January is Thyroid Awareness Month.
The American Thyroid Association® (ATA) is the leading organization devoted to thyroid biology
and to the prevention and treatment of thyroid disease through excellence in research,
clinical care, education, and public health.
More than 12 percent of the U.S. population will develop a thyroid condition during
their lifetime. An estimated 20 million Americans have some form of thyroid disease, and
up to 60 percent of those with thyroid disease are unaware of their condition.
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LifeScience Moment: First Birthday Balls to raise funds for the Warm Springs Foundation was held on FDR's birthday.
On Jan. 30, 1934, the First Birthday Balls to raise funds for the Warm Springs Foundation was held on FDR's birthday. When Franklin Roosevelt contracted
polio in 1921, at age thirty-nine, it inspired his interest in medical philanthropy. When he heard about the therapeutic value of the thermal mineral baths at
Warm Springs, Georgia, Roosevelt went there and ended up buying the site and creating a foundation in 1927. He persuaded his friend and New York City law partner
Basil O’Connor to run it.
After Roosevelt became president in 1933, O’Connor co-coordinated Birthday Balls that took place on Roosevelt’s birthday each January
and raised money for the care of polio patients. These were so successful that in 1938 they were merged into a nationwide organization,
the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, later renamed the March of Dimes.
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Where do we come from?
Explore the genealogy of the life science industry by state or province through one-of-a-kind posters
illustrating the founding technology origins of life science companies.
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It's a Small World
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Science Quote
"No problem can stand the assault of sustained thinking."
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Francis Marie Arouet de Voltaire, French writer
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(1694-1778)
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