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Drawing of synapses.
Neuropathy is a type of chronic pain triggered by nerve injury or certain diseases. It affects millions of people worldwide, significantly…
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As people get older, they aspire to live healthy lives as free as possible from the natural decline of cognitive abilities that occurs with aging. At…
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Photo of popcorn and gummie bears to represent movie snacks.
Snacking at the movie theater is a ritual as old as cinema itself. And with the growing number of options, some may need help navigating the…
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Baylor College of Medicine’s Center for Space Medicine and Translational Research Institute for Space Health leadership (left) celebrate the new agreement with leadership from the Korea National Institute of Health (right) at NASA HRP Investigators' Workshop in February 2023.
A new agreement between Baylor College of Medicine’s Center for Space Medicine and the Korea National Institute of Health (KNIH) will enable new…
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Research supports the promise of psychedelics in treating conditions like depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, but the future regulatory…
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Dr. Thomas Lloyd, an expert in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) research and other neuromuscular disorders such as inclusion body myositis, has…
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Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have unraveled the processes that give astrocytes, the most abundant glial cell in the brain, their special…
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Type 2 diabetes and prediabetes are major public health burdens among adults, and Hispanics and Latinos in the United States are at increased risk…
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newborn baby
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) recently announced new funding for participating centers…
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Ideally, you should warm up and cool down all body parts. If you’re limited on time, focus on those that are primarily used for the activity and do the next closest body part secondarily.
A Baylor College of Medicine orthopedic surgeon discusses how to assess your journey back to physical activity.
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Artist rendition of a synapse
A team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas Children’s…
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exRNA illustration
Researchers have developed a new powerful resource to study extracellular RNA (exRNA), a novel form of cell-to-cell communication. The study,…
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Artificial Intelligence representation of computer circuits and the human brain
In an age of rapid technological development, augmented reality and innovative therapeutics, what will the future of medicine look like? Baylor…
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Three new McNair Scholars have been named at Baylor College of Medicine, all focusing on neuroscience research ranging from decision-making and…
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A female singer on a stage surrounded by fans.
From Beatlemania to the BTS Army, fan culture and pop culture have always co-existed. But at what point does harmless fandom turn toxic? A Baylor…
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Jalali Lab
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions report in the journal Nature Communications how a mutation in the enzyme…
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