Medfools is glad to announce the ACS C-Tools 2.0, a timesaving PDA software package that provides instant access to cancer information to anyone in the healthcare field. C-Tools 2.0 was developed to help doctors and their staff prevent, diagnose and treat cancer, and is available free of charge. This is not meant for oncologists (since […]

With the growing popularity of our Personal Statement Library and the internet, we’ve found an alarming trend in personal statements submitted for review to Ask the Fool. Even though we clearly posted a message to new visitors to the library to use the examples for inspiration and ideas only, some individuals are willing to put […]

Yes, they’ve done it again! Research dollars have been spent out there to “prove” the obvious. Children and adolescents were more likely to carry concealed firearms where 1. Community members ratings of neighborhoods rated unsafe for children, 2. neighborhood social disorder (how do you study that objectively), 3. Neighborhood physical disorder. This is earth shattering […]

Ever wonder that every hospital has its own soap? And as residents, we wash our hands like a hundred times with that industrial liquid soap. Every hospital, clinic, and office has their own soap. And sometimes that soap brings back memories on what has happened so far in a past experience. Recently the Fool was […]

According to a new report published in JAMA this week, there are some interesting trends out there in medical student education. The number of applicants in 2003 increased by 3.5% to 34786 representing the first gain since 1996. The number of women applying to med school is up 6.7%, and that accounts for most of […]

Did you know that you can relive years of residency within a period of hours? It’s true! Recently, this Fool was taking the dreaded American Board of Internal Medicine certifying exam, and so many questions jog your memory: the attending who compares patient positioning in the ICU to a BBQ rotisserie, Mr Smith who never […]