Home Stretch

We've entered the very last part of the curriculum; there's only one exam left. Aptly, the very end of the Life Cycles block encompasses aging. For these last three weeks, we're discussing topics such as menopause, osteoporosis, gynecologic problems, benign prostatic hypertrophy, and progerias (very interesting diseases of accelerated aging). Class attendance and academic enthusiasm has sort of trickled off as the unspoken threat of Boards picks people off. But with the aging population, such topics are more and more important to the foundation of good medicine.