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Pietro d' Abano
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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Copyright informationThe Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright 2008 Columbia University Press. (Hide copyright information)
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Pietro d' Abano , 1250?-1316?, Italian physician and philosopher, a professor of medicine in Padua. His famous work
Conciliator differentiarum
was an attempt to reconcile Arab medicine and Greek speculative natural philosophy and was considered authoritative as late as the 16th cent. His efforts marked the rise ...
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VOA NEWS: MEDICAL STUDY INDICATES BENEFIT FROM CHOCOLATE INGREDIENT
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
February 18, 2007 ;
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Medical study finds fatal
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;
October 8, 2003 ;
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...Medical study finds fatal, costly problems From Associated Press, Bloomberg News, Knight Ridder Newspapers and New York Times reports Wednesday...
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UK GOVERNMENT: Nuclear test veterans further medical study.
M2 Presswire;
February 26, 1999 ;
390 words
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On the ball ; Children were cock-a-hoop when they were invited to play...
Plymouth Evening Herald, The;
May 2, 2008 ;
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Climbers help breathe life into medical study
Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK);
March 28, 2007 ;
Amelia Whittaker;
317 words
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Bush will seek boost in medical study funds
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;
February 24, 2001 ;
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...Bush will seek boost in medical study funds Associated Press Saturday, February 24, 2001 Washington -- President Bush said Friday that he would ask Congress to increase...
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NSW: More than 250,000 to take part in medical study
AAP General News (Australia);
January 20, 2004 ;
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...AAP General News (Australia) 01-20-2004 NSW: More than 250,000 to take part in medical study SYDNEY, Jan 20 AAP - More than a quarter of a million people are expected to be recruited to assess cancer screening, mental health...
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Don't Swallow Everything!(be careful when reading about a medical study)
U.S. News & World Report;
December 26, 2005 ;
Comarow, Avery;
572 words
......The site will be modeled after Australia's Media Doctor (box, Page 56). Key questions to keep in mind when reading about a medical study are printed on cards that researchers at the Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences at Dartmouth like to hand out. For...
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Medical study saved the lives of our twins
Herald Express (Torquay UK);
July 7, 2008 ;
JENNA RICHARDS;
565 words
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New Medical Study Further Confirms the Brava System's Breast Enhancement...
PR Newswire;
September 7, 2005 ;
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Melaka-Manipal serves medical study needs
New Straits Times;
October 9, 2004 ;
Sharanjit Singh;
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...Sharanjit Singh New Straits Times 10-09-2004 Melaka-Manipal serves medical study needs Byline: Sharanjit Singh Edition: Main/Lifestyle; 2* Memo: Birthday of Yang di-Pertua Negeri Melaka. YEARS ago, a student...
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Role in medical study can lead to cheap vacation
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;
July 16, 2000 ;
ARTHUR FROMMER;
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...Budget Travel Role in medical study can lead to cheap vacation BY ARTHUR FROMMER King Features Syndicate Sunday, July 16, 2000 Getting paid to travel is the ultimate...
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THEY STARVED FOR SCIENCE; When 36 men volunteered as participants in a...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);
July 23, 2006 ;
Dean, Lee Svitak;
787 words
......November day in 1944. He was strong, healthy and personable, just the kind of candidate Ancel Keys needed for his upcoming medical study. Keys was director of the Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene, its fancy name belying its location in the bowels of the stadium...
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