Dr. Boyer retires after 34 years: Reflects on medical advances during career Gaylord Herald Times
After serving the Gaylord community for 34 years, Dr. Roy Boyer retired Oct. 31. Boyer, 65, has seen a lot of change in both medicine and the city of Gaylord during his internal medicine career.
Iron-deficient infants have lower cognitive scores at 19, especially in lower socioeconomic levels EurekAlert!
Costa Rican teens who were iron-deficient as infants continue to lag behind their peers in cognitive test scores, with a wider gap for children at lower socioeconomic levels, according to study results published in the November issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Retired doctor reflects on advances The Natchez Democrat
NATCHEZ — Even though he’s out of the business, Dr. Donald Killelea is still passionate about medicine. “I’m really fascinated with the changes we (medical professionals) have gone through and I’m still learning a great deal,” Killelea said.
Is there a doctor in the house? The Times-News
TWIN FALLS — Years ago, if you wanted to make your parents proud, you chose medicine as a career. After all, practically nothing impressed people more than to see the initials M.D. behind a name.
Researchers Closer To Cure For Multiple Sclerosis And Other Myelin-related Diseases Medical News Today
A breakthrough finding on the mechanism of myelin formation by Jonah Chan, assistant professor of cell and neurobiology at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, could have a major impact on the treatment of diseases such as multiple sclerosis and demyelination as a result of spinal cord injuries. [click link for full article]
Infant Iron Deficiency Lowers Teen Test Scores HealthDay via Yahoo! News
MONDAY, Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Teens who were iron-deficient as infants scored lower on cognitive tests of thinking, learning and memory than their peers, and this gap is particularly evident among poor children, new research shows.
American College Of Physicians Re-Launches Magazine For Hospitalists - "ACP Hospitalist" Expands Frequency And Content Medical News Today
Beginning with the January 2007 issue, the American College of Physicians' (ACP) magazine The ACP Guide for Hospitalists will become ACP Hospitalist and will expand to 12 issues per year.The publication launched in March 2006 as a bimonthly career guide for ACP's hospitalist members. [click link for full article]
Traumatic brain injuries taking toll on U.S. soldiers Stars and Stripes
With improved body armor and field medicine, U.S. troops are living through attacks that would have killed them in previous wars, many surviving with secondary injuries that might have been moot in the past.
Pennapa unhappy to be a health specialist Bangkok Post
Pennapa Sapcharoen, former deputy chief of the Department of Traditional and Alternative Medicine Development, is petitioning Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont over her transfer to the inactive post of a health specialist.
Breeders' Cup roundup: Street Sense emerges as early Derby favorite USA Today
Street Sense pulled a big upset, and now has a big burden to carry into next year's Kentucky Derby. After a record-setting 10-length win in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile on Saturday, Street Sense now becomes the early Derby favorite saddled with trying to break a 23-year-old jinx.

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