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A new study led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine reveals a previously unknown gut-brain connection that helps explain how eating extra…
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Dr. Michael Lee has been named as chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Dr. Joseph Petrosino has been named chair of…
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Regular exercise or sports participation is a great way to sustain a healthy lifestyle, but mistakes in your training could lead to injury. Dr.…
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Back-to-school season means the start of flu season and exposure to many illnesses. Whether a student is going into preschool or college, there are ways parents, teachers and students themselves can prepare to stay healthy.
Back-to-school season means the start of flu season and exposure to many illnesses. Whether a student is going into preschool or college, there are…
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Researchers were awarded $3.2 million by the National Institutes of Health to develop an improved way to evaluate umbilical venous blood flow using…
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Harvey health hazard study open to more participants
Researchers have been studying Hurricane Harvey's effect on public health and the emergency response by healthcare providers during a major…
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Currently, 80 percent of donor lungs are not being used for transplant, but a portable device to house and transport lungs could make more of the…
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The annual Compassion and the Art of Medicine series, hosted by the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, will…
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Acute care surgery
In an effort to identify surgical errors that could be prevented, researchers conducted an analysis of surgeries that resulted in adverse events over…
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Analytical tool predicts genes that can cause disease by producing altered proteins
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have conducted a  study of TP53 mutations to better understand the processes leading to the inactivation of…
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Fruiting bodies of the social amoeba, dictyostelium discoideum.
Researchers report that Dictyostelium discoideum, the soil-dwelling single-celled amoeba that feeds on bacteria, builds a barrier around its colonies…
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This image captures some of the geologic diversity of Mars. There are hills of ancient terrains on the floor of Juventae Chasma, surrounded by younger sediments, including dark sand sheets and dunes that are likely active today.
The Translational Research Institute for Space Health has awarded postdoctoral fellowships to six outstanding early career scientists working in…
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Embrace the travel bug without sick
Infectious diseases expert Dr. Stacey Rose explains how to avoid getting traveler’s diarrhea on your next trip.
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The Mesothelioma Treatment Center at the Baylor College of Medicine Lung Institute is looking for malignant pleural mesothelioma patients to try a…
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Gastrulation-staged zebrafish embryos
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine suspected that folic acid could be a part of the puzzle of dolutegravir’s negative side effects.
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Huda Y. Zoghbi, M.D.
The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has honored Dr. Huda Zoghbi with the 2019 Victor A. McKusick Leadership Award.
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