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Have you noticed how empty our faculty is?Well, the students might be there but what arethey doing?Is the school of medicine all about courses,exams and le3eb wara2 in the cafeteria??A group of students gathered to change thissituation and bring life to the faculty that teachesall about life. A lot of potential, a need forexpression, and a brainstorm of ideas is all it tookto establish MEDCLUB.What is MEDCLUB? It is an academic club that
joins students of all years. Aimed at publishingarticles, organizing extracurricular activities,
establishing contact with other faculties ofmedicine, and hopefully organizing lectures andproviding guidance for pursuing education inspecialty medicine.It is true that we have a very busy schedule, anda congested lifestyle. But still it is not impossibleto find the time to reduce the stress whether insports, leisure or academic activities.
PULSE IS BORN!
In this issue
PULSE IS BORN! 1
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La RechercheMdicale : Le Vraiet le Faux !
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Sexualit Desir
ou Union??
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Stem cells: A
Debate between
Science, Ethics &
Politics
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Moments 4
MICHAEL E.
DEBAKEY, M.D.
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Does SmokingHelp Stress?
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Plastic Surgery,
The FACTS...
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Short-sightedpeople are more
intelligent
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Stem Cells: A debate between Science, Ethics & Politics
A Stem cell possesses twoproperties: Self-renewal - theability to go through numerouscycles of cell division whilemaintaining the undifferentiatedstate and Potency- the capacityto differentiate into specializedcell types.The two broad types ofmammalian stem cells are:embryonic stem cells that arefound in blastocysts, and adultstem cells that are found inadult tissues.In the medical field: Medicalresearchers believe that stemcell therapy has the potential todramatically change thetreatment of human disease. Anumber of adult stem celltherapies already exist,particularly bone marrowtransplants that are used totreat leukemia. In the future,
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MEDCLUB needed a heart to pump our ideas, itneeded lungs to breath our hopes and ambitions.Initially we were reluctant to take our project astep further. It needed time and resources wemight not have.But all of that faded in the face of a relentlessdrive and a lot of motivation. Hence PULSEwasborn, a magazine that offers the ability ofexpression to students to communicate thoughtsand opinions.This is the start, humble and slow in front ofexpectations and ambitions. Still it is destined tomake a difference. So lets make the difference,
lets enrich our journey in the faculty of medicine.Every one counts.
medical researchers anticipatebeing able to use technologiesderived from stem cell researchto treat a wider variety ofdiseases including cancer,Parkinson's disease, spinal cordinjuries, and muscle damage.The ethical debate: Humanembryonic stem cell research iscontroversial because, with thepresent state of technology,starting a stem cell linerequires the destruction of ahuman embryo. So it is not theentire field of stem cellresearch, but the specific fieldof human embryonic stem cellresearch that is at the center ofan ethical debate.In the political field: the debatetook place mostly in the Unitedstates where in 1993 presidentBill Clinton gave completeauthority to fund human
embryo stem cell research forthe first time. Several yearslater, president GeorgeW.Bush signs an executiveorder which restricts federally-funded stem cell research onembryonic stem cells but hesupported federal funding forresearch on adult and animalstem cells. Despite this fact,Human embryonic stem cellresearch continues but withnon governmental financialsources.
A.Hamade
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La Recherche Mdicale : Le Vrai et le Faux !Lexpression RechercheMdicale est une expressionpleine dambigut dans la mesureo elle combine de nombreusesactivits, depuis la recherchebiologique et gntique la plus fine
jusquaux approchespidmiologiques en passant par larecherche pharmacologique etthrapeutique, sans parler de larecherche en psychologie, .... Cevaste champ dtude repose sur uncertain nombre de dogmesprogressivement mis en doute parle progrs gnral desconnaissances. De plus ce secteurde la recherche est soumis aux apptits divers de ceux qui se
partagent les retombesconomiques considrables dessystmes de sant. Pour trehonnte, on doit souligner la faibleincidence de toutes ces avancessur les conditions de la vie humaine.Ainsi, lesprance de vie narellement progress que dans lespremires annes de la vie, etsurtout grce des mesuresdhygine et de protection de lamre et de lenfant. linverse, ces
progrs ont bien peu deffet sur lesfins de vie avec leur cortge demaladies chroniques dgnrativeset invalidantes volutionirrversible et le plus souventmortelles (cancers, Alzheimer,accidents vasculaires divers ...). Ilest sans doute ncessaire de dfinir
une approche innovante des
orientations de la recherche
mdicale de demain.
II est vident que les travaux desscientifiques aient contribu latransformation radicale de la vie del'homme. Mais un grand nombre dersultats de leurs recherches sonttombs entre les mains dedtenteurs du pouvoir politiquemoralement aveugles. Certainsscientifiques s'avilissent au point decontribuer, en toute obissance, perfectionner les moyens qui
permettront la destruction del'humanit. Le temps serait-il pass ola libert intrieure du savant,l'indpendance de sa pense et de sonoeuvre faisait de lui le guide deshommes ? En aspirant trop
exclusivement la gloire, n'a-t-il pasoubli sa dignit et sa responsabilit !
Ma philosophie en recherche
Faire des expriences, btir desthories Par quelle ncessit deshommes mettent-ils tant de passion vouloir ternellement explorer lemonde ? A cette question, ceux quiaiment la science rpondent : parcuriosit, par dsir de s'approprier lanature, d'amliorer le sort de
l'homme. Ceux qui n'aiment pas lascience disent : par ambition, parvolont de puissance, amour de lagloire ou mme cupidit. Mais ce n'estpas tout. Il y a des facteurs plusprofonds. Il y a la tentative decomprendre un monde qui se drobe.La rvolte contre une ralit qui vouschappe, qui vous ignore et sanslaquelle il n'y a pas de vie. Uneexigence mtaphysique de cohrenceet d'unit, dans un univers qu'on
cherche possder mais qu'on neparvient pas mme saisir. L semanifeste dans toute son ampleurl'acharnement de l'aventure humaine.
La recherche nest pas un mtier, maisplutt un art. Trouver une solution un problme non encore rsolu est unart. Ceci exige de lexcellence, de lacrativit et de lendurance pour allerau bout du chemin malgr lesdifficults et les embchesrencontres. Il nous faut afficher notre
ignorance face aux buts ultimes de larecherche afin de pouvoir accepter unrsultat mme sil savrecontradictoire aux dogmes connus.
Le chercheur devrait tre un librepenseur oeuvrant en marge dessentiers connus. Mais, avoir l'espritouvert n'est pas l'avoir bant toutesles sottises. Il devrait tre en quelquesorte anarchiste par rapport aux
ides prtablis pour arriver innover.Cest souvent par hasard que lontrouve, mais par le raisonnement on le
justifie. Pour trouver il faut savoir relierdes phnomnes qui prime abord nesemblent pas lis. Un rsultat attendu
nest pas stimulant, par contrelorsquon arrive ce qui ntait pasprvu cest le dbut de la dcouverte.
Contrairement ce que lon croitsouvent, limportant dans la science,cest autant lesprit qui sous-tend ladmarche que le produit obtenu auterme. Cest autant louverture lindit, la rigueur de la critique, lasoumission limprvu que le rsultatlui-mme. Les scientifiques ontrenonc depuis longtemps lide
dune vrit qui serait limage exactedune ralit qui attendrait simplementdtre dvoile. Ils savent quil leur fautse contenter de rsultats partiels ouprovisoires. Ils savent que souvent onna pas cherch ce que lon trouve etquon ne trouve pas ce que loncherche. Ils savent qu chaque instantune voie nouvelle apparat, quil fautsavoir explorer do la ncessit dunegrande culture gnrale
Enfin, la science nest pas et ne serapas un livre achev, tout progrs nestquune ouverture de nouvellesquestions. "Le savant n'est pasl'homme qui fournit les vraiesrponses, c'est celui qui pose les vraiesquestions." Ainsi, "Notre tonnementrestera le mme, seul grandit en nousle courage de comprendre ltonnant. "
R. Chahine
Professeur de physiologie
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Je taime, je taimerai toujours et
je vais taimer dans lenfant que je
f a i s a v e c t o i .
La relation sexuelle plutt que la
sexualit est une colle ultra-
adhsive qui renforce les liens
relationnels dun couple mais
attention!! ce nest quune cerise
sur le gteau! Ainsi un tel acte
dans une relation prmature sur
tous les plans motionnels et
intellectuels et dans les cas
rvlant certaines inaptitudesdentente mutuelles, de sacrifices
et de communion est un court-
circuit trs dangereux...Vaut-
mieux alors maitriser sa
continence sexuelle et ses pulsions
par respect de lautre et laisser
lamour le temps de spanouir
avant de passer lacte sexuel qui
Sexual it Desir ou Union??
est une apoge sensuelle et
rotique de lamour qui inonde,
cest la gloire du corps, la propre
de lme! Par extrapolation ici, je
me permets de dire que lamour
qui inonde, lamour vrai est
lamour qui dure et non lamour
passion, lamour qui affole.
En dehors du cadre de lamour,
une dmarche sexuelle abusive,
drape est une manifestation
bestiale dune gourmandise
physiologique qui aura sans doutedes consquences psychologiques
i n a p p r o p r i s .
Ainsi, il ne faut pas plonger
dans une rivire tumultueuse
avant davoir appris nager
dans la barboteuse municipale.
P.Kaazan
Recommended
Textbooks
Harrison's Principles of
Internal Medicine 17thedition
ECG Complete
If I give you a pfennig,you will be one pfennigricher and I'll be onepfennig poorer. But if Igive you an idea, youwill have a new idea,but I shall still have it,too.
Albert Einstein
Recommended
Websites
www.anatomie-
humaine. com
www.emedecine.com
www.diseaseriskindex.
harvard.edu
www.medicalnewstoday
.com
MomentsMoments ,instants that passquickly.A brief second agoa moment passed,crushed, moved,and was left and
forgotten.
But a moment,an instant,can changeeverything,create waves,move mountains,and shake existences.
These moments arenot forgotten.They take more timethan years may bearthan lives maysupport
And the instantsAnd the seconds go .But moments stay,Live,Give,Carve into stonesAnd let the dreamsdo the rest.
E.Mikhael
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Special points of
interest:
Michael Ellis DeBakeyborn Michel Dabaghi onSeptember 7, 1908 is ap i o n e e r i n gcardiovascular surgeonand researcher. Dr.DeBakey's parents were
Lebanese immigrants.He received hisbachelor's and M.D.degrees from TulaneUniversity in NewO r l e a n s . H evolunteered for military
service during World War II, becoming theDirector of the Surgical Consultants' Division inthe United States Army Surgeon General's Office.This prolific humanitarian has performed morethan 60,000 cardiovascular procedures and has
trained thousands of surgeons who practicethrough the world. He has operated on heads ofstate, princes and celebrities, as well as paupers,with the same exacting surgical technique andcompassion to all. He is credited with inventingand perfecting scores of medical devices,techniques and procedures which have led to
Psychologicaldistinctions betweenmen and women
- Men are buildersand creators. Theytake risks andexperiment, while
women select themost valuableknowledge and passit over to the nextgeneration.
- Men are moreindependent in theirthoughts andactions, whilewomen are morewilling to follow theideas suggested by
others.
- Womens self-appraisal is lowerthan that of men.Women tend tocriticize themselves,while men are moresatisfied with theirown performance.
- Men and womenhave differentsources ofsatisfaction. Formen its career and
prosperity, whilewomen value familyand kids.
- Men have apronounced need tofulfill their goals,and women rankrelationships withothers first.
- Men get sick twiceas often as women,although womentend to be more
concerned abouttheir health.
- Women toleratepain andmonotonous workbetter than men.
Does Smoking Help Stress?
Nicotine is a stimulant and
acts as a 'pick-me-up'. Itreleases chemicals in your
b r a i n , c a l l e dneurotransmitters, and it'sthought that these improveyour mood and make youfeel better.Many people think that
smoking cigarettes helps tocalm them down. However,these feelings usually only
last for a short period of timebecause withdrawal from
nicotine gradually makesyou feel worse and yourgood mood is only restoredwhen the strong desire issatisfied with anothercigarette.Smoking increases stress
levels due to the constantneed to top up nicotinelevels. The problems with
using smoking to cope withstress include:
healthy hearts and productive lives for millionsthroughout the world. Dacron arteries, arterialbypass operations, artificial hearts, heart pumpsand heart transplants are common procedures intoday's medicine, thanks to Dr. DeBakey.To the amazement of his colleagues and patients,Dr. DeBakey continued to practice medicine into
an age well after most others have retired. OnDecember 31, 2005, at age 97, Dr. DeBakeysuffered an aortic dissection, the very conditionthat his pioneering procedure was designed totreat. He became the oldest patient ever toundergo the surgery for which he wasresponsible. After an operation lasted sevenhours, Dr. DeBakey was released in September2006 and has returned to good health.Dr. DeBakey has received numerous honorarydegrees from prestigious colleges anduniversities as well as innumerable awards from
educational institutions, professional and civicorganizations, and governments worldwide.With his keen intellect, professional ingenuity,personal integrity and selfless devotion tohumanity, Dr. Michel Dabaghi is a living legendand a genuine healer of the human heart.
R.Atme
-Relief is only temporary:
Stress will return and you'llsoon need to smoke another
cigarette.-Smoking does not solveyour problems: it only hidesthem. The cause of theproblem remains.-Smoking actually causes
more stress than it relieves:scientific studies show thatafter giving up, stress levels
decrease.Your anxiety may be
increased if you're worryingabout trying to give upsmoking. You may feelirritable and stressed whenyou quit smoking, but it'simportant to rememberthat this is a sign that your
body is repairing itself fromthe effects of nicotine.If smoking was your main
way of coping with stress,after quitting you'll need to
find new, better ways of
stress relief. Exercise,reading and relaxation
techniques, such as deepbreathing exercises, aregood alternatives and willhelp you to take yourmind off a stressfulsituation and improve your
mood.
SO SMOKERS START
THINKING
E.Fares
MICHAEL E. DEBAKEY, M.D.
Pioneer, innovator, miracle
maker & Lebanese
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As cosmetic surgery becomes more accessible toall, people no longer have to accept nature'simperfections. In fact, According to the AmericanSociety of Plastic Surgeons website, the numberof breast augmentations increased 657% from1992-2003. It also said that five times as manyliposuctions were performed from 1992-2003.
The site also stated, "Over 12 years, from 1992-2003, the number of cosmetic plastic surgeryprocedures has increased 424 percent." Thenumbers are still continually increasing not onlyin the U.S.A but also worldwide includingLebanon.What is plastic surgery?Plastic surgery goes back to the 8th century BC!It has tremendously evolved throughout years.Nowadays, It is divided to reconstructive andcosmetic plastic surgery.1-Reconstructive Plastic Surgery is performed tocorrect functional impairments caused by burns,
traumatic injuries (facial bone fractures),congenital abnormalities, developmentalabnormalities, infection or disease and removalof cancers or tumors (mastectomy).2- The term "cosmetic surgery" however, refersto surgery that is designed to improvea p p e a r a n c e : a b d o m i n o p l a s t y , A s i a nblepharoplasty, mammoplasty, buttockaugmentation, rhinoplasty, otoplasty,
Plastic S urgery, The FACTS...
Did YouDid YouDid YouDid You
Know?Know?Know?Know?
There are more living
organisms on the skin
of a single human
being than there are
human beings on the
surface of the earth.
If you could save all
the times your eyes
blink in one life time
and use them all at
once you would see
blackness for 1.
years.
Head lice actually
prefer to live on clean
heads, not on dirty
ones.
You burn more
calories sleeping than
you do watching T.V.
When you sneeze, all
your bodily functions
stop - even your
heart.
Babies start dreaming
even before they're
born.
liposuction, chin augmentation, designervagina's, G spot enhancement (Isnt it beingtaken too far?!)Cosmetic plastic surgery is so common that it hasbecome an obsession clearly shown by theamount of bank loans and debts people areputting theirselves through. The most weighing
cause is Media that is promoting western beautyas the only key to happiness, wealth, fame andlove. Striking fact: 55% of Japanese youngwomen go to plastic surgery, changing theircharacteristic features to match Hollywoodstandards. One of the biggest worries is aboutthe surgeons, who are willing to continueoperating on these women, where are theirmedical ethics??Actually, the root of the problem lies in theinsecurity, lack of confidence and discontent.Therefore, society should be trying to helppeople to get over their fear rather than
fostering the belief that by changing theirexterior they can solve all their worries. In fact, ifyou 'fix' one thing there'll soon be somethingelse you don't like about yourself. Be happy withwhat you have, instead of stressing over whatyou do not have.
H. El Hadad
M.El Kosseifi
Short-sighted people are more
intelligent Myopia is partly down to
genes. But if so, how has
it survived evolutionary
pressures? Any hunter-
gather with poor vision
would not have survived
long in the hostile
P a l a e o l i t h i c a g e .Researchers at Queen
Mary Hospital and the
University of Hong Kong
found that the genes
involved in myopia
survived because they
h av e a r o l e i n
intelligence. The idea is
that intelligence and
myopia go together
because the growth of
both the brain and the
eyes has a common
genetic base. Crucially,the genes responsible for
myopia have to be
turned on by an
environmental trigger. In
the distant past, that
trigger was not around,
so our ancestors
benefited from superior
intelligence, but did not
have the handicap of
being short-sighted.
C.Homsy
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The difference be-
tween a neurotic and
a psychotic is that,
while a psychotic
thinks that 2 + 2 = 5,
a neurotic knows the
answer is 4, but it
worries him.
Diseases are thetax on pleasures.
John Ray
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Dear Students, for those of you who would like to take share in MEDCLUB activities
or have articles published in PULSE, please send your suggestions to our email
[email protected] or contact us on these numbers 03756018-03085710.
We would be more than pleased to publish your work in the upcoming issues.
Thank you.
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"Doctors at a hospital in Brooklyn, NewYork have gone on strike. Hospital officialssay they will find out what the Doctors'demands are as soon as they can get apharmacist over there to read the picketsigns!"
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A short history ofmedicine:I have an earache.2000 B.C. - Here, eat thisroot1000 A.D. - That root isbad, say this prayer.1850 A.D. - That prayeris superstition, drink this
potion.1940 A.D. - That potionis snake oil, swallow thispill.1985 A.D. - That pill isineffective, take thisantibiotic.2000 A.D. - Thatantibiotic is artificial.Here, eat this root.
We would like to
thank everyone
who contributed
to this project. It
is a small step of
many steps to
come.
The EditorH. Bitar
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