The future of mobile medicine in Houston: SmartPods
Baylor Global Health and Harris County have revealed the nation’s first portable and adjustable SmartPod clinic, “Access2Health.”
Read More
Search Results for: diabetes
Obesity and COVID-19: What you should know
Baylor College of Medicine’s Dr. Samer Mattar discusses the health risks that are linked to obesity and COVID-19.
Read More
Debating Diets: What is the vegan diet?
Thinking about starting a new diet? While the amount of information available can be overwhelming, it’s possible to find a diet that is safe, suitable
Read More
Unique sugar-sensing neurons work together to prevent severe hypoglycemia in mice.
Keeping blood sugar in balance can be a challenge, especially for people with type 1 diabetes who rely on intensive insulin therapy to prevent blood
Read More
Premature epigenomic aging acts like a ‘sleeper cell’ that is awaken by Western-style diet
The epigenome is sometimes referred to as the “software” or “operating system” of the genome. It comprises small chemical modifications to DNA and the proteins
Read More
Racism: Not a pandemic, but a chronic disease
It’s more than just semantics that irks me when people talk about racism as a pandemic. A pandemic implies an outbreak. A disease that is
Read More
Tips to prepare for hurricane season
June 1 officially marks the start of the Atlantic hurricane season, and in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists are urging Americans to prepare now
Read More
Zooming in on the architecture of DGAT1, a transmembrane lipid factory
Triglycerides are lipids that are part of the particles that transport cholesterol – high-density lipoproteins (HDL, or ‘good cholesterol’), and low-density and very-low-density lipoproteins (LDL
Read More
It’s not just what you eat, but when you eat that can affect your health
“You are what you eat,” states a popular phrase. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine add that when you eat also can affect your health.
Read More
What do doctors want you to know about the novel coronavirus?
As physicians and, more importantly, as human beings, it is difficult to witness the reactions to the current COVID-19 pandemic, ranging from confusion to utter
Read More