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Consider safety when holiday shopping for kids

December 20, 2013 Andy Phifer, christmas, Emergency Medicine, Holiday Season, pediatrics, toy safety

The holiday season usually means cold weather, time with family and, for many, gift giving that leads to a host of new toys for little

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Throwback Thursday: A very fratty Christmas

December 19, 2013 Audrey M. Marks, History, Houston, Throwback Thursday

This week we’re feeling festive at Momentum. To help usher in the holiday, we’re enlisting the brothers of our once active Phi Chi Medical Fraternity

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Butternut squash orzo risotto with a healthy twist

December 18, 2013 CHEF course, Healthy Eating, Houston, Nutrition, Nutrition and Wellness, Recipes

This fall, students within the CHEF course invited Chef Stephanie from Ripe Cuisine to teach one of their classes. She shared with them a way

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Tips for exercising while enjoying vacation

December 17, 2013

It’s important to relax while on vacation and spend time with family and friends. Although it’s tempting, having a relaxing vacation doesn’t have to mean

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Research, awards and more: Looking back at 2013

December 16, 2013 Awards and Honors, Cancer, Community, Dengue Fever, Dr. Bert O'Malley, Dr. Brendan Lee, Dr. Chenghang Zong, Dr. Zaq Pitkow, Education, endocrinology, Genetics, Genome Sequencing, Giving Life to Possible, Houston, McNair Scholars, molecular and human genetics, Neuroscience, Tropical Diseases, Tropical Medicine, Year in Review 2013

It’s hard to believe 2014 is just two short weeks away. But before we roll into a new year, Momentum continues to look back at

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In case you missed it: Breast cancer symposium recap, year in review and more

December 14, 2013 Breast Cancer, In Case You Missed It, microbe, San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, Year in Review

Welcome to the weekend and Momentum’s weekly rundown of news, research, science and health stories from the headlines and Baylor College of Medicine you may have missed

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New options for hard-to-treat breast cancer highlight SABCS

December 13, 2013 Breast Cancer, Cancer, Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, Dr. Kent Osborne, Healthcare, Houston, Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Research, San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium

Presentations on new breast cancer research concluded today at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. New studies on treatment options for triple negative breast cancer

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The intersection of big data and genomics

December 13, 2013 Computational and Integrative Biomedical Research Center, data, data science, Dr. Kiersti Aagaard, Dr. Lynn Zechiedrich, Dr. Morey Haymond, Genetics, Genome Sequencing, genomic analysis, Medical Genetics Laboratory, molecular and human genetics, molecular virology and microbiology, Ruth SoRelle, Year in Review 2013

If there was a word of the year for research at Baylor College of Medicine, it would probably end with the suffix “ome,” and it

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Prevention, treatment side effects focus of SABCS Thursday

December 12, 2013 Breast Cancer, Cancer, Glenna Picton, Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Research, San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium

Breast cancer prevention and management of unpleasant treatment side effects topped today’s presentations at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, co-hosted by Baylor College of

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Throwback Thursday: Always prepared

December 12, 2013 Audrey M. Marks, Community, History, Throwback Thursday

For the last seven decades, Baylor College of Medicine has cared for the health of the greater Houston community. In the shadow of the Cold