Tag: Robert Biggar
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Caring for the mentally ill: The cycle repeats itself
Robert BiggarBethesda, Maryland, United States A traveler driving through Weston, a small community in the hills of West Virginia, will find it typical of the hundreds of similar bypassed towns: pleasant but a bit run-down and sliding into poverty and abandonment. However, it has one spectacular and historic monument that lies just off the highway:…
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Evidence versus practice: The story of surgery in breast cancer
Robert BiggarBethesda, Maryland, United States “As to diseases, make a habit of two things — to help, or at least, to do no harm.”―Hippocrates (circa 400 BC) As a scientist, I see breast cancer as a biological process that starts with a single cell that becomes unregulated, then multiplies relentlessly until it kills the host,…