A Homemade, Cost-Effective, Realistic Pelvic Exam Model.

Audience: This innovation is intended to instruct medical students, residents of all levels, and mid-level practitioners.

Background: Pelvic examinations are essential components to clinical practice but are challenging to teach, learn, and practice on live patients secondary to patient comfort because this is an invasive procedure.1 Resident physicians and medical students traditionally learn these methods through observation while actively working in their department or clinics.

Review of Various Herbal Supplements as Complementary Treatments for Oral Cancer.

In the United States, nearly 44,000 people are diagnosed with oral or pharyngeal cancer annually. The life expectancy for those who are diagnosed have a survival rate of 57% after five years. Among them, oral cancer can be classified as benign or malignant tumors and is diagnosed at several stages in the development: premalignant conditions, premalignant lesions, and malignant cancer.