Pseudohypoparathyroidism
Albright’s hereditary osteodystrophy is a disorder is characterized by a lack of responsiveness to parathyroid hormone, resulting in low serum calcium, high serum phosphate, and appropriately high...
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Charles Byrne, the “Irish Giant” scaled a distance of over 7ft 7in from the ground. Byrne broke into fame during 1780s demonstrating himself as a freak, curiosity, and astonishment all over London. The...
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The Nobel Prize committee in 1923 credited the practical extraction of insulin to a team at the University of Toronto and awarded the Nobel Prize to two men: Frederick Banting and J.J.R. Macleod. They...
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PEOPLE OF MERCY 17 October 2012 Conakry, Guinea Makone Soumaoro, 30, goiter. “I don’t have pain, but I am worried that my neck swells that much. I hope it it is not a tumor because I am a housewife and...
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