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HopkinsChildrens.org – Barton Childs, M.D., professor emeritus of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and a legendary geneticist and teacher who influenced the practice of generations of physicians and shaped their understanding...
Exposure to air pollution accelerates the thickening of artery walls in humans that leads to cardiovascular disease and atherosclerosis, according to researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC).
The study,...
Yesterday, Michael Masterson (the founder of our sister company, Early To Rise) sent me a video that he got a kick out of. Michael knew that I was planning to write about memory and cognition and he thought this would be a memorable and humorous way...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Xiaflex (collagenase clostridium histolyticum) as the first drug to treat a progressive hand disease known as Dupuytren’s contracture, which can affect a person’s ability to straighten and properly...
Virginia.edu – A cutting-edge therapy called platelet rich plasma (PRP) that helps heal injured ligaments, tendons and muscles is being used at the Sports Medicine Clinic at the University of Virginia Health System.
PRP therapy has gained some national...
In this week’s issue of THB Undercover, I countered Dr. Shyam Kolvekar’s contention that saturated fat in the diet is to blame for the rising rates of heart disease in young people. He even recommended banning butter! To learn why he is totally...
Yes, pCLE is now available in the US. The world’s smallest flexible microscope is diagnosing some big diseases, including cancer, and allowing physicians to treat patients on the spot. Dr. Michel Kahaleh, associate professor of medicine in the Division...
SLU.edu – Recent recommendations by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) call for women who are overweight or obese to gain more weight than during pregnancy they should, a Saint Louis University obstetrician wrote in a January 2010 commentary for Obstetrics...
A sudden worldwide increase in an antibiotic-resistant bacterium linked to urinary tract infections (UTIs) is cause for concern, according to a review in f1000 Medicine Reports.
Faculty of 1000 member Dr Johann Pitout, of the Department of Pathology and...
A panel of experts at the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) has issued a statement calling for an open discussion of the facts about radiation hazards from computed tomography scanning (CT scans) in light of recent public concerns...