Demystifying Medicine

Topic Introductions for 2010

1. January 12: Tuberculosis: the great white plague

2. January 19: Hepatitis C: a global time bomb           

3. January 26: HIV: getting better and worse           

4. February 2 : Swine and other Flues: an epidemic/pandemic?           

5. February 9 : Diarrheal diseases: global killers at all ages           

6. February 16: Horror Autoinflammaticus: Expanding spectrum of inherited disorders of inflammation           

7. February 23: Schizophrenia in the genomic age           

8. March 2 : Drug addiction: marihuana and stronger stuff           

9. March 9 : Friederich’s Ataxia: n iron link           

10. March 16: Natural products: Keys to treating cancer and infection           

11. March 23: Inflammatory bowel disease: Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis           

12. March 30: Holiday (Passover) 

13. April 6 : Prostate cancer: mechanisms, ? epidemic, ? treatment           

14. April 13: Breast cancer: genetic and other mechanisms           

15. April 20: Diabetes: autoimmunity and therapeutic challenges           

16. April 27: Stem cells: where do we stand?           

17. May 4 : Autism: what do we know? 

18. May 11: FINALE: What does the future hold for PhDs?           
    

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