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Influential women in the history of medicine

Georgetown Pediatrics & Family Medicine

This important work observed that there was a relationship between radioactivity and the heavy elements of the periodic table, and led to much advancement in medicine. Apgar was the first woman to become a full professor at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

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Exploring the Nature of Chronic Pain with Haider Warraich

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Well, Haider has an intimate relationship with pain, having experienced chronic pain himself and now having dove deep into the latest research on pain for his new book The Song of Our Scars: The Untold Story of Pain. . And yet, if you look at our clinical approach to pain, it still remains quite basic.

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Redefining Alzheimer’s Disease: A Podcast with Heather Whitson, Jason Karlawish, Lon Schneider

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Summary Transcript Summary There is a growing push to change how we define Alzheimer’s disease from what was historically a clinically defined syndrome to a newer biological definition based on the presence of positive amyloid biomarkers. So too systolic hypertension in elderly people, clinical trials. This is Eric Widera.

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