Shock treatment offers Alzheimers hope Jan 31, 2008
However, the history of medicine is littered with accidental and chance discoveries. These include penicillin, X-rays and Viagra. (Times Online)
Pleasure With Benefits: The Coffee Paradox -- Discover the Positive and Healthy Effects That Coffee Can Have On Your Body Jan 25, 2008
Roseane M. Santos is a pharmacist who got her PhD at State University of New York at Buffalo and now runs a research unit on Coffee & Health at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, South University School of Pharmacy, Savannah, GA. Dr. Darcy R. Lima is a physician and received his PhD degree in Medicine at St. Bartholomew's Hospital from London University as well as a Post-Doc on History of Medicine. Currently, he is involved in various clinical and epidemiological studies on Coffee and... (Primezone Releases)
But I Don't Want a Rectal Exam! Jan 22, 2008
Explainer thanks Ruth Faden of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, Alan Meisel and Patricia Sweeney of the University of Pittsburgh, Philip Rosoff of the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine, and Robert Veatch of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics. Related in SlateMichelle Tsai asked when the government can its citizens. (Slate)
There's a crowd of reasons we get the flu in winter Jan 14, 2008
In fact, even before people knew about viruses and bacteria, they understood that certain illnesses from colds and flus to TB and smallpox spread from person to person, and called them "crowding diseases," says Howard Markel, director of the Center for the History of Medicine at the University of Michigan. "It's common sense that the more crowded a situation is, the more at risk you are," Markel says. (USA Today -- News)
Surviving Childhood Cancer: The Success Story Dec 18, 2007
Dr Barnes, from the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine at the University of Manchester says: Today more than 80 per cent of children with childhood leukaemia survive. This remarkable change is largely due to the determination to organise large-scale government funded clinical trials in the sixties and seventies with the aim of eradicating leukaemia from a child s body. (Science Daily)
Accessible absurdism Dec 7, 2007
Vital Organs begins with the two actors performing a light-hearted show about the history of medicine. Things veer towards weirdness when Brammall's character decides their long-running show must delve deeper into the meaning of pain and the human body. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Vital Organs Nov 26, 2007
Two blokes in loud jackets use sock puppets, second-hand medical implements and a naughty nurse's outfit to present the history of medicine. Patrick Brammall (top) and John LearyPhoto: Quentin Jones. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Conference aims at spreading awareness on medical history Nov 18, 2007
Mumbai, November 15 In an attempt to spread awareness about the history of medicine and how it can be effectively used by policymakers and also assist in developing curriculum, the department of history at SIES College of Arts, Science and Commerce has organised an international conference on the importance of medical history. Conducted in association with the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at the University College London (UK), the three-day conference (November 15-17) is... (Mumbai Newsline)
The arts of being a doctor Nov 5, 2007
" The history of medicine has always been a popular area of investigation, says Gordon, but the masters degree has managed to link medicine to a range of different arenas, including literature, the philosophy of medical care and even music. "Beethoven wrote a symphony but where is medicine in that," says Dr Jack Carmody, one of the lecturers of the medicine and music unit. "But looking a little deeper, we can begin to discuss whether Beethoven's deafness had any impact on the way he composed.... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Your Incredible Neighbors: Tubac archivist develops passion for life stories Nov 2, 2007
The cornerstone of the library s historical collections is the Malloch Rare Book Room, which contains about 35,000 rare and important books, manuscripts, archives and artifacts documenting the history of medicine, science and other health-related disciplines ... It housed the history of medicine, including botany, chemistry, anatomy and the history of science with books that just astounded me. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Sickly heroinesWhat were the vapours that Bronte & Austen ladies died of? Oct 25, 2007
Meanwhile, Wellcome History of Medicine director, Professor Michael Warbuoys counsels caution in back-diagnosing. Diseases. (BBC News -- UK)
Doctors debate judge's stance Oct 18, 2007
Ross McKinney, director of the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities and History of Medicine at Duke University, said the battle over the board's authority is yet another unfortunate entanglement between the law and medicine. Doctors and medical boards have long had to make careful decisions about what battles to fight. (News & Observer)
Man's quest for healing leads to faith healer Oct 2, 2007
D., a professor in the history of medicine department at Queen's University, in Ontario. "People want to believe that if doctors can't heal them, someone or something else can," Dr. Duffin says. (MSNBC -- Health)
Former doctor returns to medicine with 'Bone Garden' Sep 23, 2007
so that's where the "Bone Garden" comes in; the history of medicine. HERALD: Where did you get the idea for 'Bone Garden. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Ali Rotondo, BR '09 Sep 18, 2007
BY WOOKIE KIM Major: History of Science, History of Medicine. Hometown: Greenville, North Carolina. (Yale Herald, CT)
'Two-thirds of people take too little exercise' Sep 17, 2007
No treatment in the history of medicine has achieved what moving your arms and legs about can achieve. Yet more than a decade of effort to persuade us to up our dose has failed. (Independent)
Medical historyPhotos reveal sanatorium past of star's castle home Sep 9, 2007
Carole Reeves, outreach historian at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the history of medicine at the University College of London, said they were recording the memories of many of the people in the photographs. "It will be the first ever collective account by patients and staff of life inside a tuberculosis sanatorium and is therefore a unique heritage project," said Dr Reeves. (BBC News -- UK)
Transplant Patient Faces Up To Old Heart Sep 6, 2007
She agreed to have the organ used as part of an exhibit put on by the collection, a new London museum devoted to the tracing the history of medicine. The Heart, which examines the medical and cultural significance of one of humanity's most vital organs, runs until Sept. 16. (CBS News)
London's Wellcome Exhibit Aug 18, 2007
This gallery looks at the history of medicine and also highlights the incredible range of items that Henry Wellcome collected from 19th century Japanese sex aids to Napoleon's toothbrush. In this interactive exhibit visitors are invited to open drawers and panels to discover more about Wellcome s fascinating world. (Suite101.com)
Social Restrictions Reduce Death Toll During Influenza Pandemics, Study Suggests Aug 9, 2007
D., the George E. Wantz Distinguished Professor of the History of Medicine, professor of pediatrics and communicable diseases, and director of the U-M Center for the History of Medicine ... D., associate director, Center for the History of Medicine; J. Alexander Navarro, Ph ... D., senior researcher, Center for the History of Medicine; Joseph R. Michalsen, research associate, Center for the History of Medicine; Alexandra Sloan, research associate, Center for the History of Medicine; and Harvey... (Science Daily)
Study: Quarantines Work Against Pandemics Aug 8, 2007
Led by Dr. Howard Markel, director of the University of Michigan Medical School's Center for the History of Medicine, a team of public-health experts evaluated the U.S. response to the world's last great pandemic the Spanish flu in 1918. The new report, published in the Aug. 8 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, analyzed the public-health measures taken by 43 U.S. cities, all with populations greater than 100,000, during the six months between Sept. 1918 and Feb. 1919. (TIME)
Abigail Woods: Pursuit of the risk vaccine Aug 7, 2007
Dr Abigail Woods is a lecturer in the history of medicine at Imperial College London and author of A Manufactured Plague: The History of FMD in Britain. Special reports. (Guardian Unlimited)
Doctors of Death Jul 13, 2007
The history of medicine is rife with villains who signed up to do the devil's work ... The history of medicine is rife with villains who signed up to do the devil's work. (Townhall.com)
Survive Cancer! New book reveals how thousands did it. Jul 10, 2007
The eminent medical missionary and Nobel Prize winner, Dr. Albert Schweitzer, praised Dr. Max Gerson as one of the most eminent geniuses in the history of medicine. Dr. Gerson successfully treated Schweitzers wife for tuberculosis after conventional treatments had failed, and Schweitzer himself was cured of diabetes by following Dr. Gerson's therapy. (Newsmax)
Long history of the doctors of doom Jul 7, 2007
Nazim, in one of the most misguided appointments in the history of medicine, was professor of legal (ethical) medicine at Istanbul Medical School. Mehmed Resid was involved in the "deportation" of 120,000 Armenians. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Demonic Possession And Miraculous Healing Jun 26, 2007
Conference organisers are hoping to build bridges between experts in archaeology, palaeopathology the study of ancient diseases the history of medicine, as well as the history of religion, philosophy, linguistic and historical sciences. The event takes place in the School of English Studies, at The University of Nottingham. (Science Daily)
Medicine and mortality: The dark world of medical history Jun 21, 2007
Together, they provide the visitor with a rapid, sometimes queasy, journey through the history of medicine, embracing everything from witchcraft and alchemy to prosthetics made of iron and leather to replace amputated limbs. There are showcases featuring birthing implements and chastity belts, syringes and a snuff box in a ram's head, alongside a used guillotine blade, death masks and execution implements. (Independent)
Fertility Patients Favor Donating Unused Embryos for Research Jun 21, 2007
(SOURCES: Anne Drapkin Lyerly, M.D., associate professor, obstetrics and gynecology and core faculty, Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities and History of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, N.C.; June 20, 2007, prepared statement, Steven Ory, M.D., president, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, and David Grainger, MD, MPH, president, Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology; early online release, June 20, 2007, and July 6, 2007, print edition, Science) ... "When we asked these... (Health-Finder)
Med school breaks with tradition Jun 17, 2007
The learning environment can't be as controlled across multiple physicians' practices and hospitals as it might be at one teaching hospital, said Dr. Kenneth Ludmerer, a professor of the history of medicine at Washington University in St. Louis ... Kenneth Ludmerer, professor of the history of medicine at Washington University in St. Louis, said most doctors remain in the communities where they do their residencies the first three to seven years of their careers. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Could Cocoa be the Next Penicillin? Jun 15, 2007
"If these observations predict the future, then we can say without blushing that they are among the most important observations in the history of medicine," Hollenberg told the journal Science try. Epicatechin is a flavanol an antioxidant compound found in wine, tea, and chocolate that has been found to help blood vessels relax and improve blood flow. (Newsmax)
Surgeons find zoo's mandrill has torn ligament Jun 14, 2007
Dr. Beard noted the work with Dr. Fu grew in part out of a collaborative program with the medical school called the Natural History of Medicine. Dr. Fu plans to meet next week with renowned paleoanthropologist C. Owen Lovejoy, of Kent State University, who has long studied the knee. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Shared riches bring wealth of baggage Jun 11, 2007
Alexandra Minna Stern is the Zina Pitcher collegiate professor of the history of medicine at University of Michigan and the author of "Eugenic Nation: Faults and Frontiers of Better Breeding in Modern America" (University of California Press, 2005). Contact us at. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
University, Google reach access agreement Jun 10, 2007
The distinctive collections the U of M might include, for example, Scandinavian history, literature and culture; forestry; bees and bee-keeping; and the history of medicine, including oncology, radiology, and pediatrics. This collaborative approach brings together the holdings of some of the worlds largest libraries into one massive digital resource. (Shakopee Valley News)
Shirley MacIver; her dedication to medicine was lifelong; at 85 Jun 1, 2007
A sense of where she fit in the history of medicine informed Dr. Shirley R. MacIver's approach to being a physician, from the days she tagged along as a girl for her mother's nursing duties to her service on a state board in retirement. "She was smitten by being a link in a chain that went way back and making sure that it wasn't broken," her son Matthew of Hingham said of Dr. MacIver's time on the Massachusetts Medical Society's judicial committee, which she led for several years. (Boston Globe)
FDA OKs 'No-Period' Birth Control Pill May 24, 2007
"This is something that has not been carefully studied yet. We don't have any evidence that there is a problem, but we certainly have many instances in the history of medicine where problems only showed up at a much later date after long-term exposure and widespread use," says Smith, director of the Lynne Cohen Breast Cancer Preventive Program at the NYU Cancer Institute. Moreover, she tells WebMD, "When you tamper with the way the body works naturally you can't predict long-term outcome until... (WebMD)
Grads return to school to learn trade, get jobs May 22, 2007
MINNEAPOLIS - For all the college graduates whose degrees in Catholic studies or history of medicine haven't attracted a lot of offers of jobs with benefits, Amy Wolfe has a suggestion: learn a trade. That's what Wolfe, a 2003 Southern New Hampshire University graduate in sports management, is doing. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Living)
Lendman: End Times Review May 18, 2007
The authors quote Dr. Vanessa Gamble, associate professor of history of medicine at University of Wisconsin, Madison, saying these kinds of experiments go back over 100 years usually "done by whites on slaves and free blacks" than on poor whites. . (Zmag.org)
Book Review: The Cigarette Century May 11, 2007
Brandt, a professor of the history of medicine at Harvard Medical School, canvasses giant chunks of terrain here - the culture, science, politics, law and global spread of the cigarette - without ever pausing to examine the central, vexing paradox of smoking: that in return for death, cigarettes give pleasure. Justifiable pleasure. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Igor, the scalpel! Five great books on dissection May 10, 2007
If thinking about Katherine's Park's makes you want to know more about the fascinating history of medicine or of anatomical dissection, here are five books that will be of equal interest. Each of them takes its own distinctive approach to the subject, so even reading all of them will not be an exercise in repetitiveness. (New Republic)
Antidepressants: Between good and evil May 9, 2007
Antidepressant drugs have sparked some of the most contentious and long-running battles in the history of medicine. The Food and Drug Administration's decision last week to on the drugs is not likely to quiet the shouting. (MSNBC -- Health)
It costs how much? May 6, 2007
Cerezyme and Elaprase are extreme cases that highlight a growing concern about biotechnology: The industry s products, though they undeniably benefit patients, are the most expensive in the history of medicine. To a large extent, these high prices are the pillars on which Cambridge s flagship industry is built. (Boston Globe -- Business)
Something in the water in Panama? May 5, 2007
This is part of a research program he calls potentially "the most important in the history of medicine.". With more care, Hollenberg would have found that traditional Kuna drinks are based on corn and bananas as much as cacao, and that today the Kuna drink vast amounts of coffee and Kool-Aid. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
CT scan uncovers mysteries of mummy child May 3, 2007
The CT study was conducted as part of a collaboration between the museum and the medical school, which last year established a Natural History of Medicine course for medical students. Scientists hope to one day have a facial reconstruction of the child and the CT images on exhibit in the museum. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
His find could be a chocolate lover's dream May 1, 2007
"If this proves out, then this is the most important [finding] in the history of medicine," he said. And he isn't joking. (Boston Globe)
The Tired Among Us Apr 29, 2007
The prevailing attitude toward the condition that you re lucky if you can get it was summed up by Stephen Greenberg, a reference librarian in the History of Medicine Division at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland: If you re rich, you can get away with all sorts of stuff. Beth Teitell is the Boston-based author of From Here to Maternity: The Education of a Rookie Mom. (Boston Globe)
ECU events praise women in medicine Apr 27, 2007
MONDAY: "How Gender Changed the History of Medicine," lecture by Regina Morantz-Sanchez, University of Michigan history professor. 7 p.m. in Room 1120, ECU School of Nursing, Health Sciences Building. (The Daily Reflector)
- Johnjoe McFadden Apr 24, 2007
This was probably the most astonishing and significant statement in the history of medicine. Yet the disease he discovered still kills 1-2 million people a year and new strains of the TB bacillus threaten to undo the progress of 125 years. (Guardian Unlimited)
Dentists Shine Light On Oral Cancer Apr 13, 2007
"You look at the history of medicine; mammograms, colonoscopy, Pap smear, (and see) how the death rate has decreased tremendously. Now we have a tool in dentistry to detect oral cancer.". When the process was first used to find cervical cancer detection rates doubled. (WCCO.com, MN)
I'll have the default, please Apr 12, 2007
Given the history of medicine in this country (jumping at every high-tech option), I think many more women will insist on the MRI, with no obvious overall benefits but substantial additional costs - medical, psychological and financial. Of course, if further research should indicate that MRIs are the right approach for everyone, the default will change. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
The other end of the stethoscope Apr 9, 2007
Howard Markel, a pediatrician, is the George E. Wantz Distinguished Professor of the History of Medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School and the author of several books including, most recently, "When Germs Travel.". Copyright 2007 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
REQUIRED READING Apr 1, 2007
April 1, 2007 -- The cigarette is the marketing bonanza of the 20th century, and Allan Brandt, professor of the History of Medicine at Harvard Medical Center, gives an exhaustive and highly entertaining take on the smoke in "The Cigarette Century" (Basic Books, 36, or the cost of five packs of Camels). At 600 pages, the revelations come thick and fast, mostly centered on the tobacco companies' refusal to accept scientific data condemning their product's deadly effects, while systematically... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Numbers neglected Mar 25, 2007
The vaccine was first publicized in 1798 but in Provincetown fear of the disease was rampant and use of the vaccination minimal for another 75 years, according to the Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences. They were just put in the ground because they were so scared, Provincetown resident Constance Black said. (Cape Cod Times, MA)
Books: Sex, Lies and Cigarettes in America Mar 21, 2007
Brandt, a professor of the history of medicine at Harvard University, understands the illicit appeal of cigarettes, because he once felt it himself. At age 7, he visited New York City and immediately fixated on a giant Camel ad looming over Times Square. (MSNBC -- Health)
Cocoa 'could get rid of the West's top killer diseases' Mar 12, 2007
He told Chemist and Industry magazine: "If these observations predict the future, then we can say without blushing they are among the most important observations in the history of medicine. We all agree that penicillin and anaesthesia are enormously important. But epicatechin could potentially get rid of four of the five most common diseases in the Western world. How important does that make epicatechin? I would say very important.". Daniel Fabricant, vice-president at the Natural Products... (Independent)
Cocoa 'vitamin' health benefits could outshine penicillin Mar 12, 2007
If these observations predict the future, then we can say without blushing that they are among the most important observations in the history of medicine,' Hollenberg says. We all agree that penicillin and anaesthesia are enormously important. (EurekAlert!)
Legislative visit leads week of ECU anniversary celebrations Mar 4, 2007
April 30 - 7 p.m.: National touring exhibit lecture, "How Gender Changed the History of Medicine," Health Sciences Building Room 1120. Speaker: Dr. Regina Mordantz-Sanchez. (The Daily Reflector)
Author Maya Angelou coming to ECU Feb 26, 2007
The History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine developed the mini-exhibition titled "The Horse, A Mirror of Man: Parallels in Early Human and Horse Medicine.". It's located on the library's fourth floor and open daily during normal operating hours. (The Daily Reflector)
Healthcare's sticking point Feb 25, 2007
This kind of trial is rare in the history of medicine, let alone vaccines. It is a symbol of how tough the marketing campaigns and lucrative the multibillion dollar products are expected to be. (The Age)
Teaching prizes honor, yet lack student hype Feb 12, 2007
According to history of medicine professor William Summers, who received one of last years awards, Yales prizes provide a way for professors who slog away in the trenches to get some recognition of their own. Teachers are, in some ways, the foot soldiers of the university: essential but often overlooked, Summers said. (Yale Herald, CT)
Another revolutionHow 18th century French doctors changed medicine Feb 5, 2007
The series tracing the entire history of medicine is written and presented by Andrew Cunningham, Senior Research Fellow in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge University. RELATED BBC LINKS. (BBC News -- Health)
Book Review: Medical Apartheid Jan 25, 2007
Tuskegee was just part of a pattern of experimental abuse, one of many shameful chapters in what Harriet A. Washington calls "the long, unhappy history of medical research with black Americans." Washington, a journalist and research scholar in ethics, writes in "Medical Apartheid" that this history has left blacks with an ugly legacy of distrust for research and even treatment, and that it is a lingering stain on the history of medicine. She does not oppose medical research or blacks' inclusion... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Researchers launch website on new cancer research Jan 23, 2007
There are numerous examples in the history of Medicine of therapies or drugs that failed to show benefit in real patients despite promising effects in animals. The research team at the University of Alberta is optimistic because the tumors studied were actually human cancers growing into animals. (CTV.ca)
Elizabeth's curious herbal Jan 22, 2007
Their stories are often confused because both are considered among the most important women in the history of medicine both in England and the United States. (Maureen Gilmer is a horticulturist and host of "Weekend Gardening" on DIY Network. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Artificial heart donated to Smithsonian Jan 13, 2007
Jarviks innovations have helped shape the history of medicine, museum director Brent D. Glass said in a statement. This donation is a wonderful addition to our collections representing American ingenuity and innovations. (MSNBC -- Health)
Is Peter Pan treatment right? Jan 6, 2007
The solution they seized upon, unprecedented in the history of medicine, was to use hormones and surgery to keep Ashley forever a child. If she remains small then her parents can move her easily from place to place. (MSNBC -- Health)
