The Story of Dagmar Berne
December 25, 2011 by Vanessa Witton
The difficult road of the first female medical student Written by Dr Vanessa Witton, Sydney Medical School Foundation Dagmar Berne was born in the New South Wales coastal town of Bega on 16 November 1866, the daughter of a Danish-born...
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Fireworks Safety
September 22, 2011 by The American Academy of Ophthalmology
American Academy of Ophthalmology Offers Tips for Fireworks Safety SAN FRANCISCO – Each Fourth of July, thousands of people are injured from using consumer fireworks. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, more than 9,000 fireworks-related...
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Yoga Reduces Stress
July 23, 2012 by Mark Wheeler
UCLA study helps caregivers of people with dementia Six months ago, researchers at UCLA published a study that showed using a specific type of yoga to engage in a brief, simple daily meditation reduced the stress levels...
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‘Clonal’ evolution in patient’s Maxillar…
September 28, 2012 by Translational Genomics Research Institute
Examination of sinus cavity tumor provides potential roadmap for rare cancer treatments Knowing how tumors evolve can lead to new treatments that could help prevent cancer from recurring, according to a study published today by the Translational...
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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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Delivery of therapeutics: Small Packages…
July 14, 2013 by University of Melbourne
New strategy to coat microscopic materials University of Melbourne researchers have developed an efficient system to coat tiny objects, such as bacterial cells, with thin films that assemble themselves which could have important implications for drug delivery...
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