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Many people dread experiencing the cognitive and mood declines that often accompany reaching an advanced age, including memory disorders such as…
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Match Day 2022
163 fourth-year medical students at Baylor College of Medicine today learned where they will continue their medical training at the first full in-…
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Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital have taken a new approach to looking at de novo autism spectrum disorder…
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Brain
Researchers in the laboratory of Dr. Huda Zoghbi have discovered that diminished memory recall in Rett syndrome mice can be restored by activating…
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Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, face masks have been required in most public locations. A study led by teams at Baylor College of Medicine and the…
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Many people have heard of the circadian rhythms or biological processes that follow a 24-hour cycle. Sleeping at night and being awake during the day…
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Alarm clocks
Daylight Saving Time offers extra sunlight for longer spring and summer evenings, but a sleep expert at Baylor College of Medicine said it is not…
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Many people aspire to live longer, healthier lives. A researcher at Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Rajagopal Sekhar, associate professor of medicine…
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DNA drawing
Many patients with genetic conditions that were previously untreatable are finding new hope thanks to scientific advancements in therapies. Baylor…
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Stars
The Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) at Baylor College of Medicine in consortium with the California Institute of Technology…
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Baylor Medicine, the multidisciplinary clinical practice of Baylor College of Medicine, has been recognized as part of the Age-Friendly Health…
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In a study to identify the impact of different types of procedures for lung transplantation and the development of complications after…
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It’s hard to keep a family secret these days, thanks to the rise of direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic genealogy services. One of the largest studies…
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Cereal
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a major toll on the mental health of children and adolescents. The number of children and adolescents with eating…
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Heart and stethoscope
All cholesterol is not created equal – HDL is known as the good cholesterol, LDL is the bad and lipoprotein(a), called Lp(a), is the ugly. The reason…
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Insect control
Very low concentrations of the popular organic insecticide Spinosad have profound effects on beneficial insect species, including vision loss and…
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