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Are you a healthcare professional thinking of investing your hard-earned money in the stock market? Do you know what those tables mean?

Some famous names from the history of blood.

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From walking six hours back and forth to school each day as a child in the mountains of Nepal, to medical school in tropical Fiji, and becoming the first Sherpa doctor in his homeland …

From ancient views to today's numbers – here's some information about epilepsy.

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This army doctor used his travels with the Roman legions to research medicinal plants throughout much of the known world, becoming the most important pharmaceutical writer of ancient times.

Find out the basics of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) – how they differ, how they're diagnosed, and their prevalence.

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Mark did some research and found that in polls of public trust, doctors rate high – personally, however, he's not so sure.

Can you name any historical writers who were also doctors?

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An historic doctor who admitted that doctors don't know everything.

How scent can be an early predictor of Alzheimer's.

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Astrology wasn't always just for love, future, and finance!

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Among other achievements, he performed the first studies of the brain, heart, and nerves –

The holidays are gone, winter's here, and so is Seasonal Affective Disorder …?