Ashely Alker, MD
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An excerpt from 99 Ways to Die: And How to Avoid Them. In response to this chapter, I expect to receive a battery of soaking wet letters from infuriated marine biologists, since each species deserves their own chapter, but my…
An excerpt from 99 Ways to Die: And How to Avoid Them.
In response to this chapter, I expect to receive a battery of soaking wet letters from infuriated marine biologists, since each species deserves their own chapter, but my editor cut me off.
Flamboyant cuttlefish
The flamboyant cuttlefish is not to be confused with the flamboyant cuddle-fish, which does not exist. The cuttlefish, Metasepia pfefferi, looks like an orchid that ran …
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The most venomous and poisonous sea creatures to avoid
Physicians
The one question every medical school admissions committee will ultimately ask: “Why do you want to be a doctor?” As if the many overqualified and seemingly undervalued applicants rejected each year do not have a sufficient answer. My answer was…
The one question every medical school admissions committee will ultimately ask: “Why do you want to be a doctor?” As if the many overqualified and seemingly undervalued applicants rejected each year do not have a sufficient answer. My answer was stereotypical, but I meant it.
“I want to help people.”
Four years later, I am a University of California, San Diego emergency medicine resident. And I am also fortunate to be a …
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A physician at TEDMED 2015: Here’s the topic that stood out
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