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White Coat Ceremony was yesterday 👩🏾‍⚕️🩺✨

Being in medical school should be considered a cardiovascular risk factor

BREAKING: Governor Alex Otti announces a $1 million MRI machine donation to Abia State by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

I'm pleased to inform us that the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Nigeria has successfully undergone the MDCN re-accreditation process. As a result, they have now been given full accreditation and their training quota has been increased from 15 to SIXTY (60) students and 48 House Officers. You remember when we raised awareness and Peter Obi intervened with N15 million donation that was used to equip their lab? That was when the story changed forever. They are the only institution offering dentistry in the South East. 15 slots have been the case for several decades and now things have changed forever.

hot take: the cherry blossom-ification of beverages during dc spring is so much better than the pumpkin-ification of fall

Neuro friends 🧠 Duke Neurology is recruiting for a PGY-3 position starting this July. This is a great opportunity! If you or someone you know may be interested, please comment or reach out. Here’s our awesome department:

Trust me, those home-made suya don’t taste like the real aboki suya, let’s stop deceiving ourselves

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Most Americans and Europeans have not seen Ube before.

They tell you to eat healthy and take supplements, but they don’t tell you that -Too many almonds can give you cyanide poisoning -Too much vitamin C can give you kidney stones -Too many oysters (or shellfish) can give you mercury or bacterial infections -Too much green tea can lead to anemia -Too many carrots can cause stomach cramps, bloating, & skin discolouration on your palms and soles -Too much raw liver can give you parasitic infections & vitamin A toxicity -Too much or long-term aspirin can give you bleeding risk (internal), stomach ulcers, blood clot risk (heart attack or stroke), and severe toxicity -Too much broccoli can give you thyroid issues -Too much selenium (like too many Brazil nuts) can actually give you hair loss and give you selenium toxicity -Too much vitamin D (supplements) can increase your blood pressure & damage your kidney -Too much vitamin A (in retinol form) can damage your liver & give you bone problems or birth defects -Too much calcium (supplements) can make you depressed, reduce your concentration, & calcify your arteries -Too much ashwaganda can create hyperthyroidism -Too much zinc can give you immune system issues -Too much magnesium can cause cardiac arrest -Too much iron (supplements) can damage your organs & even cause death Just because something is good for you doesn't mean you have to consume too much of it. Everything is good in moderation

However, have you seen how Nigerian girlies do their wigs? Have you seen their lace on the skin dress gown Have you seen their face beats? Nigerian hair, Make-up and designers should be one of the wonders of the world up there with weapons fashioned against basic-ness

"Was it really my fault?" asked the Short Skirt. "No, it happened with me too," replied the Burka. The diaper in the corner couldn't even speak. -Darshan Mondkar

Ofe nsala is not “white soup.” Ofe onugbu is not “bitter leaf soup.” They have no English names. They need none. They were not conceived in English thought, cooked in English kitchens, or born of English cosmology. So dragging English into their naming is cultural erasure. Renaming indigenous food is one of the most subtle forms of cultural self-contempt. You think you’re explaining; in reality, you’re confessing inferiority. You’re saying without words that what comes from you must be repackaged before it deserves attention. Food is a language. A complete one. It carries geography, season, spirituality, medicinal intelligence, and communal memory. When you translate ofe nsala into a colour description, you amputate everything that makes it Igbo. What remains is a pale, meaningless shadow designed to sound “civilised.” This impulse did not start with you. It was taught. Colonialism trained the African mind to believe that anything unnamed by Europe is unfinished. So we translate instinctively. We rename reflexively. We rush to make ourselves legible to outsiders, even when it costs us our spine. Burger is not English. It comes from Germany Hamburg, to be precise. Yet nobody calls it “minced meat sandwich.” Sushi was not renamed “raw fish rice” to gain acceptance. Pizza was not reduced to “flat baked dough.” The world adjusted because those cultures refused to adjust themselves downward. Have you ever seen an Englishman seeking validation by giving his food an Igbo name? Have you ever seen Europeans apologising for their culture before presenting it? Never. Only the colonised mind feels the urge to explain itself into disappearance. Renaming is how ownership is stolen. Once the indigenous name is abandoned, the origin becomes negotiable. Today it is “white soup.” Tomorrow it is “African delicacy.” Next tomorrow, it is “fusion cuisine” owned by someone else while the original custodians become footnotes. It is how cultures are neutralised without war. Neo-colonialism no longer arrives with guns. It arrives with vocabulary. It thrives on your desire to be liked, your fear of being seen as local, your addiction to external approval. A people who respect themselves do not translate their identity to be tolerated. They assert it and let the world learn. Your language is not a barrier. Your food is not primitive. Your culture is not awaiting certification. The only thing that needs correction is the mind that believes English is the final judge of value. So say it properly. Teach it confidently. Defend it unapologetically. Ofe nsala is ofe nsala. Ofe onugbu is ofe onugbu. If they want to eat it, let them learn it. If they want to know you, let them meet you whole. That is not arrogance. That is self-respect.

He’s saying this because women now outpace men in medical school applicant pools and admissions. If you’re a woman and need money for school, let me know at thurmanperryfoundation.org

Dear ladies never forget that: The same world that shames me for being a single mother also shames you for not being a mother and shames another woman for having too many children..lt shames one woman for having a child at the age of 19 because she's too young but also shames another for having at 36 because she's too old..lt shames a woman who marries young as well as the one who marries old..It shames women who don't have beautiful bodies and shames those who go under the knife to get the bodies. This world shames all women, not a single one of us is spared, not a single one. So love and make yourselves happy.

My mom recently asked me how to take a screenshot At first I laughed, but then I remembered she taught me how to tie my shoes.

“We were in Lagos for Christmas. Nkanu had what we first thought was just a cold, but soon turned into a very serious infection and he was admitted to Atlantis hospital. He was to travel to the US the next day, January 7th, accompanied by Travelling Doctors. A team at Johns Hopkins was waiting to receive him in Baltimore. The Hopkins team had asked for a lumbar puncture test and an MRI. The Nigerian team had also decided to put in a 'central line' (used to administer iv medications) in preparation for Nkanu's flight. Atlantis hospital referred us to Euracare Hospital, which was said to be the best place to have the procedures done. The morning of the 6th, we left Atlantis hospital for Euracare, Nkanu carried in his father's arms. We were told he would need to be sedated to prevent him from moving during the MRI and the 'central line' procedure. I was waiting just outside the theater. I saw people, including Dr M, rushing into the theater and immediately knew something had happened. A short time later, Dr M came out and told me Nkanu had been given too much propofol by the anesthesiologist, had become unresponsive and was quickly resuscitated. But suddenly Nkanu was on a ventilator, he was intubated and placed in the ICU. The next thing I heard was that he had seizures. Cardiac arrest. All these had never happened before. Some hours later, Nkanu was gone It turns out that Nkanu was NEVER monitored after being given too much propofol. The anesthesiologist had just casually carried Nkanu on his shoulder to the theater, so nobody knows when exactly Nkanu became unresponsive. How can you sedate a sick child and neglect to monitor him? Later, after the 'central line' procedure, the anesthesiologist casually switched off Nkanu's oxygen and again decided to carry him on his shoulder to the ICU! The anesthesiologist was CRIMINALLY negligent. He was fatally casual and careless with the precious life of a child. No proper protocol was followed. We brought in a child who was unwell but stable and scheduled to travel the next day. We came to conduct basic procedures. And suddenly, our beautiful little boy was gone forever. It is like living your worst nightmare. I will never survive the loss of my child. We have now heard about two previous cases of this same anesthesiologist overdosing children. Why did Euracare allow him to keep working? This must never happen to another child”. CNA

𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗜𝗠 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘀: On September 12, 2025, the ACGME accredited 13 new Internal Medicine residency programs. I don’t yet have further details on these programs, but the best way to explore them is to: ✅ Check their official websites ✅ Look for program updates on social media ✅ Reach out directly via email Wishing everyone the best of luck in finding new opportunities! Courtesy @acgme #Match2026 #ResidencyMatch #Meded #USMLE #NRMP #ECFMG

Haven’t seen anyone asking where the current Vice President is, what his policies are, what he’s doing for people, nor what his impact is. Fascinating.

Sorry, I don't think Black children or any children of color should have to suffer through being the only POC in a room for an education. Ruby Bridges is still alive and she's spoken about what it did to her psyche!