Nearly all genetic variants that influence disease risk have human-specific origins; however, the systems they influence have ancient roots that often trace back to evolutionary events long before the origin of humans. Here, we review how advances in our understanding of the genetic architectures of...
who, during her lifetime, the tabloids loved to bash. The film begins with her birth into a Jewish family, her parents’ divorce, the discovery of her amazing and unique talent, rise in the music industry, troubled marriage, ongoing battle with addiction and bulimia with the resulting dysfunc...
Through the energy and persuasive abilities of two pediatricians, Godfrey Oakley of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Richard Johnston of the March of Dimes, legislation was passed in the U.S. Congress mandating fortification of flour with folic acid, resulting in a major decline...
The U.S. Mint released a new dime coin. It pictured President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who had encouraged citizens to make small donations to fund research and treatment of polio. Wells Fargo’s dime-saver card in the 1960s held ten Roosevelt dimes. ...
Trae Takeover:Young reached the mark in the clutch, as he was responsible for 13 of Atlanta’s 15 points in OT, with 7 points, three dimes and thegame-winner with 7.4 seconds left “I pride myselfon making others better,” said Young after the win. “Trying to make...
I build the rich castles of your cheap cabarets. I jig your lights, I vamp your life. ◊ At dawn I carry home the yoke of weary love. At dawn I lead you to a lurking lane astray. Some stingy dimes, a garret in the slums is all that is left of you — Broadway. ◊ The lon...
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, an adult victim of polio, founds the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, which he later renamed the March of Dimes Foundation, on January 3, 1938. A predominantly childhood disease in the early 20th century, polio wreaked havoc among American children every summer...
“He got the name Flash because he was fast at everything he did. When we played basketball as kids, none of us could keep up with him. No matter what we did, he was always faster than the rest of us. He could outrun us all.” Later a local guy named Joe Kidd gave him the ...
Almost immediately, a movement began to honor Roosevelt on a circulating coin. The dime was the obvious choice as the denomination recalled Franklin’s battle with polio and his work with theMarch of Dimes. On May 17, Treasury SecretaryHenry Morgenthau, Jr.announced that the Winged Liberty desig...
"My dad and my little brother are losing their minds in the living room right now," Swift said in herAlbum Of The Year speech. "This is the story all of us, when we are 80 years old, and we are telling the same stories over and over again to our grandkids, and they...