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Attention, chocolate lovers: You may not be able to help yourselves. Swiss and British scientists have linked the widespread love of chocolate to a chemical "signature" that may be programmed into our metabolic systems.
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Operation, Blalock-Taussig
Operation, Blalock-Taussig: Surgical procedure named for the American surgeon Alfred Blalock (1899-1964) and the pediatric cardiologist Helen B. Taussig (1898-1986) who designed the first ôblue-babyö operation to treat children born with a heart malformation (tetralogy of Fallot) in 1945. This surgery was a landmark in the history of childrenÆs heart surgery.