Brown, Louise
Brown, Louise: The world’s first test-tube baby, conceived by in vitro fertilization and born on July 25, 1978.
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Brown, Michael Stuart: American physician, biochemist and molecular geneticist (1941-) who shared the Nobel Prize for research on cholesterol. Brown earned his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1962, and received his M.D. in 1966. After an internship at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston (1966-68), he came to the National Institutes of Health […]
- Brucellosis
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- Bruce protocol
Bruce protocol: A standardized multistage treadmill test for assessing cardiovascular health, The test was developed and described in 1963 by the American cardiologist Robert A. Bruce (1916-2004). According to the original Bruce protocol, the patient walks on an uphill treadmill in a graded exercise test with electrodes on the chest to monitor the EKG. Every […]
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- Bruit
Bruit: A sound heard over an artery or vascular channel, reflecting turbulence of flow. Most commonly, a bruit is caused by abnormal narrowing of an artery. Listening for a bruit in the neck with a stethoscope is a simple way to screen for narrowing (stenosis) of the carotid artery, which can be a result of […]