
Benefits of Early Intervention in Addres…
August 22, 2012 by New York University
Preemptive cognitive training can help the brain function Preemptive cognitive training—an early intervention to address neuropsychiatric deficiencies—can help the brain function normally later in life, a team of researchers has found through a series of experiments on laboratory...
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Eating chocolate cuts risk of heart dise…
August 30, 2011 by University of Cambridge
Eating high levels of chocolate could be associated with a significant reduction in the risk of certain cardiovascular disorders, reveals Cambridge research published in the British Medical Journal this week. The researchers compiled a systematic review of...
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First Estrogen Receptor-α Mutation Ident…
July 11, 2013 by Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University
A receptor mutation that essentially blocks estrogen’s action has been identified for the first time in a female, researchers report. The 18-year-old wasn’t experiencing breast development or menstruation, classic symptoms of too little estrogen, the usual cause...
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Just Be Positive At All Costs!! The Best…
March 7, 2013 by Vanessa Hobbes
Sometimes I get scared or depressed and that’s the way it is. I’m not going to fake it to myself. In the early 2000s a member of my family whom I love dearly (obviously) was diagnosed with...
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Women in Medicine: How Female Doctors Ha…
September 20, 2012 by Gianna FoteI
Despite the variety of challenges that women in medicine have faced, today’s female physicians continue to inspire and save lives every day According to the AMA website, in 1970 fewer than eight percent of physicians in the United States were women...
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Helen B Taussig - a Founder of Pediatric…
December 25, 2011 by Todd Edwards
Helen Brooke Taussig is known as the founder of pediatric cardiology for her innovative work on "blue baby" syndrome In 1944, Taussig, surgeon Alfred Blalock, and surgical technician Vivien Thomas developed an operation to correct the congenital...
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