Jena Martin MDa day ago3 minHomeschooling?I’m a pathologist, and I’ve got some tips for effective home teaching! Want to get your kids enthusiastic about biology? I love to share information about bi...
Jena Martin MDFeb 35 minOverdiagnosis - Part 1I've been reading a lot about Overdiagnosis and it's usual progenitor, Overtesting. As a pathologist, I've got a perspective I could add t
Jena Martin MDJan 291 minAffirmationsDo you like affirmations? Read my essay published on Salon to see how I feel about them.... https://www.salon.com/2020/01/18/live-laugh-love-loathe-in-search...
Jena Martin MDDec 16, 20194 minWhen I was very little, a man lived inside my ear. Oddly, he only made appearances to pound on a piano, usually as I lay in bed. I imagined him with long tuxedo tails that he’d ostentatiously flip out to sit ...
Jena Martin MDOct 25, 20193 minHalloween and the inevitability of deathPlastic skulls? Glitter-encrusted hatchets? Decomposing zombies at the door? Nothing matches the real thing.
Jena Martin MDJun 22, 20192 minDiagnosis Decision: The Great Imitator. ⠀If there's a rash or alopecia with a pattern I can't explain, it's time to order this stain.
Jena Martin MDMay 16, 20194 minMargarine and the sun. 2019 has been quite the bad year for sunscreen and it's not yet summer in my hemisphere. Earlier this year I wrote a blog post about a then recent article fr...
Jena Martin MDMay 15, 20194 minDon't fall into the confidence interval. How to feel good about your decisions when you don’t feel good about yourself. (A longer version of this essay appeared on Doximity - https://www.doximity.co...
Jena Martin MDApr 20, 20193 minNosologyWhat is the name of your disease? Nosology is the act of naming and classifying disease. (No, I don't mean Nose-ology, which actually does exist 👃🏽) . Dise...
Jena Martin MDApr 6, 20191 minDiagnosis Decisions - Not Melanoma***Great Moments in Pathology TM*** This is not melanoma!⠀ It is especially satisfying because it came in from the clinic as a suspected melanoma. (Have I m...
Jena Martin MDApr 1, 20191 minDiagnosis Decisions- Endocrine***Great Moments in Pathology TM*** I knew instinctively what this disease was. It didn’t even feel like a decision. ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ That’s the best kind of case to h...
Jena Martin MDMar 21, 20191 minDiagnosis Decisions - Pagets***Great Moments in Pathology TM*** This cancer carpets the underside of your skin. It grows over, up, down and sometimes out. ⠀⠀ ⠀ It’s called Paget’s disea...
Jena Martin MDMar 19, 20192 minTime looking at fencesImagine if you will staring at a chain link fence. That’s it, usually a white background, nothing else to cloud your view. The light is good, your neck is n...
Jena Martin MDMar 13, 20193 minStudy PrepI have spent a lot of my life studying. One thing about studying - everyone has an opinion about how you could be doing it better. The simplest advice, that...
Jena Martin MDMar 9, 20192 minVisual LiteracyIt takes a lot to impress a cynical med student, but that's what the pathologist did. I heard from her at the end of an 'M&M' conference (Morbidity and Morta...
Jena Martin MDFeb 25, 20194 minBody RespectI didn't start this blog to engage in the war on obesity. I'm not talking about healthy eating habits, fitness or weight loss. Remember? I'm a pathologist - ...
Jena Martin MDFeb 17, 20194 minMelanoma Myths#ReclaimYourPower with these facts about a mysterious disease. 🔬All of my posts are informational only and not meant to replace the advice of your physicia...
Jena Martin MDFeb 10, 201910 minThe pepperoni It's late in the frozen section lab and things are getting goofy. The frozen section lab is located next to hospital operating rooms. It's where we patholog...
Jena Martin MDFeb 1, 20196 minI don't eat margarineBut I do avoid the sun. The recent article in Outside magazine written by Rowan Jacobsen, Is Sunscreen the New Margarine? has created a lot of outrage. Wh...
Jena Martin MDJan 28, 20193 minYour mindset matters.When is it a long faced man and when is it a woman's nude body from the side? That question should be asked slightly differently. It's not when is it one or...