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GENOMICS AND THE FUTURE OF CANCER TREATMENT~ EDWARD J. BENZ, JR., MD
Image by ?Adriënne via Flickr Centuries ago, when disease was thought to result from a disruption of the body’s four basic “humors” – fluids that collectively governed health – treatments were designed to bring them back into balance. “Therapies,” some of them ghastly by modern standards, were intended to relieve patients of harmful surpluses of... »
Whooping Cough Strain Changed Over Decades
Image via Wikipedia The whooping cough our parents — or even grandparents — were exposed to is probably not the same whooping cough now causing the worst epidemic in California in 50 years. The Centers… Continue reading »
New test may predict Alzheimers
Image via Wikipedia By Dr. Sanjay Gupta CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Even back when I was a medical student, we were taught Alzheimer’s disease (AD) began to cause damage in the brain years, perhaps decades before one’s memory… Continue reading »
