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Access to life saving medications matters – that includes obesity
Policywise

Access to life saving medications matters – that includes obesity

I carried a naïve, simplistic view for years: if only one would choose a better diet, exercise more and make better lifestyle decisions, one can

FROM THE LABS: Tracing a path from genetic changes to Parkinson’s disease opens possibilities for early diagnosis
From The Labs

FROM THE LABS: Tracing a path from genetic changes to Parkinson’s disease opens possibilities for early diagnosis

Healthy Habits: Dr. Thanila De Araujo Macedo enjoys biking
Momentum

Healthy Habits: Dr. Thanila De Araujo Macedo enjoys biking

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Momentum

Weighted Blankets – the best weight on your shoulders?

FROM THE LABS: A ‘sticky situation’ boosts triple negative breast cancer’s ability to metastasize
From The Labs

FROM THE LABS: A ‘sticky situation’ boosts triple negative breast cancer’s ability to metastasize

doctor dripping ear drops into patient ear. ear pain and clogged ears concept
Momentum

Lend me your ears. Here’s how you can safely clean them.

Momentum

Read about health news, medical education, community updates, and events around the College.

Feet on scale with tape measure.
Momentum

What is an eating disorder?

Dr. Alyssa Hertz discusses the effects of eating disorders while detailing different types of eating behaviors associated with them.

Close up of crawfish, potatoes, corn cobs and sausages from a crawfish boil.
Momentum

How healthy is your crawfish boil?

At doctors appointment physician shows to patient shape of thyroid gland with focus on hand with organ. Scene explaining patient causes and localization of diseases of thyroid and endocrine system
Momentum

Thyroid 101

PolicyWise

Stories from the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy.

Menopause is a brain transition — not just a reproductive one
Policywise

Menopause is a brain transition — not just a reproductive one

For years, I have watched patients in their 40s describe the same unsettling experience. They report new-onset ADHD-like symptoms, anxiety, irritability and sleep disruption, often

Rare tumors, rare dilemmas: When evidence runs out, ethics begins
Policywise

Rare tumors, rare dilemmas: When evidence runs out, ethics begins

Don’t give up on our kids: Stop sending Texas youth into the adult prison system
Policywise

Don’t give up on our kids: Stop sending Texas youth into the adult prison system

From The Labs

Read more about research at Baylor College of Medicine.

Partners in crime – genes ATP13A2 and GBA1 interact to drive neurodegeneration
From The Labs

Partners in crime – genes ATP13A2 and GBA1 interact to drive neurodegeneration

The findings reveal promising biological pathways that could be explored in future therapies.

Doctor examining a child's neck.
From The Labs

From lab bench to bedside – research in mice leads to answers for undiagnosed human neurodevelopmental conditions

Breakthrough in human norovirus research: scientists overcome major obstacle to grow and study the virus
From The Labs

Breakthrough in human norovirus research: scientists overcome major obstacle to grow and study the virus

The Stitch

Read The Stitch, the official blog of the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery.

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The Stitch

When childhood heart conditions become adult heart disease

Baylor Medicine cardiothoracic surgeons discuss congenital heart disease and cardiovascular challenges among children and adults.

Women doing pelvic floor exercises.
The Stitch

Cervical health and the importance of pelvic floor wellness

Dr. William Fisher with patient.
The Stitch

Protecting her future: Janice’s preventive pancreatic surgery story