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Cureus
December 2024
Research, Orlando College of Osteopathic Medicine, Winter Garden, USA.
The Pap smear is widely recognized in medicine as the single most successful contributor to cancer screening and preventative care. Women have Dr. George Papanicolaou (1870-1962) to thank for this groundbreaking contribution to their healthcare-a discovery that, fascinatingly, was made incidentally during his study of ovulation cycles in guinea pigs.
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December 2024
State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao SAR, China.
Objectives: As an innovative technology, internet hospitals have the potential to improve healthcare services. However, the pioneering nature of internet hospitals means that they are still in the early stages of development. This study aimed to investigate the challenges and strategies involved in establishing internet hospitals by public medical institutions in China.
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December 2024
Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Ninety years after his death in 1934, the artistic beauty of the innovative brain images created by physician and histologist Santiago Ramón y Cajal, as well as his revolutionary neuroanatomical theory, remains relevant today. As a scientist who isolated brain nerve cells, he visualized them as physically distinct entities, answering one of the most crucial questions of his time. Prior to his work, the prevailing belief was in the reticular theory, which suggested that nervous tissue was continuous and formed a network of interconnected cells.
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December 2024
Department of Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Cureus
October 2024
Paediatrics, Dr. D .Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Pune, IND.
Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis (1818-1865) revolutionized medical practice through his introduction of antiseptic procedures. This breakthrough disrupted the chain of infection among new mothers and their infants, leading to dramatically reduced mortality rates from puerperal fever across continental Europe. Semmelweis faced significant resistance and disbelief when he argued through meticulous, empirically-based evidence that proper hand hygiene may prevent infection.
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