Archive for August, 2016

The pros & cons of supplementary materials in scientific publishing | EurekAlert! Science News

Wednesday, August 31st, 2016

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-08/copo-tp082416.php

The EpiPen, a Case Study in Health Care System Dysfunction

Sunday, August 28th, 2016

The #EpiPen…Health Care System Dysfunction
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/24/upshot/the-epipen-a-case-study-in-health-care-system-dysfunction.html Large price hikes: In total, $114=>$600, 450% after inflation since ’04

15 Years After 9/11, Is America Any Safer? – The Atlantic

Sunday, August 28th, 2016

15 Years After 9/11, Is America Any Safer? http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/09/are-we-any-safer/492761/ Highlights the risks of dirty bombs & unsecured radioactive material

As La Guardia Is Overhauled, the Check-In Line Starts at the Highway – NYTimes.com

Sunday, August 28th, 2016

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/08/28/nyregion/la-guardia-airport-reconstruction-drop-your-bags.html?_r=1

Henry Kaplan (doctor) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sunday, August 28th, 2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Kaplan_(doctor)

Thomas Hodgkin – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sunday, August 28th, 2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hodgkin

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Thomas Hodgkin (17 August 1798 – 5 April 1866) was a British physician, considered one of the most prominent pathologists of his time and a pioneer in preventive medicine. He is now best known for the first account of Hodgkin’s disease, a form oflymphoma and blood disease, in 1832.[1] Hodgkin’s work marked the beginning of times when a pathologist was actively involved in the clinical process. He was a contemporary of Thomas Addison and Richard Bright at Guy’s Hospital.

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VAMP regimen – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sunday, August 28th, 2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAMP_regimen

Vincristine – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sunday, August 28th, 2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincristine

Min Chiu Li – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sunday, August 28th, 2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Min_Chiu_Li

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Min Chiu Li (Chinese: 李敏求; pinyin: Lǐ Mǐnqiú; 1919–1980) was a Chinese-American oncologist and cancer researcher. Li was the first scientist to use chemotherapy to cure widely metastatic, malignant cancer.[3]

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Austin Bradford Hill – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sunday, August 28th, 2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Bradford_Hill

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Sir Austin Bradford Hill FRS[1] (8 July 1897 – 18 April 1991), English epidemiologistand statistician, pioneered the randomized clinical trial and, together with Richard Doll, demonstrated the connection between cigarette smoking and lung cancer. Hill is widely known for pioneering the "Bradford Hill" criteria for determining a causal association.[2][3]

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