Noteworthy quotes from biochemistry professor. I'm gonna have this guy fall quarter too.
"You take biochemistry to learn not to smoke."
[during the review session for midterm I] "My job is to give you pain"
"..Now, what humans love to do is-and I'm included in that...I'm human I think. Yeah.."
" Come here electrons. I want you."


to be continued...

Harana

I volunteered with the clinic for Harana yesterday at Tower II in Sac. "Harana" means serenade in Tagalog. The event consisted of free health screenings, entertainment, food and Bingo for the Filipino WWII Veterans. All the people who attended were incredibly sweet. The veteranos and their wives looked so happy to see the clinic and a UCD dance crew serve them. I really hope that the Vets continue with their meetings, so I can get to know them better. It seems like less and less of them will though because of the President Obama's stimulus package.

The King of Pop lives on

Last night, ABC primetime was featuring "Prescription for Death?", an investigation of Michael Jackson's death. A few days after the legend's passing, the news ran headlines shouting that he overdosed on Diprivan. It didn't click with me that Diprivan was Propofol. When I had my internship in the ICU about half a year ago, I heard the word "Propofol" a lot. I read information about about the drug, but I guess I didn't remember much about it. During one of my shifts, when I was shadowing the pharmacist during rounds, the nurses, nurse practioner and pharmacist were having a fit about the large amount of Propofol and Versed a doctor prescribed for a particular patient. The nurse that was taking care of the patient during the time even said she decreased the duration that the amount was entering his system just because she thought the numbers were crazy. The pharmacist signed to lower the guy's dose in the end. Sedations and the amount administered is a big issue in the hospital, so it should be an even bigger deal in the community. I hope they clear up the cause of MJ's death.

Comic Con Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland Teaser Trailer with HD

!!!!!!! SO EXCITED !!!!!!!