine came together, we felt a disconnect between the health field and our lives as undergraduates at Washington University in St. Louis. Some of us noticed it in the textbook education we receive here and some through experiences working in hospitals or internships. Through different paths, we came together to create a magazine…
According to the American Cancer Society, six percent of the new cases of cancer in 2013 occurred in people under the age of 45. With philanthropic endeavors such as Relay for Life and the cutting edge research at the medical school, our institution does not claim ignorance to these statistics. Yet, it is difficult to…
It’s the night before a huge exam. You have just gotten back from a day of classes interlaced with meetings, office hours, short conversations with friends, Facebook, and more meetings. As you open your textbook for the first time all semester, you question if—even with an all-nighter—you have enough time to possibly learn everything you…
Students coming into WashU know that our faculty is studded with world-renowned researchers. Once attending the school, however, so many students become engulfed by their classes that these researchers become no more than professors. Behind the syllabi they hand out in prerequisite classes, our professors are truly pushing the frontier of medical research. Daniel…
It may seem that lack of sleep is just another part of college life. According to a University of Cincinnati study, only 24 percent of students said they got at least 7 to 8 hours of sleep each night, even though the National Sleep Foundation says that young adults need between 8.5 and 9.25 hours…
Building and maintaining the workforce in healthcare has become an area of concern in recent years. Medical schools put students through a rigorous course load combined with hands-on experiences that are both physically and emotionally draining. Students must serve long hours in the clinic to gain exposure to a variety of cases. Some believe this…
Antibiotics are the most important medical advancement of the last hundred years. That’s my opinion. This is a fact: every year, our antibiotics become less effective, and there are fewer new drugs developed to replace the ones that resistant bacteria have bested. Over 2 million people are infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria each year, and those…