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Hormone Replacement Therapy for Menopausal Symptoms

By: Megha Pillai | Published: Jun 27, 2024

Hormone replacement therapy, or HRT, is a form of medication often used to treat the symptoms of menopause. According to the National Institute on…

MenopauseEstrogen Replacement TherapyEstrogen Progestin Combination TherapyMenopause--Hormone TherapyMenopause--Hormone Therapy--Complications
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“Cesarean Section -- A Brief History” (1993), by Jane Eliot Sewell

By: Kelly Roberts | Published: Jun 27, 2024

Jane Eliot Sewell presented “Cesarean Section--A Brief History” in 1993 as a brochure in the National Library of Medicine’s exhibit on the history of…

Cesarean SectionAbdominal DeliveryMidwivesRicketsAnesthesia
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Christine Jorgensen (1926–1989)

By: Lauren Hilton | Published: Jun 26, 2024

Christine Jorgensen was a transgender woman and activist in the United States who lived during the twentieth century. She was one of the first US…

Transgender PersonsTransexualsTranssexualismGender IdentityGender
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“Congenital Heart Disease in Patients with Turner’s Syndrome” (1998), by Laura Mazzanti, Emanuele Cacciari, and the Italian Study Group for Turner Syndrome

By: Megha Pillai | Published: Jun 25, 2024

In 1998, researchers Laura Mazzanti and Emanuele Cacciari published “Congenital Heart Disease in Patients with Turner’s Syndrome,” hereafter “…

Turner SyndromeTurner’s syndromeHeart Defects Congenital Heart DefectsGenetic Diseases
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X-Linked Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (X-SCID)

By: Maggie Zhou | Published: Jun 25, 2024

X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency, or X-SCID, is a chromosomal disorder in which the immune system lacks multiple protective cells that…

X-Linked Combined Immunodeficiency DiseasesX-Linked SCIDSevere Combined ImmunodeficiencyBone Marrow--TransplantationAutoimmune Diseases
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George Herbert Hitchings (1905–1998)

By: Eboni E. Andersun | Published: Jun 25, 2024

George Herbert Hitchings researched and developed medications that targeted specific parts of DNA replication processes to treat cancers and various…

Nucleoside analogDNA ReplicationDrug DevelopmentAcyclovirPharmacology
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“The Construction of Lay Expertise: AIDS Activism and the Forging of Credibility in the Reform of Clinical Trials” (1995), by Steven Epstein

By: Jarrett L. Joubert | Published: Jun 24, 2024

On 1 October 1995, Steven Epstein published “The Construction of Lay Expertise: AIDS Activism and the Forging of Credibility in the Reform of…

HIV SeropositivityAcquired Immunodeficiency SyndromePneumocystis cariniiPneumocystis InfectionsHIV
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DTaP Vaccination Series

By: Maggie Zhou | Published: Jun 21, 2024

The DTaP vaccination series is an FDA-approved, five-shot vaccine for young children in the United States for protection against diphtheria, tetanus…

Diphtheria ToxoidDiphtheria ToxinCorynebacterium diphtheriaeDiphtheria-Tetanus VaccineDiphtheria-Tetanus-acellular Pertussis Vaccines
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Henry Hubert Turner (1892–1970)

By: Megha Pillai | Published: Jun 06, 2024

Henry Hubert Turner was a physician and researcher who studied hormones and human development in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, during the twentieth…

Turner SyndromeNoonan SyndromeKlippel-Feil SyndromeEndocrine System DiseasesEndocrine Glands