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Thyroid cancer awareness: Know your risk

September 27, 2017 Cancer, Dr. James Suliburk, endocrinology, Nicole Blanton, Surgery, thyroid cancer, thyroid disease

Thyroid cancer is the eighth most common cancer in the United States – however, it is one of the most treatable. More than 98 percent

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Growing Up Baylor: Dr. Theodore Rosen

September 26, 2017 Dermatology, Dr. Theodore Rosen, Education, Growing Up Baylor

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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Innovations improve donor organ availability for lung transplantation

September 25, 2017 Dr. Gabriel Loor, Healthcare, Lung Transplant, Surgery

When I arrived at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center a little over four months ago, there were 35 patients waiting for a lung transplant. All

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Online tool helps empower pediatric cancer survivors

September 19, 2017 Allison Mickey, Cancer, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dr. David Poplack, pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital Cancer Center

For more than two decades, Dr. David Poplack, director of the Texas Children’s Cancer Center, and professor of pediatrics-hematology and oncology at Baylor College of Medicine,

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Healthy Habits: Adequate rest, nutritious alternatives help keep Dr. Carlos Galvani fit

September 18, 2017 Dr. Carlos Galvani, Healthy Habits, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, 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

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Texas headwinds: The danger of anti-vaccination policies

July 28, 2017 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Communicable diseases, Dr. Peter Hotez, epidemics, health policy, measles, Vaccines

In “Texas and its Measles Epidemics,” published in Public Library of Science Medicine (PLOS), I sounded an alarm about the real possibility that Texas will

From The Labs

A new HER2 mutation leads to a clinical trial and to a promising diagnostic tool for metastatic breast cancer

July 27, 2017 circulating tumor DNA, clinical trial, HER2 gene, Metastatic breast cancer, neratinib

There is a group of metastatic breast cancers that has the HER2 gene amplified – the cells have many copies of it – which leads

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Hacking solutions for global health challenges

July 18, 2017 Baylor Global Health, Global Health, Global Health Hackathon

From a diabetes management app to oxygen in a backpack, hackers from diverse backgrounds joined together at the 2017 Global Health Hackathon to create solutions

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Addressing the problem of physician shortages

July 14, 2017 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Economics, health policy, Healthcare, Physician shortages

In the past month, my immediate family has had three situations requiring urgent but not emergent medical care. In all three situations, the first-available appointment

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Tips help keep indoor allergies at bay

July 11, 2017 Allergies, Dr. David Corry, Immunology Allergy and Rheumatology

Although you may be concerned about allergic reactions due to outdoor pollen, indoor allergens can be as great a risk, especially during summer months. Dr.