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Throwback Thursday: Nap Time

September 17, 2015 Andy Phifer, Baylor College of Medicine, Community, History, Sleep, Student Life, Throwback Thursday

Hey, dear readers. How are you doing? Probably ready for a break, huh? As the year marches on and the promise of some nice winter

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Baylor College of Medicine lights up blue in honor of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

September 4, 2015 Blue Cure Foundation, Cancer, Community, Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, Events, Glenna Vickers, Healthcare, Houston, Light it up blue, Men's Health, Prostate Cancer

September officially kicks off National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, and in a show of support for increased awareness, education, research and clinical advances, the Baylor

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Remembering Katrina: Our time shared with Tulane

August 31, 2015 Claire Bassett, Community, Cullen Campus, Education, History, Houston, Hurricane Katrina, Mardi Gras, Tulane University School of Medicine

Katrina – for most people the name evokes images of immense flooding in New Orleans and evacuees desperately seeking help in Houston at the Astrodome.

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Global Health Hackathon: Innovation, collaboration and fun with a purpose

August 24, 2015 Baylor Global Health, Community, Dr. Sharmila Anandasabapathy, Education, Graduate Student, hackathon, Healthcare, Houston, medical students, Student Life, Technology

Are you interested in disrupting the status quo? Do you like the challenge and innovation of creating solutions to provide care in regions where resources

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Care for all helps drive Baylor cancer programs

August 21, 2015 Breast Cancer, Cancer, cervical cancer, Colon Cancer, Community, Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, Dr. Kent Osborne, Harris County, Healthcare, Houston, Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, professionalism

At the recent Baylor College of Medicine Class of 2019 White Coat Ceremony, Dr. Kent Osborne, director of Baylor’s Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, an

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Med students receive white coats in ceremony

August 17, 2015 class of 2019, Community, Education, Events, White Coat Ceremony

Last week, first-year medical students at Baylor College of Medicine participated in the annual White Coat Ceremony. Donning the white coats is a rite of

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Linking teens to healthcare, information through an app

August 14, 2015 Baylor Teen Health Clinic, Community, Dr. Ruth Buzi, Healthcare, HIV/AIDS, Houston, Men's Health, Technology, Teen Health, Women's Health

At the Baylor Teen Health Clinic, our primary concern is making sure that teens and young adults get the healthcare they need, particularly those who

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Minimizing risks: Education, testing part of lead exposure screening event

August 12, 2015 Community, Dr. Marcus Hanfling, Dr. Winnie Hamilton, environmental health, Events, Healthcare, Houston, lead exposure, lead posioning, pediatrics, screening event

While many of the causes of lead exposure have been reduced in our daily lives, Dr. Marcus Jay Hanfling, assistant professor of pediatrics at Baylor

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Summer program helps teachers engage in science in the classroom

August 7, 2015 Community, Education, Events, Houston, Houston Independent School District, science lessons, Summer Science Institute

Students may still be on vacation, but 290 teachers from the Houston Independent School District went back to the classroom this summer for an intensive

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Breast imaging same-day work up results in high patient satisfaction

August 3, 2015 Baylor College of Medicine, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Community, Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, Dr. Emily Sedgwick, Dr. Kent Osborne, Healthcare, Houston, Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, mammogram, same-day biopsy

When Patricia Guerra found out her breast cancer had recurred after five years, her immediate thoughts turned to the worst case scenario – a death