by Ingrid Yang | May 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
May is national ALS month. We’ve usually heard of this because of the well-publicized “ice bucket challenge”, where one can donate to the ALS foundation to watch a friend or celebrity be doused with a bucket of ice. That was fun, and for a great cause, but let’s also...
by Ingrid Yang | Apr 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
Almost all human cells reproduce on a cycle. Up to 10% of your heart is replaced each year. Red blood cells are replaced every three months. Skin cells, every two weeks. But it has traditionally been accepted that neurons, the cells that make up the brain and spinal...
by Ingrid Yang | Apr 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
Leaning in. During these last few weeks and months, dozens of opportunities have been proposed to me for future endeavors; from medicine, to yoga, to business, to real estate (yes I’m trying to buy a home, a whole new level of stress). It’s been a little overwhelming....
by Ingrid Yang | Apr 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
In our busy, modern lives, we have to rely on our innate automated system more and more each day. From our instincts when we get behind the wheel of a car, to our muscle memory when we unlock our phones, the efficiency of our autonomic nervous system is integral to...
by Ingrid Yang | Feb 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
The year started on hospital wards for me. On January 1st, 2019 at 6am, I arrived to work on that dark, winter morning and sat down in excited anticipation of 5 months remaining in my formal medical training. I logged into the EMR with quiet reverence that I...
