by EpicentRx | Nov 22, 2023 | Blog
The Pilgrims came to America in 1620 in search of religious freedom. The Second Pilgrims were those that migrated to clinical trials—the first ever controlled clinical trial was led by Dr. James Lind in 1747 aboard the English ship, HMS Salisbury—in search of freedom...
by EpicentRx | Nov 20, 2023 | Blog
“WOW is spelled the same backwards and forwards, which makes it an anadrome and a palindrome.” Ananym plural -s adjective ananymic Definition (noun): a name written backwards. Pronunciation: anay-nim Anadrome Pronunciation: a-na-drome plural -s Definition (noun): a...
by EpicentRx | Nov 17, 2023 | Blog
The playwright and novelist, Oscar Wilde, wrote that “We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language.” Not to be outdone, Sir Winston Churchill described the United States and Great Britain as two nations “divided by the same...
by EpicentRx | Nov 15, 2023 | Blog
The D.C. in Washington D.C. stands for District of Columbia, of course. But it also stands for “Darn Cold” as temperatures reached near freezing levels. Luckily for the attendees of the Society for Neuroscience Conference on November 15, Dr. Richard Gordon brought...
by EpicentRx | Nov 15, 2023 | Blog
For illustrative purposes, below is an excerpt from a hypothetical patient chart note: “58 yr old well-nourished male patient, very poor historian, impressive chest X-ray, a fib, occult blood in the urine, +BS, dizzy, +++ SOB needs CABG and F/U.” It occurs to us that...
