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This Week In Words
I’ve just finished editing a huge hematology review article on erythropoietin, so it seemed fitting to create this week’s Wordle cloud from the work I did on that.
Pets And Allergies
Exposure To Pets In The First Year Of Life May Reduce Risk Of Allergies The relationship between exposure to pets and allergic disease risk has long been unresolved. Various studies in recent years have examined the effect of early exposure to cats and dogs on allergies in children. The results,…
This Week In Words
Yesterday I went to the New England Chapter meeting of the American Medical Writers Association. It was a lot of fun, highly informative & I met some great new people. If you’re a science writer but are not yet a member of the AMWA, I’d highly recommend it – a…
Herpesvirus Infection In Cats
Since I’m a veterinary pathologist by training, I thought you might like me to share some aspects of this side of my work with you. Some of my daily routine involves microscopic evaluation of sections of tissue from animals, often for diagnostic purposes. So I’ll try and share some interesting…
This Week In Words
This week I devoted some time to updating my CV, so I thought I’d see how that turned out on Wordle.
Advancements in Orthopaedics
On this day in 1944, Allied Forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France marking what would become forever remembered as the D-Day invasion of World War II. Exact statistics vary across different resources, but some 300,000+ American service members were killed during WWII, and an additional 671,000+ were wounded in…
This Week In Words
This week has involved our group finalizing numerous research abstracts that need to be submitted ready for this year’s AALAS meeting. So it’s been a very intestinal-oriented week. With somewhat of a helicobacter bias!
World’s Largest E. coli Outbreak
By now you’ve likely heard something about the outbreak of food-borne illness due to E. coli that is currently causing problems in Germany. This outbreak, reportedly the world’s largest due to E. coli, has so far killed 15 people and left more than 1000 others ill. Although the exact source of…
This Week In Words
It’s been a “dog disease” kind of week on the writing front. Here’s a snapshot of it, courtesy of Wordle. Hope you get to enjoy a long Memorial Day weekend. Don’t forget to thank a military servicemember if you get the chance.