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Surgery is not typically a Nobel Prize winning category, but there have been some notable exceptions. Theodore Kocher perfected nearly...
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Moira Dolan, MD
- Oct 3, 2022
- 3 min
From Neanderthals to the Nobel Prize
Svante Pääbo has won the 2022 Nobel Prize in medicine. Pääbo was reached by the Nobel committee at his home in Leipzig, Germany where he...
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Moira Dolan, MD
- Sep 25, 2022
- 3 min
The Prizes are Coming!
Stay by your phone in the wee hours of the morning of October 3, 2022 (11:30AM Stockholm time) for the call from the Nobel Committee...
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Moira Dolan, MD
- Sep 13, 2022
- 3 min
When science is wrong
Retraction, definition: the action of drawing something back; withdrawing after having been presented or published. The latest...
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Moira Dolan, MD
- Jul 30, 2022
- 1 min
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend...
"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read." Another review of Heroes & Scoundrels just in:...
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Moira Dolan, MD
- Jul 30, 2022
- 2 min
Virologist Explains Why This Book is a Must-Read!
"Lay readers, students and scientists alike, will find this book entertaining, informative, insightful and a genuine pleasure to read."...
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Moira Dolan, MD
- Jul 30, 2022
- 2 min
Advance Praise for Heroes & Scoudrels!
This review just in from Foreword Reviews, a book industry trade publication: One of the greatest rewards of winning the Nobel Prize in...
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Moira Dolan, MD
- Jul 30, 2022
- 3 min
Your health is for sale
Medical specialty societies are on the take, as any doctor has long known. Why should that concern consumers? Because big money is...
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Moira Dolan, MD
- May 31, 2021
- 3 min
Gender Inequality and the Nobel Prize in Medicine
In 117 years of the Nobel Prize in Medicine & Physiology, only 12 women have been Nobel laureates. To be sure, some of this in the early...
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Moira Dolan, MD
- May 31, 2021
- 2 min
Purpose and the Nobel Prize
Why is a book on the Nobel Prize in Medicine pertinent today? “The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will...
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Moira Dolan, MD
- May 31, 2021
- 2 min
Welcome Back to Boneheads & Brainiacs!
This is the new home of my author page, currently featuring Boneheads & Brainiacs: Heroes and Scoundrels of the Nobel Prize in Medicine....
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Moira Dolan, MD
- May 31, 2021
- 3 min
The Secrets Behind a Nobel Prize
A trio of new books provides a spectrum of perspectives on one of the most esteemed honors in the world – the Nobel Prize. Readers of...
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Moira Dolan, MD
- May 31, 2021
- 2 min
Using the Nobel Prize to Save the Planet
In, 2020 over 40 Nobel laureates signed on to a letter urging Canada’s Prime Minister Trudeau to reject the Teck Frontier tar sand mine...
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