A routine mesothelioma check-up after Hurricane Harvey
I got the call while sitting in the airport Monday morning, waiting to board my flight from Minneapolis to Houston. Dr. David Sugarbaker had to
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Antibody treatment for HER2-positive breast cancer gives patient new outlook
In 2004, Cheryl Gray was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer at age 47. After receiving a lumpectomy and radiation, and after two chemotherapy treatments,
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Throwback Thursday: A Close Shave
The transformation from Dr. Jekyll to Mr. Hyde was one of science gone wrong. This week, we have a much easier method. Sometimes you just
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“Off-the-shelf” cells are safe and effective to treat viral infections
A bone marrow transplant can be a life-saving treatment for patients with certain cancers and other serious illnesses that have not responded to conventional chemotherapies.
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Thyroid cancer awareness: Know your risk
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
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
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
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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