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Pegram to head Stanford breast cancer program Mark Pegram arrived Feb. 1 and will head the breast oncology and molecular therapeutics programs. Mark Pegram, MD, a renowned clinician and scholar in breast cancer research and a leader in translational medicine, has joined the Stanford University Medical Center to direct the breast oncology and molecular therapeutics programs. Pegram […]
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Most Cancers Strike Men, But Reasons Are Enigmatic It is well known that most cancers strike men more often than women. In many cases these differences can be explained by known risk factors such as smoking, drinking, or occupational hazards. But more than one-third of the cancers that disproportionately strike one sex or the other—men, […]
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A swimsuit like shark skin? Not so fast But teethlike ridges on bodies do help fish go faster, research says Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer/Professor George Lauder has found that the rough surface of shark skin helps reduce drag and increase thrust as the animal swims. Interestingly, the research also tested the high-tech swimsuits and found […]
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Like Mother, Like Daughter: Duo Shaves Heads for Cancer Research Golisano Children’s Hospital doctor and daughter support St. Baldrick’s Growing up, 13-year-old Rhyanna Bredlau watched her mother, Amy-Lee Bredlau, M.D., F.A.A.P., pediatric oncology fellow at Golisano Children’s Hospital at the University of Rochester Medical Center, shave her head to raise money for cancer research, admiring her selfless actions. This year, […]
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Medical center-based farmers markets improve community health HERSHEY, Pa. — Farmers markets at medical centers may contribute to greater wellness in surrounding communities while adding public health value to a market’s mission, say Penn State College of Medicine researchers who have developed and evaluated a market created at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. […]
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Health Reform to Require Insurers to Use Plain Language in Describing Health Plan Benefits, Coverage People in the market for health insurance will soon have clear, understandable and straightforward information on what health plans will cover, what limitations or conditions will apply, and what they will pay for services thanks to the Affordable Care Act […]
Alumna Hopes Video Will Help Stem the Cholera Tide A new animated video about cholera—how people get infected, how it spreads, and how to treat it—is drawing attention from health workers around the globe. The video’s producer, Deborah Van Dyke, is a nurse practitioner in Vermont, a longtime aid worker for Doctors Without Borders, and […]
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‘Explorers’ use uncertainty and specific area of brain Center for uncertainty “Explorers,” whose decision-making style embraces the possibilities of uncertainty, use specific parts (red) of the right rostrolateral prefrontal cortex to make calculations based on relative uncertainty. /Credit: Badre-Frank Lab/Brown University As they try to find the best reward among options, some people explore based on how uncertain […]
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Game on: Stanford develops new tool for teaching doctors to treat sepsis Jack was sinking fast, his vital signs registering alarming numbers. With every passing second, his doctor, Charles Prober, could see his patient being overwhelmed by sepsis, a deadly complication of infection that plagues hospitals worldwide. Stanford Hospital ICU chief Norman Rizk is a strong […]
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David Saloner Elected to Elite Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has recently announced the election of David Saloner, PhD, director of the Vascular Imaging Research Center at UCSF, to its College of Fellows. David Saloner, PhD Saloner, a professor in the departments of radiology and […]
