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Growing Up Baylor: Dr. Jaime Rueda

July 20, 2016 Affiliates, Ben Taub Hospital, Dr. Jaime Rueda, Education, Family and community medicine, Growing Up Baylor, Houston, Martin Luther King Jr. Health Center, Premedical Honors College

Imagine studying, training and eventually teaching at the same institution during the span of your career. A special group of physicians, faculty members and researchers

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Zika virus and public policy

July 19, 2016 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, ethics, Healthcare, Houston, infectious disease, policy, Stephanie Morain, Tropical Diseases, zika

Zika virus, a mosquito-borne infection, has captured international attention after news of devastating complications in pregnant women. While early attention focused on events in Brazil,

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Battling pediatric AIDS: Restoring hope, health to communities

July 19, 2016 Baylor Pediatric AIDS Initiative, Community, Dr. Mark Kline, Global Health, Healthcare, HIV/AIDS, pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital

For more than a decade, Baylor College of Medicine has helped make lifesaving treatment available for thousands of children suffering from HIV and AIDS around

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Healthy Habits: Family time keeps Dr. Sumitra Khandelwal motivated

July 18, 2016 Dr. Sumitra Khandelwal, Fitness, Healthy Eating, Healthy Habits, Houston, Nutrition, Nutrition and Wellness, ophthalmology

Taking care of your health is a priority and nobody knows that more than physicians and healthcare providers. It can sometimes be difficult to find

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Blubber control!

July 15, 2016 autoimmune disease, Center for Research on Women with Disabilities, CROWD, Fitness, GoWoman, Healthcare, Houston, Meena Dhanjal Outlaw, myasthenia gravis, Nutrition, Nutrition and Wellness

In hindsight, my spinal cord injury sustained in 2000 seems so easy now. It was challenging to stay fit following the injury, but my aerobics

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Throwback Thursday: Don’t Call It a Comeback

July 14, 2016 Andy Phifer, History, Houston, Student Life, Throwback Thursday

Move over, virtual reality. Red and blue 3D glasses are still awesome. In this 1995 photo from the Aesculapian yearbook, courtesy of the Baylor College

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America’s gun fever

July 13, 2016 Dr. Cedric Dark, Emergency Medicine, Gun Violence, Houston, Orlando

Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in the following blog post are the author’s own and do not reflect the views of Baylor College of Medicine.

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Theatre monologues, art car help promote cancer awareness and nutrition education

July 12, 2016 Cancer, Community, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dr. Maria Jibaja-Weiss, Education, Healthcare, Houston, Office of Outreach and Health Disparities, outreach, Toni the Healthy Eating Cart

Encouraging cancer awareness in a city as diverse as Houston requires a range of educational tools and cultural understanding. From its Theatre Outreach Program to

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Myths and facts about bites and stings

July 11, 2016 Andy Phifer, bugs, Dr. Spencer Greene, Healthcare, Houston, medical toxicology, pediatrics, Snake bites, stings, Summer

Between kids being out of school and family vacations to the great outdoors, there’s never an easier time to get bit or stung than summer.

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Reforming the Veterans Health Administration: Still awaiting bold legislation

July 8, 2016 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Dr. Brett Giroir, Healthcare, Houston, pediatrics, Tropical Medicine, Veterans Administration

The Senate’s new omnibus bill, The Veterans First Act, will not significantly improve performance of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Without radical reform of VHA