Lehigh University's Pre-Medical Chapter of AMSA

01/23/2017

A good op-ed to get focused on as health care policies will change drastically with the new administration. See what you think about it!

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/23/trump-price-plans-for-obamacare-medicare-and-medicaid-commentary.html

03/01/2016

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160224151404.htm

And for those watching the debates, keep up with the candidate plans to see who's on top of their game.

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/final-gop-debate-before-super-tuesday-who-came-out-on-top-for-healthcare.html

In a first for medical science, pharmacy researchers turn skin cells into cancer-hunting stem cells that destroy brain tumors known as glioblastoma -- a discovery that can offer, for the first time in more than 30 years, a new and more effective treatment for the disease.

02/01/2016

Take a look at this new "Cut-and-Paste" system researchers are using to treat and edit genetic liver disease in newborn mice.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160201122852.htm

For the first time, researchers have treated an animal model of a genetic disorder using a viral vector to deliver genome-editing components in which the disease- causing mutation has been corrected. Delivery of the vector to newborn mice improved their survival while treatment of adult animals, une…

12/01/2015

I know this isn't a current article/event, but it'd be very wise to take a look at this archived Reddit post on Obamacare. It's pretty old, but it breaks down the logistics without oversimplifying the content. Very useful to know if you're preparing for interviews for med schools.

https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/vb8vs/eli5_what_exactly_is_obamacare_and_what_did_it/c530lfx

Okay, explained like you're a five year-old (well, okay, maybe a bit older), without too much oversimplification, and (hopefully) without sounding...

11/24/2015

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/11/23/pfizer-allergan-merger/76248478/

Record-breaking deal is the largest using a cost-saving yet controversial tax inversion.

11/24/2015

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/24/science/gene-drive-mosquitoes-malaria.html?ref=health&_r=0

Two teams of biologists have created a novel breed of mosquito with modified genes in hopes of eradicating the disease.

11/09/2015

A well, much-needed op-ed piece that fronts a lot of fine tuning changes to be done between the health care providers, our medical system and the big pharm businesses.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/08/opinion/sunday/how-doctors-helped-drive-the-addiction-crisis.html?smid=pl-share

Opioid painkillers are deadly, overprescribed and often ineffective.

11/02/2015

http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2015/10/29/781390/10154451/en/thromboDx-collaborators-show-Blood-Platelets-offer-all-in-one-cancer-diagnostics-platform-study-published-in-Cancer-Cell.html

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Oct. 29, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- thromboDx, a molecular diagnostic company based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands announced that a 283 subject study shows that its' blood platelet based diagnostic platform enables accurate detection, classification and subtyping of cancer in th…

10/26/2015

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/10/26/poor-sleep-may-spur-college-weight-gain/?ref=health

4 o'clocks coming up... Remember to get some sleep people.

The “freshman 15” weight gain among college students is more like five or 10, researchers say, and an underlying cause may be inconsistent bedtimes.

10/23/2015

REMINDER TO SIGN UP FOR DANCE MARATHON!! It's for a great cause, there'll be lots of food, loads of fun. GET HYPE!!

10/21/2015

http://www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/news/records/2015/October/Gene-could-hold-key-to-treating-Parkinsons-disease.aspx

There's going to a ton of research on this. A bit rudimentary on the initial findings but interesting to know the gene's potential for treating Parkinson's.

10/04/2015

Hello Everyone!

LUAMSA will have the opportunity to volunteer in the Walk to Stop Diabetes which is the signature fundraising walk of the American Diabetes Association. Formerly Step Out: Walk to Fight Diabetes and America’s Walk for Diabetes, the event has been taking place for more than 20 years and has raised more than $175,000,000 to Stop Diabetes.

As volunteers, we will be helping with route marshals, food tents, registration, kids' zone, t-shirt tents, and event set-up/clean-up.

It will be on October 10 from 7:30AM-1:30PM at the IronPigs Stadium at the Coca Cola Park in Allentown, PA. I know this is the Saturday of Pacing Break so it may interfere with your trip back home. However, it would be great to have some members who are staying at Lehigh to come out or even members to leave for home after this event!

I have attached a google doc for people to sign up as volunteers/drivers.


https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RbEmpRJmrHKslSB9KClf2nvwqE9JNxQjkdK_vQrkl3Y/edit =0