Online tool helps empower pediatric cancer survivors
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
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
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
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A new HER2 mutation leads to a clinical trial and to a promising diagnostic tool for metastatic breast cancer
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
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
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
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.
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Surviving mesothelioma, one appointment at a time
It’s scary to think how quickly things can change from one scan to another. It’s why I struggle with “scanxiety,” or scan anxiety. No matter
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‘Superbugs’ might have found their match: Bacteriophages can combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Envision the following possible future clinical scenario: a patient in a hospital develops an antibiotic-resistant bacterial infection that is untreatable or only treatable with the
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Intelligence and genetic essentialism
In 1869, Francis Galton reasoned that if human intellect was determined to be hereditary, then it “would be quite practicable to produce a highly-gifted race
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