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Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA)
By: Daniella Caudle
| Published: Mar 02, 2017
Transposition of the great arteries or TGA is a potentially fatal congenital heart malformation where the pulmonary artery and the aorta are switched…
Transposition of Great VesselsMustard, William T., 1914-1987Congenital Heart DiseaseSenning Operation
Dandy-Walker Syndrome
By: Alexandra Bohnenberger
| Published: Mar 02, 2017
Dandy-Walker Syndrome is a congenital brain defect in humans characterized by malformations to the cerebellum, the part of the brain that controls…
Dandy, Walter Edward, 1886-1946Walker, A. Earl (Arthur Earl), 1907-1995HydrocephalusBirth DefectsDandy-Walker Syndrome
Karl Oskar Illmensee (1939–)
By: Cheryl Lancaster
| Published: Feb 26, 2017
Karl Oskar Illmensee studied the cloning and reproduction of fruit flies, mice, and humans in the US and Europe during the twentieth and twenty-first…
CloningMolecular CloningClone CellsTwinsEmbryos
Webster v. Reproductive Health Services (1989)
By: Carolina J. Abboud
| Published: Feb 26, 2017
In the 1989 case Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, the US Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a Missouri law regulating abortion…
LawBirth control clinicsAbortionFamily planning servicesAbortion--Law and legislation--United States
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby (2014)
By: Reem Gerais
| Published: Feb 26, 2017
In the 2014 case Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, the US Supreme Court ruled that the contraceptive mandate promulgated under the Patient Protection and…
LawUnited States. Supreme CourtContraceptionEmployer-sponsored health insuranceEmployer-sponsored health insurance--Law and legislation
Robert Guthrie (1916–1995)
By: Meilin Zhu
| Published: Feb 23, 2017
Robert Guthrie developed a method to test infants for phenylketonuria (PKU) in the United States during the twentieth century. PKU is an inherited…
PhenylketonuriaMental RetardationMaple Syrup Urine DiseaseGalactosemiaMicrobiology
Neonatal Jaundice
By: Arianna Bradley
| Published: Feb 23, 2017
Neonatal jaundice is the yellow discoloration of the skin and eyes due to elevated bilirubin levels in the bloodstream of a newborn. Bilirubin is a…
Jaundice, NeonatalHyperbilirubinemia, NeonatalErythroblastosis FetalisPhototherapyChildren's Hospital Medical Center (Boston, Mass.)
The Effectiveness of Phototherapy in Premature Infants (1968)
By: Arianna Bradley
| Published: Feb 23, 2017
In 1968, pediatric researchers Jerold Lucey, Mario Ferreiro, and Jean Hewitt conducted an experimental trial that determined that exposure to light…
PhototherapyJaundiceKernicterusBilirubinHyperbilirubinemia
Camillo Golgi (1843–1926)
By: Isra Mishqat
| Published: Feb 23, 2017
Camillo Golgi studied the central nervous system during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in Italy, and he developed a staining…
Nerve TissueGolgi ApparatusSilver NitrateNervous SystemNobel Prize winners
“Pelvic Scoring for Elective Induction” (1964), by Edward Bishop
By: Carolina J. Abboud
| Published: Feb 23, 2017
In the 1964 article, “Pelvic Scoring for Elective Induction,” obstetrician Edward Bishop describes his method to determine whether a doctor should…
LiteratureBishop, Edward H.ChildbirthLabor, Induced (Obstetrics)Obstetrics