Barry Nelson, Patient Advisor at Brigham and Women’s Hospital Center for Patients and Families participated in a webinar on January 11 organized by The Center for Health Education Research Service in Boston, Massachusetts. [1] During the webinar, Nelson described his experience as a cancer survivor. “I was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer...
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“Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. …live in the question.” —Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet Leeching or blood letting was part of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Instead of a lancet, leeches were placed on various parts of the body to slowly remove blood. Leech farms,...
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Reviewing history fascinates, educates and can really make you appreciate. That’s what happens when reading about life in the 1800s and early 1900s. Mystery Meat? In 1904, the meat packer’s union in Chicago went on strike. At the time four companies ruled the meat-packing world. To end the strike, the companies brought in replacement workers. ...
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OR: What the heck does this mean and why should I care? As you do your own “research” to find information you care about, you’ll stumble upon several types of scientific or medical research designs out there. And there are big differences in what can be learned from them. Here are some of the most common types of research you’ll see: Case...
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