Although the specific cause of nasal cavity cancers and paranasal sinus cancer is not known, factors that can put individuals at higher risk for the disease include cigarette smoking, outdoor air pollution and continual exposure to wood dust, according to Macmillan Cancer Support.
Elizabeth Blackwell. Elizabeth Blackwell (3 February 1821 â 31 May 1910) was a British-born physician, notable as the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States, as well as the first woman on the UK Medical Register.
Elizabeth Blackwell said she turned to medicine after a close friend who was dying suggested she would have been spared her worst suffering if her physician had been a woman. When she graduated from New York's Geneva Medical College, in 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in America to earn the M.D. degree.She supported medical education for women and helped many other women's careers.hen she graduated from New York's Geneva Medical College, in 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in America to earn the M.D. degree.