| Electroconvulsive therapy Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), also known as electroshock, is a well established, albeit controversial, psychiatric treatment in which seizures are electrically induced in anesthetized patients for therapeutic effect. Today, ECT is most often used as a treatment for severe major depression which has not responded to other treatment, and is also used in the treatment of mania (often in bipolar disorder), catatonia, schizophrenia and other disorders. Electroconvulsive_therapy
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| Pathology Pathology
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| Esophageal cancer Esophageal cancer is malignancy of the esophagus. There are various subtypes, primarily squamous cell cancer and adenocarcinoma. Squamous cell cancer arises from the cells that line the upper part of the esophagus. Adenocarcinoma arises from glandular cells that are present at the junction of the esophagus and stomach. Esophageal_cancer
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| Tuberous sclerosis Tuberous sclerosis or tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a rare, multi-system genetic disease that causes non-malignant tumours to grow in the brain and on other vital organs such as the kidneys, heart, eyes, lungs, and skin. A combination of symptoms may include seizures, developmental delay, behavioural problems, skin abnormalities, lung and kidney disease. Tuberous_sclerosis
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| Denise Faustman Denise L. Faustman, (born 1958) is a U.S. physician and medical researcher. An associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard University, her work specializes in Diabetes mellitus type 1 (formerly called juvenile diabetes), and other autoimmune diseases. She has worked at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston since 1985. Denise_Faustman
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| Massachusetts General Hospital Massachusetts_General_Hospital
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| Osmotic diuretic osmotic diuretic is a type of diuretic that inhibit reabsorption of water and sodium.An example is mannitol.In the nephron, osmotic diuretics act at the portions of the nephron that are water-permeable. Osmotic_diuretic
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| Mary Ann Vincent Mary Ann Vincent (September 18, 1818 Portsmouth, England – September 4, 1887 Boston) was a British born American actress.Although English born, she was the daughter of an Irishman named Farlin; left an orphan at an early age, she turned to the stage, making her first appearance in 1834 as Lucy in The Review, at Cowes, Isle of Wight. The next year she married James R. Vincent (who died in 1850), an actor with whom she toured England and Ireland for several years. Mary_Ann_Vincent
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| Lenny Schafer Lenny Schafer is the adoptive parent of an autistic child. He is the editor of the "Schafer Autism Report", an autism publication that has generated controversy from the autism rights movement. He was a recipient of the Doug Flutie Jr. Award—given in honor of Doug Flutie Jr., the son of New England Patriot, Doug Flutie—who has autism. The award is presented annually "to a person who is devoted to research and treatment for individuals on the autism spectrum". Lenny_Schafer
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| Articles for deletion/Log/2005 March 10 Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Log/2005_March_10
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| Articles for deletion/Matthew Smith (biochemist) Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Matthew_Smith_(biochemist)
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| Diabetes mellitus type 1 Diabetes mellitus type 1 (type I diabetes, T1D, T1DM, IDDM, juvenile diabetes) is a form of diabetes mellitus. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that results in destruction of insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas. Lack of insulin causes an increase of fasting blood glucose (around 70-120Type 1 is lethal unless treated with exogenous insulin. Diabetes_mellitus_type_1
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| Stanley Cobb Talk:Stanley_Cobb
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| Nurses' Health Study Nurses' Health Study, established in 1976 by Dr. Frank Speizer, and the Nurses' Health Study II, established in 1989 by Dr. Walter Willett, are the most definitive long-term epidemiological studies conducted to date on older women's health. The study has followed 121,700 female registered nurses since the mid-1970s to assess risk factors for cancer and cardiovascular disease. Nurses'_Health_Study
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| Varaztad Kazanjian Varaztad Kazanjian (1879-1974) was an oral surgeon, of Armenian descent, who pioneered techniques for plastic surgery. He graduated from Harvard Dental School in 1905. He served as professor of oral surgery from 1922-1939 and he was the first to hold the title of Professor of plastic surgery at Harvard Medical School. He co-authored the first concise book on plastic surgery.Dr. Kazanjian's brother's daughter was actress and television celebrity Arlene Francis (Kazanjian-Gabel).Erzincan,Turkey Varaztad_Kazanjian
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| Henry Kronenberg Henry Kronenberg, M.D. is Division Head of Endocrinology at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA and a Professor of Medicine at the Harvard Medical School. He is noted for his work on parathyroid hormone and the use of genetic mouse models to understand the role of parathyroid hormone and parathyroid hormone-related protein in the regulation of bone formation and remodeling. Henry_Kronenberg
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| Mallinckrodt General Clinical Research Center Mallinckrodt_General_Clinical_Research_Center
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| List of Aga Khan University people List_of_Aga_Khan_University_people
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| Charles Street Jail The Charles Street Jail (or "Suffolk County Jail") is a historic jail located at 215 Charles Street, Boston, Massachusetts. It is listed in the state and national Registers of Historic Places. Charles_Street_Jail
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