5 Unbelievable Facts About Doctors and Medical Students

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The Affluence Connection: Recent studies shed light on the surprising link between affluence and medical students. An analysis of the Association of American Medical Colleges data compared with the U.S. Census reveals that medical students are often from households ranking in the nation’s top 5% income bracket. This was particularly...

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Digestive Transit Time of Lego Heads: The FART Score Study

A group of six physicians designed a study in which each of them ingested a Lego head, with the goal of establishing the average transit time for an object frequently swallowed. Their findings were quantified and presented through a metric they humorously termed the ‘Found and Retrieved Time’ or ‘FART’...

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