Call for Entries Now Underway for 2012 N…
July 29, 2011 by The American Academy of Neurology
We Need Your Story! Win up to $1,000 and a Trip to New Orleans The American Academy of Neurology Foundation is calling on all neurology patients and caregivers to submit a short video to its 2012 Neuro...
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Physiotherapists for Sports Medicine Fac…
March 26, 2013 by Mandy Cooper
Physiotherapists are a fixture in all medical facilities especially in sports medicine service provider They are health professional who focuses on the restoration of health and movement of certain body parts that underwent a traumatic accident or...
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Offspring of childhood cancer survivors …
December 16, 2011 by Dagny Stuart
A large, retrospective study of the children of childhood cancer survivors who were treated with radiation therapy and/or some forms of chemotherapy found that the offspring do not have an increased risk for birth defects compared...
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Low Cost Design Makes Ultrasound Imaging…
September 24, 2012 by Newcastle University
An ultra-low cost scanner that can be plugged into any computer to show images of an unborn baby has been developed by Newcastle University engineers. The hand-held USB device – which is roughly the size of a computer mouse –...
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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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Dr. Maude Abbott - a Leader in Pathology…
December 25, 2011 by Matthew Farfan
Dr. Maude Abbott (1869-1940), Pioneer Woman Doctor Born Maude Babin in St. Andrews East in 1869, Maude Abbott was orphaned as a young child by the death of her mother. The first cousin (once removed) of that...
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