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In 1858, young English surgeons Henry Gray and Henry VanDyke Carter published an illustrated anatomy textbook for medical students. Gray's Anatomy has never since been out of print, but little was ...
Danny Quirk is a young artist specializing in photorealistic watercolors, painting what the camera cannot capture. Much of his work illustrates the intricacies of human anatomy. On canvas, he paint...
In recent years in the US, increasing workforce diversity has become a priority in health care and other industries. Many companies, including Fortune 500s, now recognize that having a diverse work...
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Dying in America is very different now from half a century ago. Before World War II, death usually occurred at home, often with no medical intervention. But with the bioscientific and medical advan...
Tuberculosis continues to be one of the world's most deadly infectious diseases, killing almost two million people each year. In this Medical Center Hour, historian Christian McMillen explores TB's...
There's much mythology surrounding eating disorders. Myth: these are time-imited illnesses that resolve when a woman leaves adolescence. Myth: only women experience eating disorders. In a society t...
"Germs have always traveled. the problem now is they can travel with the speed of a jet plane." So said physician and medical historian Howard Markel in recent days, commenting on the spread of Ebo...