Avir Mitra

When evolutionary biologists studied the protein involved in fusing placenta cells, it didn’t look like it came from human DNA. It looked like a virus.

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Doctors are trained to remove maggots from patients' wounds, but could it be that maggots are actually there to help? (Tsekhmister/Bigstock)

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Maggots: A vile prescription

Doctors are trained to remove maggots from patients, but could it be that maggots are actually there to help?

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Why don’t young doctors want to work in primary care?

Half the money and none of the respect, a first-year resident says no wonder new doctors aren’t choosing to be generalists. ...

8 years ago

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If your heart stops…let it be at the craps table

Ah…ah…ah…ah…Stayin’ Alive. The moment your heart stops pumping blood is the moment you stop ...

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Does beginner’s luck really exist or is it all in our heads?

Beginner’s luck. It’s an idea that’s been around for generations. It even has its own Wikipedia page. But does it reall ...

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‘Is there a doctor on board?’

A cross-country flight quickly turns into a medical student’s worst nightmare. As the long Thanksgiving weekend of 2014 drew ...

10 years ago

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New blood test could indicate long-term severity of concussions

Over the past 15 years, scientists and physicians have come to realize that concussions are very serious injuries. In fact, about 20 perc ...

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Reporter and Drexel medical student Avir Mitra all wired up and ready to be more creative. (Image courtesy of Sarah Puleo)

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Taming our inner CEO to find creativity

Can we hack the brain to make it more creative? I’ve always been fascinated by the creative pr ...

10 years ago

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The return of the house call?

A little-known corner of the Affordable Care Act could usher home visits by doctors back into the medical mainstream. A long ...

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How doctors talk about brain death

When physicians declare a patient as dead, what exactly do they mean? “Hi Mr. Smith, I’m Dr. Goldberg, I’m the t ...

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One doctor’s mission to recycle pacemakers for patients in India

A Pennsylvania doctor is turning medical trash into life-saving gold. It’s not every day that I discuss the best way to evad ...

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