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Healthy Habits: How Dr. ZoAnn Dreyer chooses healthy meals

November 23, 2015 Cancer, Dr. ZoAnn Dreyer, Healthcare, Healthy Habits, Houston, Nutrition and Wellness, pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital

It can sometimes be difficult to find ways to stay healthy, so we’ve asked members of our Baylor College of Medicine community to share what

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Three ways to improve gut health

November 3, 2015 Cancer, Colon Cancer, Dr. Waqar Qureshi, fodmap, Gastroenterology, Healthcare, heartburn, Houston, Obesity

With incidence of heartburn and obesity increasing in the United States, gastrointestinal problems are becoming more common. Dr. Waqar Qureshi, professor of medicine – gastroenterology

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Three reasons to quit smoking before reconstructive breast surgery

October 30, 2015 Ana María Rodríguez, Breast Cancer, breast reconstruction, Cancer, Healthcare, Houston, Lung, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, smoking, smoking cessation, Surgery, Women's Health

Breast reconstruction can help breast cancer survivors feel physically and emotionally complete. New treatments, as well as improved reconstructive surgery techniques, mean that women who

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Know your breast cancer risk factors

October 23, 2015 Breast Cancer, Cancer, Dr. Emily Sedgwick, Healthcare, Houston, Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Women's Health

New guidelines on when women should be screened for breast cancer have been released by the American Cancer Society. Our breast imaging expert wants women

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Novel epigenetic signature for tumor suppressors in normal cells found

October 15, 2015 Cancer, epigenetics

By Glenna Vickers An epigenetic feature that may help identify novel cancer driver genes has been identified by researchers in the Dan L. Duncan Cancer

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City of Houston recognizes Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day

October 13, 2015 Breast Cancer, Cancer, City of Houston, Community, Genetics, Glenna Vickers, Healthcare, Houston, Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Susan G. Komen Houston, Theresa's Research Foundation, Women's Health

The City of Houston has recognized today, Oct. 13, as Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day, a day to honor those dedicated to helping individuals impacted

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Strutting for a breast cancer cure

September 29, 2015 Breast Cancer, Cancer, Community, Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, Dr. Kent Osborne, Dr. Mothaffar Rimawi, Events, Glenna Vickers, Healthcare, Houston, Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Neiman Marcus Stiletto Strut & Luncheon, Women's Health

More than 400 dedicated advocates, clinicians and scientists joined together Sep. 25 to strut for a breast cancer cure as part of the 5th annual

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How I gave my ovarian cancer a ‘double whammy’

September 23, 2015 Cancer, Dr. Concepcion Diaz-Arrastia, Dr. Derek Meeks, Healthcare, Houston, intraperitoneal chemotherapy, intravenous chemotherapy, obstetrics and gynecology, ovarian cancer, surgical oncology, Women's Health

In January 2015, at the urging of my friend of 40 years, a retired OB/GYN, I finally went to see an internist about a pain

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Baylor team rides, supports Tour de Pink for 11th consecutive year

September 22, 2015 Ben Taub Hospital, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Community, Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, Dr. Julie Nangia, Events, Glenna Vickers, Healthcare, Houston, Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Pink Ribbons Project, Smith Clinic, Tour de Pink

For the 11th year in a row, Baylor College of Medicine participated in the Pink Ribbons Project annual Tour de Pink cycling event, which raises

From The Labs

Super stimulation makes master regulators into cancer cell killers

September 16, 2015 Cancer

By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. Dr. Bert O’Malley, chair of molecular and cellular biology at Baylor College of Medicine, found the first steroid receptor coactivator, and