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Henrietta Lacks, born Loretta Pleasant, had terminal cervical cancer in 1951, and was diagnosed at The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore,…
PeopleAfrican American History MonthWomen in medicine--HistoryMedicine--United States--HistorybioethicsIn 1964, Jerome Horwitz synthesized the drug zidovudine, commonly abbreviated ZDV, otherwise known as azidothymidine, or AZT, at Wayne State…
AZT (Drug)AzidothymidineHIV-positive menHIV-positive childrenHIV-positive womenIn 1994, the Eastern Virginia District court case Bailey v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Virginia established that insurance companies could not deny…
LawHealth InsuranceHealth insurance policiesHealth insurance claimsEmployer-sponsored health insuranceIn 1994, the Eastern Virginia District court case Bailey v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Virginia established that insurance companies could not deny…
LawHealth InsuranceHealth insurance policiesHealth insurance claimsEmployer-sponsored health insuranceGertrude Belle Elion was a twentieth-century scientist in the US who researched the structure of viral DNA to help develop anti-viral medications.…
AcyclovirHerpesvirus 1, HumanHerpesvirus 2, HumanDNA, ViralHIV (Viruses)On 9 July 1990, in Moore v. Regents of the University of California, the Supreme Court of California ruled in a four-to-three decision that…
LawMedical laws and legislationLegal MedicineRight of propertyRight of property--United States--HistoryWilliam Stewart Halsted was a surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, during the late 1800s and early 1900s. In 1894 Halsted…
MastectomySurgeryAsepsis and antisepsisBreast NeoplasmsBlood TransfusionRobert Alan Good was an American physician and scientific researcher who explored the cellular mechanisms of immunity. His research and discoveries…
PeopleBiographyImmunologyBreast cancer affects about 12% of women in the US. Arguably, it is one of the most advertised cancers. Mammography became a popular tool of breast…
Breast--Cancer--Diagnosis--EvaluationBreast CancerCancer of the BreastMammary CancerTumors, BreastOrchiopexy, also known as orchidopexy, is a surgical technique that can correct cryptorchidism and was successfully performed for one of the first…
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