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I had to stray away from medicine for this one. Male fruit flies rejected by females turned to alcohol to drown their sorrows in a study published in the journal Science.The male flies were placed with females that had already mated, and hence had no interest in sex. The frustrated fly fellows were provided with sugar water spiked with 15 percent alcohol, along with plain sugar water. The spurned males chose to drink the alcohol mixture 70 percent of the time, compared to their sexually satisfied peers, which chose the alcoholic mix only 50 percent of the time.Getting their drink on might not be the best decision for a frustrated fly. A neurobiologist at Pennsylvania State University found that repeated exposure of males fruit flies to alcohol vapor put them into a sexual frenzy. The drunken Drosophila got so worked up they stopped caring what gender they were courting. Males chased each other around, serenading their beau with wings vibrating out the traditional fruit fly courtship song. However, even if the males caught up with a female, their rate of successful copulation went down with the more alcohol they had inhaled.Female fruit flies, on the other hand, got no kick from the alcohol vapors. Mere alcohol didn’t thrill them at all. They showed little change in behavior, possibly because females do little to court males.Extract from Article: http://news.discovery.com/animals/animals-on-drugs-pictures-130118.htm

I had to stray away from medicine for this one.

Male fruit flies rejected by females turned to alcohol to drown their sorrows in a study published in the journal Science.

The male flies were placed with females that had already mated, and hence had no interest in sex. The frustrated fly fellows were provided with sugar water spiked with 15 percent alcohol, along with plain sugar water. The spurned males chose to drink the alcohol mixture 70 percent of the time, compared to their sexually satisfied peers, which chose the alcoholic mix only 50 percent of the time.

Getting their drink on might not be the best decision for a frustrated fly. A neurobiologist at Pennsylvania State University found that repeated exposure of males fruit flies to alcohol vapor put them into a sexual frenzy. The drunken Drosophila got so worked up they stopped caring what gender they were courting. Males chased each other around, serenading their beau with wings vibrating out the traditional fruit fly courtship song. However, even if the males caught up with a female, their rate of successful copulation went down with the more alcohol they had inhaled.

Female fruit flies, on the other hand, got no kick from the alcohol vapors. Mere alcohol didn’t thrill them at all. They showed little change in behavior, possibly because females do little to court males.

Extract from Article: http://news.discovery.com/animals/animals-on-drugs-pictures-130118.htm

How Should Doctors Celebrate Christmas?

How should an anaesthesiologist celebrate Christmas?
Sit in a corner with a book and a glass of milky liquid, adjusting the table intermittently, passing gas at all times.

How should an orthopedist celebrate Christmas?
Turkey. Fork. Hammer.

How should an emergency physician celebrate Christmas?
Turkey. Quick. Slash neck. Puncture chest. Tube in every orifice. Pepper. Salt. Call everyone now.

How should a pharmacist celebrate Christmas?
Look at turkey. Go away. Open & close drawers, move bottles around. Come back when guests complain. Put turkeys in small bottles to share.

How should a paediatrician celebrate Christmas?
Oh, look, turkey! Kucikucikuci. Googoogaga. Can I tickle u with this knife?

How should a plastic surgeon celebrate Christmas?
“Hmm, I think I can augment this turkey breast.”

How should a radiologist celebrate Christmas?
“Can someone switch off the lights please?”

How should an obstetrician celebrate Christmas?
Turkey supine. Legs spread up. Hand into fillings and pull HARD.

How should a colorectal surgeon celebrate Christmas?
Turkey prone. Legs down. Index finger in filling, wiggle, wiggle, pull finger out, look at finger.

How should a microbiologist celebrate Christmas?
With culture and sensitivity.

How should a GP celebrate Christmas?
Kill turkey, stuff turkey, cook turkey, watch everyone else eat turkey.

How should an internist celebrate Christmas?
Hmm, looks like turkey, smells like turkey, taste like turkey. Must be an African swallow. 

Credit to otorhinolarydoc, an awesome doctor with a keen sense of style.
(P.S. Surgery one coming tomorrow) 

Residents are Funny.

So in this shadowing surgeon thing, I also get to see residents, and follow them around to see what their lives are like. They have 80 hour work weeks, they’re under constant stress from the attendings, and they still have so much more to learn. But one thing I learned, is that they have fun nonetheless, in their own sort of geeky resident way.. and I’m jealous. here are some stuff that went on during a lunch.

Resident 1: ask him about his finger (points to resident 2)
Resident 2: so, I had my trauma rotation at county… and I had to give this guy a rectal exam. While my finger was up his butt, he decided to turn around and sit on my finger. So I had a HUGE sprained finger, all black and blue for a couple weeks, and couldn’t even move it. 

few moments later..
Resident 3: Do you guys notice the bump on your middle finger?
Resident 4: I think everyone has it, it’s from writing…
Resident 3: Well I think mine’s ugly, and I don’t really write anymore, we type everything. I wanna get rid of it, do you think we can just surgically remove it?
All 10~Residents: (talking in unison about what their thoughts about removing it, whether it can be done, or what procedures should be taken, ‘it’s just a callous’, ‘who cares’, ‘it should be easy because its just on the surface’)

Surgeons seem to just wanna cut… and yeah they’re dorks.
Was this not as funny as I thought it was? Maybe I’m just a big dork too..