Watching her sister die of typhoid inspired her to become a doctor focused on treating poor people. She blazed a…
Edith Irby Jones, Barrier-Breaking Doctor in the South, Dies at 91
Watching her sister die of typhoid inspired her to become a doctor focused on treating poor people. She blazed a…
Edith Irby Jones, Pioneering Black Doctor in the South, Dies at 91
Watching her sister die of typhoid inspired her to become a doctor focused on treating poor people. She blazed a…
Fat cells play key role in dangerous transformation of melanoma
Reseachers have found that fat cells play a key role in the dangerous transformation of melanoma.
Evolutionary gene loss may help explain why only humans are prone to heart attacks
Scientists say the loss of a single gene two to three million years ago in our ancestors may have resulted…
Hit your head, lose your sense of smell
People who suffer even a mild concussion can find it difficult to identify smells in the day that follows, and…
Brain protein mutation from child with autism causes autism-like behavioral change in mice
A de novo gene mutation that encodes a brain protein in a child with autism has been placed into the…
E. coli superbug strains can persist in healthy women’s guts
A study of over 1,000 healthy women with no urinary tract infection symptoms showed nearly 9% carried multi-drug resistant Escherichia…
Neil Armstrong’s Death, and a Stormy, Secret $6 Million Settlement
The astronaut’s sons contended that incompetent medical care had cost him his life, and threatened to go public. His widow…
Neil Armstrong’s Death, and a Stormy, Secret $6 Million Settlement
The astronaut’s sons contended that incompetent medical care had cost him his life, and threatened to go public. His widow…