Why Women should be Nurses and not Doct…
December 16, 2011 by Professor Anne Crowther, Centre for the History of Medicine, Glasgow University
The story of women's role in medicine in 19th-century Britain has been dominated by two iconic figures Sophia Jex-Blake (1840 - 1912) and Florence Nightingale (1820 - 1910) They died within a couple of years of one...
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Meditation Reduces Loneliness
August 13, 2012 by Mark Wheeler
Meditation significantly reduced expression of inflammatory genes Many elderly people spend their last years alone. Spouses pass and children scatter. But being lonely is much more than a silent house and a lack of companionship. Over time...
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Macular Degeneration - a Closer Look
September 23, 2011 by the American Academy of Ophthalmology
What is macular degeneration? Macular degeneration is a deterioration or breakdown of the macula. The macula is a small area in the retina at the back of the eye that allows you to see fine details clearly...
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Drug Pushing in the New Europe
September 23, 2011 by University of Cambridge
A new study reveals how drug reimbursement policy in Poland is leaving gaping loopholes for pharmaceutical firms to exploit, raising questions about other, post-communist, EU member states This may be part of a broader syndrome of the...
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Ann Preston - Pioneer Woman Doctor
December 24, 2011 by Margaret Hope Bacon
One of the most notable achievements of the Religious Society of Friends in the 19th century was the role it played in the entrance of women into medicine Among those pioneer Quaker women doctors, none was more...
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Flu Antibody’s ‘One-Handed Grab’ May Boo…
September 28, 2012 by Dr Dali Edwards
Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute and Sea Lane Biotechnologies have solved the co-crystal structure of a human antibody that can neutralize influenza viruses in a unique way The antibody recognizes the crucial structure that flu viruses...
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