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Chers collgues,

Bienvenue la facult des sciences mdicales

de luniversit libanaise. On se permet cet

gard de vous fliciter cordialement au nom

de MEDCLUB et du comit des tudiants

davoir atterri chez nous ! Vous venez de

franchir un grand pas lissue du concours

dentre et ce que vous avez achev est sans

doute grandiose, mais ce nest que la premire

station dune vocation sacre, dun priplelong mais harmonieux on espre.

A lheure actuelle, beaucoup de clichs se

heurtent notre regard et coute ; en fait,

beaucoup pensent que la mdecine est un

mtier comme tous les autres, ou que cest un

chemin pour faire beaucoup de fric

Effectivement, notre pays nest pas en pnurie

de mdecins, nanmoins, et comme le dit

Montesquieu, ce nest pas les mdecins qui

nous manquent, cest la Mdecine.

Assez de philosophie et de littrature; passons des choses pratiques, savoir:

- Un ensemble de changements-rnovations

a t mis en place sous la direction du

nouveau doyen Dr. Pierre Yared. En gros,

MABROUK!In this issue

MABROUK! 1

Nobel Prize forMedicine 2008

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Douleur etMembre

Fantme

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Working Hand

by Hand...

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Pursuitof Happiness

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Amour... 7

First Aid, CPR?? 7

NO KIDDING! 8

Organ

Donation

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prsence obligatoire

et systme dexamens

en bloc (tant mieux

pour certains, Hlas

p o u r d a u t r e s ) .

- D a u t r e p a r t ,

MEDCLUB et le

comit des tudiants vous invite partager

vos dsirs, vos opinions et toutes nouvellesides afin damliorer la vie tudiante au sein

de la facult, de crer un esprit de support

acadmique et de solidarit amicale et

productive.

Nous vous esprons une anne fructueuse,

signant votre parcours la recherche dun

savoir et dun savoir-faire. Soyons solidaires

pour que -si on nous nomme la crme de la

socit - nous soyons vraiment la hauteur

de ce titre. Bonne anne acadmique tous

et toutes.C.Homsy

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This is the USMLE conference

MEDCLUB held last year in

the grand amphitheatre

Hopefully, with the supportof the facultys administra-

tion and student committee

and with the collaboration of

our fellow students, we shall

be able to reorganize such

meetings that are crucial for

our future.

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Nobel Prize for Medicine 2008 Split between Cervical

Cancer and HIV Research

The Nobel prize for physiology

or medicine has been awardedto three scientists for the discov-

ery of the HIV virus and for the

virus that causes cervical cancer.

Half of the prize fund has gone

to the German scientist Harald

zur Hausen for his discovery that

human papilloma virus causes

changes that lead to cervical

cancer in women. The other half

will be shared jointly betweenFranoise Barr-Sinoussi and Luc

Montagnier, two French scien-

tists who discovered the human

immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

the virus that cases Aids.

Zur Hausen went against the

prevailing scientific view in the

1970s and pursued the idea that

DNA from HPV could integrate

into the DNA of host cells and

cause them to divide uncontrol-

lably. It has subsequently been

shown that 15 HPV types put

women at risk of cancer. The

virus can be detected in 99.7%

of women with cervical cancer which affects around 500,000 woman worldwide each year.

His discovery has led to a vaccine that protects women against the virus and so prevents them from develop-

ing cervical cancer.

Barr-Sinoussi and Montagnier, who were both at the Institute Pasteur in Paris in the early 1980s, were the

victors in a scientific race to identify the causative agent behind a novel immunodeficiency syndrome that

had emerged in 1981.

To find out what was causing Aids, the researchers cultured cells from swollen lymph nodes collected from

patients in the early stages of disease. In 1983 they found particles of a retrovirus now known as HIV bud-

ding from the cells. Around 33 million people are now infected with HIV.

Barr-Sinoussi and Montagnier have long been in the frame for a medicine Nobel, but many observers had

expected the American scientist Prof Robert Gallo to be jointly honoured for his role in the virus's discovery.

The chair of the Nobel committee Prof Bertil Fredholm dismissed suggestions that Gallo deserved an equal

stake though. "I think it is really well established that the initial discovery of the virus was in the Institute Pas-

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Recommended

Textbooks

Basic Otorhinolaryngology

-Thieme

Langman's Medical

Embryology

"Religion consists of a

humble admiration of

the illimitable superior

spirit who reveals him-

self in the slight details

we are able to perceive

with our frail and fee-

ble mind."

Recommended

Websites

www.daveproject.orgwww.cofer.univ-lille2.fr

www. library.med.utah.edu/

WebPath

www.neuroanatomy.wisc.

edu/virtualbrain/Index

www.youramazingbrain.org

www.loveearth.org

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Have You Ever Thought About Postmortem

ORGAN DONATION?

Are You Aware of its Life Saving Potential?

Lets put it in simple terms...

Douleur et Membre FantmeLe terme de membre

fantme est utilis

pour dcrire les dif-

frents types de sensa-tions vcues par lam-

put dans le "morceau "

qui a t sectionn.

La douleur fantme se

dfinit comme une sen-

sation douloureuse perue dans un membre

fantme .

Lablation dun organe interne tel que : penis,

vessie, rectum, peut donner ces mmes sen-

sations, la personne conserve ou prouve la

sensation de lorgasme ou de ljaculation,celle de passer des gaz ou encore dur-

iner.

Les sensations fantmes surviennent chez

90% des amputs. Quant aux douleurs

fantmes, on les constate chez environ 70%

des amputs pendant les premires semaines

suivant leur opration. Mais ces douleurs

peuvent apparatre des mois ou mme des

annes aprs lamputation. Gnralement,

les douleurs au membre fantme diminuent

en frquence et en intensit au fil du temps.Toutefois, elles peuvent devenir chroniques

et dbilitantes .

Beaucoup de recherches ont t faites pour

tenter de dterminer pourquoi les personnes

amputes continuent de ressentir des

douleurs au membre fantme longtempsaprs leur amputation. Les thories de la

douleur mmoire et de la porte de con-

trle de la douleur expliqueraient possible-

ment l'existence d'une image-mmoire cen-

trale du corps dans le cerveau. Mme lor-

squ'une partie du corps n'existe plus, cette

image centrale demeure inchange. Des sen-

sations ou des douleurs au membre fantme

peuvent tre ressenties lorsque le cerveau

envoie des messages persistants aux mem-

bres manquants.Lun des traits les plus tonnants de ces ex-

priences fantmes, cest quelles ont un

caractre rel, et le fait de porter une

prothse peut augmenter ce caractre .

Donc ce nest pas tre fou de vivre ces sensa-

tions, et tant que ces sensations ne sont pas

dplaisantes, il ny a pas de rel problme.

Par contre un traitement spcifique devient

ncessaire ds lors que cette sensation

fantme devient gnante, douloureuse, ou

envahissante.A.Youness


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Special points of

interest:

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The life and death of

Terri Schiavo has

become a touchstone

in American culture.

Schiavo, the profoundly

incapacitated Florida

woman whose family

split over whether she

would have preferredto live or die, forced

Americans into a

conversation about the

end of life. Schiavo,

who lingered for 15

years in what doctors

describe as a

persistent inactive

state died nearly two

weeks after her feeding

tube was removed. Thehusband Michael,

painted by some as a

villainous adulterer,

sought to have her feeding tube withdrawn.

And the parents determined to keep their

daughter alive. Her case raised questions

about the proper role of government in

private family decisions. But her legacy may

be that she brought an intense dimension to

the battle over what is known as the culture

of life;

In considering a case for euthanasia, it should

be kept in mind that nowhere in the long

history of disagreement among doctors about

Euthanasia: Mercy Killingthe certainty of the

prognosis of death has

the question been

resolved as to where

one draws the line and

determines that the

patient is actually

dying: A patient who is

seriously ill may ormay not be dying.

However, religions

advice us not to lose

f a i t h i n t h e

benevolence of God,

who is able to conjure

miracles. Moreover,

the soul is a gift

bestowed by God, so

its end is the property

of the divine will.Finally, mercy killing

remains a humanity,

e t h i c a l l y , a n d

religiously shunned act despite the fact that it

has been legalized in some countries of the

world; we should give the terminally-ill

people the right to die with dignity.

Moreover, the role of medicine is to save life

not to put an end to it. We recall Sartres

statement, If we apply mercy killing, then all

hospitals will transform into grave yards.

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Take a moment and ask yourself:Am I Trully Happy?Happiness is a universal feeling, yet

every one has his own definition of the term. Is it merely a pleasantsensation? Can we tell if someone ishappy just by the way he looks,talks or behaves?True, happiness can manifest indifferent forms yet it can not bematerialized. True, happiness might

reflect on the surface yet It radiatesfrom deep within. Happiness is astate of the mind, of the soul. It is asublime feeling that encompassesour emotional and social wellbeing. Happiness is hope, dreams,peace, friendship, love Happiness

Pursuit of HappinessDid YouDid YouDid YouDid You

Know?Know?Know?Know?

-The largest cell in

the human body isthe female egg.

-The smallest cell in

the human body is

the male sperm.

-Wayne McLaren, the

first owner of the

Marlboro Company,

died of lung cancer.

-Aspirin has neverbeen approved nor

rejected by the FDA.

-Like fingerprints,

every person has a

unique tongue print.

-Statins are the best-

selling drugs in the

history of medicine.

-90,000 patients dief r o m h o s p i t a l -

acquired infections

each year in the U.S.

-On freshly washed

(with soap) and

rinsed skin, there

may be as many as

20 million bacteria.

on every square inch.

follows givinghappinessTo meet true

h a p p i n e s s ,simply look at achilds face.You can easilytell that hes happy but what makeshim happy??Where do we find happiness? Withwhat or with whom? Nobody can

say for sure because we seek itdifferently. Yet one thing is forcertain true happiness never fades.True happiness is worth sacrificingfor

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Le chemin que vous

parcourez en une

vie dpend de votre

tendresse envers les

jeunes, de votre

compassion pour lespersonnes ages, de

votre sympathie

envers ceux qui lut-

tent et de votre

tolrance l'gard

des faibles et des

forts; car un

jour,vous aurez t

tout cela.

George WASHINGTON

A normal individual

is a person who has

not been sufficiently

examined.

There is never a lack

of means, there is

never a shortage of

temptations, there

is always a feeble

will.

Lamour a ses raisons que la raison neconnat pas . Ainsi lamour est-ilinconscient, irrationnel, pur fatalit oubien cest une mosaque construite avec

finesse et sympathie ?Si lamour existe demble, cela veut direque toute relation en dehors de ce cadreest infertile et dans ce contexte lamournous transcende , il est au dessus denous ;or en ralit lamour est unnouveau-n qui grandit et pas un Dieuqui nous asservit...

La passion, loin dtre de lamour vrai

nous procure un sentiment de bien-treimmdiat, une dcharge lectrique,adrnergique rgie par le cerveau desmotions et de ce fait on a tendance sublimer la personne rencontre et projeter ce sentiment de bien-tre dansle future. Il y a donc une privation de tout jugement objectif qui doit treprsent dans une relation...Une fois

limage de lautre idalis, dpasse, lemal peut tre aussi intense que lebonheur senti auparavant. Dans certainscas rares , linstallation des canaux decommunication peut aider surmonterla chute.

Amour...Par contre, le vrai amour ne sancre pasdans le fantasme mais dans la ralit carle but dune relation amoureuse estdembellir la ralit, pas de fuir dans un

rve qui tt sera rattrap par la ralit. Ainsi lamour nexiste pas demble carlamour est conscience , cest un actevolontaire qui connat lautre , acceptelautre , voit lautre dans son quotidien ,peroit lautre de mme quil apprend vivre avec limperfection de lautre .

Au premier coup doeil , sympathie,attachement, attirance peuvent merger

alors que lamour est fond sur laconscience et nest consolid que par sapropre force..

Sa force est son moteur , qui doit trealiment , par les actes, les mots , lesbeaux moments, lpreuve de lautre , lesolide et la raison...

Enfin , un clair , une angine de passionne suffisent pas pour se dfinir avec une

personne...mais cest lamour , le vraiamour , qui donne jamais quand ilgrandit, petit petit dans une terrefertile.

P. Kaazan

Despite the fact we are medical students,

most of us are unfamiliar with first aidand CPR skills. Because such course is not

included in our curriculum, and seen the

rarity of time at our disposal, a quick free

online course is our suggestion to you.

C h e c k o u t t h i s w e b s i t e :

xxxxxxwww.firstaidweb.comIt offers an illustrated course with a re-

view and quiz sections to master the basic

skills of first aid.

Remember CPR could make the differ-ence between life and death.

FIRST AID, CPR??


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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.

CHOOSE YOUR CAREER!

Man With Twin

Living Inside Him!A 36 year old farmer

from India was

emergently taken to

the hospital anddoctors at the hospital

believed he had a

giant tumor. When

they operated to

remove the bulge in

his belly it was

discovered that he

had a partially grown

twin inside of his body

which had been there

since birth. Thiscondition is an

e x t r e m e l y r a r e

situation that occurs

when a fetus gets

trapped inside its

twin. The trapped twin

may survive as a

parasite even past the

time of birth by

leaching its twins

blood supply until itbecomes quite large

and starts to harm the

host.

This project is

still in its infancy,

lets help keep it

alive...

EVERY ONE

COUNTS

The Editor

H. Bitar

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Mdic Astro

Une rubrique ironique pour rendre

comique la critique.

2me anne: Syndrome dEuphorie Post Concours qui durera prs de 9 mois.

Trouble de comportement, envie quotidienne de faire la fte, extrme sentiment

de satisfaction Enfin, la vie en rose (pas pour longtemps, la plante FSM vous leconfirmera).

3me anne: Grands vertiges, tat de confusion, choc bactrien!! La mdecine

commence vous montrer ses crocs! Accrochez-vous: ce nest que le dbut!

Mais bon, essayer plutt de la croquer pleines dents.

4me anne: Ambiance plutt cool pour une rentre prcoce.

Etat dhypersomnie diurne avant, pendant et aprs les cours! Prsence obliga-

toire!! Et surtout si cest aprs tant dabstinence!

5me anne: Ouverture, trs prochainement dune garderie pour enfants la

FSM! Il parait que nos 5me anne seront trs bientt spcialiss en pdiatrie!!

Mais arrtez de pleurnicher! Voyons!6me et 7me annes: Gardes de nuit et rotations entre les diffrents services, de

quoi en devenir hypoglycmique! Une bonne barre chocolate fera laffaire et

surtout beaucoup beaucoup de patience!!! Grrrrr

Bienvenue pour les 2mes.

N.Kaadi

Doctor: "I've got very bad

news - you've got cancer

a n d A l z h e i m e r ' s "

Patient: "Well, at least I

don't have cancer"

Patient: I always seespots before my eyes.

Doctor: Didn't the new

g l a s s e s h e l p ?

Patient: Sure, now I see

the spots much clearer.

What's the difference

between a general practi-

tioner and a specialist?One treats what you

have, the other thinks

you have what he treats.

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