Expanding the Scope: First-Year Medical Students at U-M Shadow CAM Practitioners in the Community

I just finished reading over 100 essays by the first year medical students, written after their fall CAM visits. I was again struck by their enthusiasm and appreciation of the program. The insights they shared about their visits and the contrast with the time they spent with M.D.’s during that same week were thoughtful.

Posted on January 20, 2015 and filed under Health and Wellness.

Golubki, Golubchik

Do you know what golubki are? They’re rolls of (primarily) meat wrapped in cabbage, highly common in Russia and the countries that border it. I was born in Moscow, Russia, but my mother was born in Odessa, Ukraine. According to her, we are neither Ukrainian nor Russian but Jewish. 

Posted on January 7, 2015 .