pacifiers are fine if used properly. "I prefer that babies suck their hands," says Dr. Barbara Howard, assistant professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in ...

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Pacifier use at sleep time decreases sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) risk. It is yet unclear whether pacifier use can modify the impact of other sleep-related factors upon SIDS risk. The ...

Apr. 30, 2024 — A genetic propensity to higher circulating levels of lipids containing arachidonic acid, an omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid found in eggs, poultry, and seafood, has been found ...

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Experts from Duke Cancer Institute discuss the creation of individualized management plans to transition patients from oncologist to primary care physician. Beyond Cancer: A Multidisciplinary ...

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The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) Images in Clinical Medicine article type captures and illuminates the sense of visual discovery and variety that physicians experience every day in ...

precision-medicine-micro-chip-stem-cellsOn this chip, researchers Clive Svendsen and Samuel Sances at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, California, micro-engineered spinal cord tissue from a patient ...

This meant students from the British Isles or other countries had to travel to study medicine. This would have been very expensive. To be accepted into a university, students needed a high level ...

The thematic study of Medicine in Britain, c.1250-present spans almost 1,000 years. Understanding the period's chronology and knowing some key themes is essential to understanding patterns of ...