A Conversation With Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa: A Surgeon’s Path From Migrant Fields to Operating Room

May 12th, 2008 at 6:26 pm (Aphasia, Brain, Cancer, Immigration and Refugees, Medicine and Health)

Dr. Quiñones-Hinojosa, now 40, was an illegal immigrant working in the vegetable fields of the Central Valley in California before becoming a neurosurgeon.

Zrodlo (oryginalny wpis) na http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/science/13conv.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss,By CLAUDIA DREIFUS

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At 60, He Learned to Sing So He Could Learn to Talk

April 21st, 2008 at 2:49 pm (Aphasia, Brain, Language and Languages, Medicine and Health, Speech, Stroke)

Melodic intonation therapy can help some stroke patients regain their ability to communicate.

Zrodlo (oryginalny wpis) na http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/22/health/22stro.html?ex=1366516800&en=8ad1afff39a8cdb9&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss,By KAREN BARROW

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