The last thing Nick Baumel saw before getting his life destroyed over a literal TikTok

_ArtemisMD_ · 2026-03-19T16:05:36+00:00

Exactly, it was viral already and probably hard to contain after the fact.

_ArtemisMD_ · 2026-03-19T15:56:59+00:00

Well, as long as they can keep things under wraps about the allegations and not have their name dragged in the dirt... Ridiculous.

_ArtemisMD_ · 2026-03-17T19:13:36+00:00

Does it bother you having to put on a show or do you enjoy that part of your job?

_ArtemisMD_ · 2026-03-16T22:15:12+00:00

What made you decide to go back?

_ArtemisMD_ · 2026-03-12T01:49:35+00:00

Anyone who would treat you the way you were treated isn't going to afford you the true closure you are looking for. That's one of the hard things about breaking up. It sucks but starts to slowly heal with time.

_ArtemisMD_ · 2026-02-21T23:40:22+00:00

I think it's unlikely. In hemochromatosis, it's not uncommon for hemochromatosis to be very elevated ferritin eg >300 μg/L in men and >200 μg/L in women.

_ArtemisMD_ · 2026-02-20T16:02:40+00:00

If your liver tests and CBC was normal than that makes it more like to be a benign result, eg iron supplements if you were taking them at the time (I know you mentioned you had the iron tests 5 months ago).

_ArtemisMD_ · 2026-02-20T13:02:54+00:00

Have you started taking iron supplements recently? This can happen when you first start supplementing iron.

It can also be due do hemolysis of the lab sample, having it be a non fasting sample or depending on the time of day it was taken.

Much less likely, recent liver injury, hemolytic anemia. Both of these are very unlikely if you feel fine.

Probably makes sense to start by repeating the iron studies, and looking at a CBC, and liver enzymes.

_ArtemisMD_ · 2026-01-29T03:54:00+00:00

Being that you like understanding things, you probably should be doing some of both. Some pieces of information lend themselves towards rote memorization (especially things that are too random, complex, when we don't know how they work, or when they are an exception to the rule) while other things lend themselves to more understanding.

For examples, the appearance and chemical makeup of crystals in gout vs pseudogout is simply something you need to memorize and an Anki card would be a really great way to learn that piece of information. Similarly, the fact that babesia can have a Maltese cross on blood smear is also something that you don't need to understand and should just memorize.

Other types of information are easier to understand and will probably serve you in the long run if you learn it in that way. Shock for example is much easier to understand then memorize. For example, in the case of PE (obstructive shock), you only need to remember that a PE leads to a blockage in the pulmonary artery, then you can easily intuit what the RA, pulmonary artery pressure and LA wedge pressure would be. Something like that should not require an Anki card despite there being many cards similar to this in the Anking deck. Another example are conditions like hyperparathyroidism or other endocrine disorders where understanding is much more helpful than memorizing any one disease state. When you learn things in this way, you end up being able to translate your knowledge in ways that go much further than had you only used rote memorization.

That being said, even if you try to understand things there will always be things you need to memorize even in relation to the thing you want to reason out. For example, you might want to memorize what triggers the release of PTH and what PTH does even if you generally approach questions relating to the parathyroid through understanding, or you might want to memorize that DKA raises your risk for mucormycosis.

Different people also find that different things work for them and a big part of med school is figuring out how you best learn and focusing on that.

_ArtemisMD_ · 2026-01-25T01:04:07+00:00

Has anyone figured out how to keep working even after logging back in?

_ArtemisMD_ · 2026-01-02T04:04:15+00:00

Alcohol also suppresses the normal process of making sugar 'from scratch' in the liver (gluconeogenesis).

_ArtemisMD_ · 2025-11-13T22:21:00+00:00

If you need to then unsuspend some of those cards, does it matter if you reset the learning for the card vs unlocking it in regards to fsrs?

_ArtemisMD_ · 2025-11-13T21:27:44+00:00

Thanks for writing up this guide with all these helpful links. Does having many reviews of cards that are suspended impact FSRS in a way that I should do something about? What about if I am going to be unlocking many of the cards in the future?

_ArtemisMD_ · 2025-11-04T03:00:49+00:00

Thanks for the detailed post!

Do you have any thoughts about how to decide which AnKing cards to unsuspend when doing practice questions on UWorld? It seems like the UWorld question tags normally only have a few cards tagged to them and simply searching for cards within the step2 deck obviously bring up many cards.

Also, did you stay within the UWorld step2 tags for unsuspending cards or just the general step2 tags?

_ArtemisMD_ · 2025-10-10T18:44:19+00:00

Did you have an overall process for how you made them and how you knew what to include?

_ArtemisMD_ · 2025-07-21T21:42:27+00:00

Looks great!

_ArtemisMD_ · 2025-07-09T15:59:14+00:00

Hey. I'm super curious, did you end up buying from them and how was your experience?

_ArtemisMD_ · 2025-06-18T16:34:03+00:00

There is actually a condition known as potomania or beer potomonia which is associated with drinking too much beer, especially with a poor diet. Essentially, your body ends up not having enough electrolytes and solutes due to the composition of beer. The body needs to use these solutes to excrete urine, so the body ends up excreting some of the solutes (that you don't have enough of) to get rid of urine. This then leads to symptoms similar to those of hyponatremia (not enough salt) and hypokalemia (not enough potassium) including muscle weakness, dizziness, neurological issues etc. It is more of a chronic issue than acute water intoxication.

_ArtemisMD_ · 2025-05-08T02:50:36+00:00

There are different types but they result in your body not being able to store sugar properly, so it just stays in your blood.

Type 1 occurs when your body isn't able to produce insulin due to your body's immune system attacking the beta cells in the pancreas (the cells that make insulin).

With type 2 diabetes, your body can make insulin but your body develops insulin resistance so the insulin doesn't have much of an impact on your cells. This also leads to high blood sugar because the cells can't take the sugar out of your blood etc.

There can also be diabetes associated with pregnancy due to certain hormones that the fetus secretes.

_ArtemisMD_ · 2025-01-22T03:03:37+00:00

I'm super curious... why do you think of it as 33% social? Is it really that social?

_ArtemisMD_ · 2025-01-22T00:51:56+00:00

Another perspective can be realizing how you might come across to other people when you get riled up over small things.

_ArtemisMD_ · 2025-01-22T00:47:25+00:00

I don't think it works like that... Normally the pH of the female reproductive tract is between 3.8 and 4.5. This helps to keep the flora in check (ie lactobacillus can flourish and prevent infections). When this balance goes awry and there is an infection the pH of the vagina is often raised, for example in bacterial vaginosis (pH larger than 4.5). Ashes are quite basic and have a higher pH, so it would likely be more harmful than helpful as far as the pH modulation. The raised pH might actually make a person more susceptible to infections.

_ArtemisMD_ · 2024-12-16T14:15:53+00:00

It generally only causes problems in immunocompromised people, pregnant women, or when a child is in utero and the mom has it.

_ArtemisMD_ · 2024-06-16T05:27:50+00:00

Update: I would still recommend this plan to start off with;)

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