Monthly Archives: June 2012

The one test everyone should take today (no studying required)

Posted on June 27, 2012 by lchensvold

In the United States, about one out of every five people with HIV do not know they are infected. For many, when they finally do get a diagnosis, the disease is fairly advanced. About half of the HIV patients who … Read More

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At a clinic in Panama, a resident’s eyes are opened

Posted on June 14, 2012 by lchensvold

[Rochelle Chijioke, MD is a 3rd year emergency medicine resident at the University of North Carolina.  Earlier this year she did a 3-week international elective rotation in Boquete, Panama to study basic Spanish and medical Spanish and volunteer in a … Read More

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A house call in Panama: medicine without the bells and whistles

Posted on June 13, 2012 by lchensvold

[Rochelle Chijioke, MD, is a 3rd year emergency medicine resident at the University of North Carolina.  Earlier this year she did a 3-week international elective rotation in Boquete, Panama with a Spanish immersion program called Habla Ya, which teaches both … Read More

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Inaugurating the new UNC-South China STI Research Training Center

Posted on June 6, 2012 by lchensvold

[This is another post sent in by Elizabeth Au and Crystal Shen, who are both spending fellowship years in China. Read their first post here.] Last week marked the official launch of the UNC-South China STI Research Training Center in … Read More

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