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Helen Octavia Dickens (February 21, 1909 – December 2, 2001) was an American physician, medical and social activist, health equity advocate, researcher, health administrator, and health educator. She was the first African-American woman to be admitted to the American College of Surgeons in 1950, and specialized in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Feet of a baby born to a mother who had taken thalidomide while pregnant. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the use of thalidomide in 46 countries was prescribed to women who were pregnant or who subsequently became pregnant, and consequently resulted in the "biggest anthropogenic medical disaster ever," with more than 10,000 children born with a range of severe deformities, such as ...
Yet, Bayer's production of heroin was discontinued in 1913 after doctors discovered its addictive side effects, and the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act of 1914 sought to control the non-medical ...
Oakes had personally given St. Hillaire her diaries to ensure their survival. [2] [3] Additionally, she had written that Major had agreed to sign divorce papers, provided that the abuse of their son was not made public. Oakes wrote that if he changed his mind, she would tell her mother-in-law. [1]
At one Narcotics Anonymous meeting, Patrick ran into two young women he knew from rehab. Those women could be bad news, he confessed to his mother one afternoon in their kitchen. Let’s get out the NA schedule and find a different meeting, Anne offered. Patrick told her he’d already found a later one to attend. He had it covered.
In 1833 French chemist Anselme Payen was the first to discover an enzyme, diastase. In 1834, François Mothes and Joseph Dublanc created a method to produce a single-piece gelatin capsule that was sealed with a drop of gelatin solution. In 1853 Alexander Wood was the first physician that used hypodermic needle to dispense drugs via Injections.
A Missouri mother went on Facebook to share distressing before and after photos of her son in an effort to bring attention to the dangers of drug addiction.. On Wednesday, Jennifer Salfen-Tracy ...
Cheryl Juaire of Marlborough lost two of her three sons to drug overdoses. Corey, at left, died in Feb. 2011, and Sean died in June 2021. Juaire attended an event Thursday at the Statehouse to ...