Samuel Wilson (September 13, 1766 – July 31, 1854) was a meat-packer from Troy, New York whose name is purportedly the source of the personification of the United States known as "Uncle Sam". Read full biography of Samuel Wilson →
One of the biggest challenges to medicine is the incorporation of information technology in our practices.
There is no doubt that environmentally related diseases will continue to pose problems in the future.
As population susceptibilities are better understood, we will be in a better position than we are in today to make informed decisions about risk... →
Unless physicians stand together to fight threats and injustices, our practices cannot remain viable in the future.
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I decided I wanted to be a physician when I was seven years old.
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It is important to consider whether the sample size selected by the Environmental Genome Project will provide sufficient power to discover most... →
One of the responsibilities faced by the Environmental Genome Project is to provide the science base upon which society can make better informed risk... →
Samuel Wilson (September 13, 1766 – July 31, 1854) was a meat-packer from Troy, New York whose name is purportedly the source of the personification of the United States known as "Uncle Sam".