Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Nursing Administrator Receives Nursing Excellence Award
... of hospitals because of severe asthma -- that she set her sights on a careerin health care. "The people who always made me feel better were the nurses, andthat finally pushed me into nursing as a career," she says. As part of her administrative role, Dr. Burnes Bolton makes a point of visiting patients ...New Book Says Cross-Train Your Brain To Increase Mental Function
...ing critical periods early in life,people's brains set up some of their very basic circuits," he said. "But thelong-held idea that after that, brain connections were frozen is probably nottrue. And, in fact, it's obvious that people learn things throughout our lives;even if they're 80 years old they can ...New Research Points The Way To Restoring Noise-Induced Hearing Loss In Mammals, Including Humans
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