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Influential women in the history of medicine

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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. Later, the method allowed scientists to prove that type-2 diabetes is caused by the body not being able to use insulin properly.

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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

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So those types of relationships, clergy, non family members, we talk about, I think cohabitating unmarried couples. You know, baby boomer generation started to turn 65 and older back in 2011. So you mentioned the burden of chronic multimorbidity and sort of flogging through the diabetes and the hypertension. I think it’s.

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

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But there’s some level of glycosylated hemoglobin which very neatly correlates with abnormal glucose tolerance, which is diabetes, or is amyloid like mitotic figures spreading beyond the basement membrane? Just for the audience, we’re talking about, the NIA and the AA have been doing these frameworks since what, 2011?

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Surfers play crucial role in beach safety according to study

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