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The Beginners Guide to Scalp Micropigmentation

The Vancouver Paramedical Clinic (VPC), which has been successfully offering scalp micropigmentation treatments since 2005, is Canada’s leading authority on scalp micropigmentation procedure (SMP). Although SMP has been around for quite some time, it was only in the recent years when the industry gained some traction and popularity. The SMP industry has since become one… Read More: The Beginners Guide to Scalp Micropigmentation »

Reflections on a 45-year career and 13 years leading HealthNewsReview.org

Our home page 1st day 2006 In this, our final week of daily publishing as we wind down operations due to a loss of sufficient funding, I want to share some observations after a 45-year career in health care journalism, 13 of which were the pinnacle for me as Publisher of this website. Earlier this… Read More: Reflections on a 45-year career and 13 years leading HealthNewsReview.org »

'Jeopardy' Host Alex Trebek Has Pancreatic Cancer

March 6, 2019 — Jeopardy host Alex Trebek’s voice was calm and determined on Wednesday’s YouTube video, announcing his grim news in just over a minute. “Just like 50,000 other people in the U.S. each year, this week I was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer.” “Normally the prognosis is not very encouraging,” he continued,… Read More: 'Jeopardy' Host Alex Trebek Has Pancreatic Cancer »

Genetics Home Reference: PACS1 syndrome

Dutta AK. Schuurs-Hoeijmakers syndrome in a patient from India. Am J Med Genet A. 2019 Jan 28. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.61058. [Epub ahead of print] Gadzicki D, Döcker D, Schubach M, Menzel M, Schmorl B, Stellmer F, Biskup S, Bartholdi D. Expanding the phenotype of a recurrent de novo variant in PACS1 causing intellectual disability. Clin Genet.… Read More: Genetics Home Reference: PACS1 syndrome »