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How to prepare for hurricane season when you have diabetes

June 15, 2018 Diabetes, Healthcare, Hurricane Season, Julia Bernstein, Young Adult Diabetes Clinic

Preparing for hurricane season is essential for everyone in storm-prone areas, but preparation is especially important for those with chronic health conditions, such as diabetes.

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Living with young adult diabetes: What you should know

June 6, 2018 Diabetes, Dr. Siripoom McKay, endocrinology, Healthcare, Nicole Blanton, Young Adult Diabetes Clinic

Living with diabetes is challenging for anyone, but can be especially difficult for young adults who are transitioning out of the pediatric healthcare system into

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Healthy Habits: Dr. Emily Sedgwick manages stress with early workouts and family time

April 24, 2018 Dr. Emily Sedgwick, Healthy Habits, Nutrition and Wellness, radiology

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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Healthy Habits: Family yoga and good books help Dr. Carl Walther relax

April 16, 2018 Dr. Carl Walter, Healthy Habits, nephrology, Nutrition and Wellness

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

From The Labs

Identical twins share more than identical genes

March 13, 2018 cancer risk, epigenetics, identical twins, Research, supersimilarity

For decades, researchers have studied genetically identical twins to estimate what proportion of disease risk is determined by one’s genes. This approach should be reevaluated,

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Growing Up Baylor: Dr. Siripoom McKay

March 12, 2018 Dr. Siripoom McKay, Education, endocrinology, Growing Up Baylor

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

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How immigration rhetoric impacts health

February 9, 2018 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Dr. Stephanie Morain, health policy, Health Policy Research, Immigration, Leah Fowler

The administration outlined a four-pillar approach to immigration in the Jan. 30 State of the Union, underscoring a commitment to establish a path to citizenship

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The multi-tasking nature of the hormone asprosin

January 19, 2018 AgRP neurons, apetite control, appetite control, asprosin, blood-brain barrier, endocrinology, extreme thinnes, hypothalamus, neonatal progeroid syndrome, ovesity, POMC neurons

When Dr. Atul Chopra, a medical geneticist at Baylor College of Medicine, and his colleagues discovered in 2016 a new hormone called asprosin that regulates

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Addressing obesity through weight loss surgery

January 5, 2018 Dr. Carlos Galvani, Nicole Blanton, Nutrition and Wellness, Obesity, Surgery, Weight Loss

Many Americans have committed to losing weight in 2018 with the goal of boosting self-image and confidence. However, the health effects of obesity often go

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One size doesn’t fit all: Understanding the allure of alternative medicine through storytelling

January 3, 2018 alternative medicine, ethics, medical humanities, Narrative Medicine, storytelling

In the era of celebrity-inspired medical treatments, alternative medicine is an easy punching bag. I work in the medical field, and I am familiar with