Atrial Fibrillation And Chocolate Therapy—How Sweet It Is!
Tuesday, 06 June 2017
For those who love chocolate and can’t get enough, here comes yet another reason to love it. Chocolate has been associated with numerous health benefits due to its anti-inflammatory properties that can help reduce heart disease and now it’s been linked to lowering the risk of atrial fibrillation—a possible precursor to a stroke or heart
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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: M. Irené Ferrer Scholar Award in Gender-Specific Medicine
Sunday, 28 May 2017
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS M. Irené Ferrer Scholar Award in Gender-Specific Medicine The Foundation for Gender-Specific Medicine and the Department of Medicine are pleased to announce the Call for Proposals for the annual $60,000 M. Irené Ferrer Scholar Award in Gender-Specific Medicine. Dr. Ferrer was a cardiologist and medical educator who helped refine the cardiac catheter
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2018 Gender-Specific Medicine Foundation Annual Gala
Saturday, 27 May 2017
2018 Gender-Specific Medicine Foundation Annual Gala Date: MAY 9th 2018. DOUBLES $25,000 Catalyst for Change in Gender-Specific Medicine Tax Deductible Amount: $23,520 VIP Table for 10 guests Premium recognition at gala via signage and promotional materials Permission to distribute approved promotional materials and gifts Donor listing in FGSM Annual Report Underwriter FGSM Scholarship Program supporting Gender-Specific
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Puppies & Babies—The Cuddle Factor!
Friday, 26 May 2017
We all know how dogs (and yes, even cats) can enrich the lives of adults emotionally but now research from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada suggesting that a dog really is a baby’s best friend. Muddy paws and shedding coats that create a mess for Mom, also offer a protective sphere for her
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Neuralink: Technological Panacea Or Time To Panic?
Thursday, 18 May 2017
Neuralink: Technological Panacea Or Time To Panic? Artificial Intelligence to aid patients suffering from stroke or brain injury Last week, we featured an article on Elon Musk and his new company, Neuralink. Mr. Musk is one of the most innovative and truly visionary CEOs out there today—you only have to look at Tesla, SpaceX and
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Carol Rosenhaft
Monday, 15 May 2017
My story discovering my heart disease…. My story discovering my heart disease is I think rather unusual, but could be life saving for others. I assumed that since I had no symptoms and no risk factors (known) that I didn’t have to worry about heart disease. How mistaken I was! I am slim (always have
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Climate Change: Future Warnings From Past Events
Monday, 17 April 2017
Wyoming is known to most visitors for its striking beauty framed by vast plains and canyon but scientists also love it too for its treasure trove of data—encompassing paleontology, geology, microbiology and now, climate change. Remnants of a staggering hyperthermal event (Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum/PETM) occurring 56 million years ago and lasting 180,000 years have been
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Majority Of Cancers Caused By Random Genetic Mistakes
Friday, 14 April 2017
Cancer– the devastating enigma that continues to kill us– has thrown the public for a new loop. Johns Hopkins researchers now report that despite healthy lifestyles, cancer can still gain a foothold in our lives due to spontaneous mutations in our DNA. In fact, they tell us in their latest study that “more than two-thirds
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Manipulating Humanness—Is There An Ethics Crisis Looming?
Monday, 10 April 2017
In a paper published in the Journal eLife, researchers at the George Church Lab at Harvard University’s Wyss Institute of Bioengineering want guidelines to address characteristics of engineered embryo- and organ-like structures, referred to as synthetic human entities with embryo-like features. They contend that “the 14-day rule” which limits research on embryos past 14 days
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Not Just Another Fish Tale
Monday, 03 April 2017
We all know the iconic evolutionary tale of fish emerging from the sea and developing legs to become land-based animals. Scientists have discovered that long before fish developed limbs some 385 million years ago, their eyes tripled in size and shifted from the sides of their heads to the tops of their heads. Larger eyes
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