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Throwback Thursday: Practice Run

May 26, 2016 Andy Phifer, Community, History, Houston, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Throwback Thursday

Don’t worry. The helicopter is real, but the injuries aren’t. As you can see from this article from the April 1985 edition of Baylor Medicine,

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Baylor and the VA Medical Center: 67 years of history and service

May 24, 2016 Affiliates, Community, Dr. William T. Butler, Healthcare, History, Houston, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center

In 1946, the Houston Veterans Affairs Medical Center opened for service as a promising Navy hospital. By 1949, Baylor College of Medicine was the VA

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Cupcake Man Project brings joy to patients, healthcare professionals

May 11, 2016 Affiliates, Ben Taub Hospital, Community, Cupcake Man Project, Department of Internal Medicine, Dr. Niraj Mehta, Family and community medicine, Healthcare, Houston, Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital, Nicole Blanton, TED talks

Spending your birthday in the hospital can be a difficult experience. However, a group of dedicated healthcare professionals is making the experience a little sweeter

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Holocaust Remembrance: Sharing Dr. Ervin Adam’s story

May 5, 2016 Awards and Honors, Community, Dr. Ervin Adam, History, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Houston, molecular virology and microbiology, Ruth SoRelle

Editor’s note: As today marks Holocaust Remembrance Day, we share Dr. Ervin Adam’s story of surviving the Holocaust and his successful career in science and

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Dr. Cynthia Peacock discusses Down syndrome at Women in the World Summit

April 26, 2016 Affiliates, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Transition Medicine Clinic, Community, Down syndrome, Dr. Cynthia Peacock, Events, Healthcare, Houston, Maria Dellapina, Nicole Blanton, pediatrics, Specs4Us, Women in the World Summit

Those who care for family members living with Down syndrome are intimately aware of the daily challenges associated with the disorder. Maria Dellapina, founder and

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Throwback Thursday: A healthier Earth

April 21, 2016 Baylor College of Medicine, Community, Earth Day, environmental health, History, Houston, human rotavirus, molecular virology and microbiology, Nicole Blanton, Research, Throwback Thursday

Americans gathered across the country to celebrate the first-ever Earth Day on April 22, 1970, in order to raise environmental awareness. Since then, millions of

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Surgeons volunteer to help girls find passion in STEM fields

April 19, 2016 Affiliates, Baylor College of Medicine, Community, Dana Benson, Education, Events, Healthcare, Houston, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, pediatrics, Rice University, STEM education, Surgery, Technology

Hundreds of middle school girls had the chance to tie surgical knots, suture and practice laparoscopic surgery April 9 with the assistance of volunteers from

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Woman to Woman program expands to breast cancer patients

March 28, 2016 Breast Cancer, Cancer, Community, Dr. Celestine Tung, Dr. Matthew Ellis, Dr. Polly Niravath, Healthcare, Houston, Jeannette Sanchez, Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Woman to Woman, Women's Health

Baylor College of Medicine’s Woman to Woman program, created in 2014 to support those suffering from gynecological cancers, has expanded its services to the Lester

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Raise funds for charity at The Bowling Ball

March 22, 2016 Bowling Ball, Charity Ball, Community, Events, Houston, medical students, Student Life

The members of this year’s Charity Ball committee, Andre Critsinelis, Zachary Stone, Jordan Krieger, and Callie McCool, invite you to join us in celebrating as

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Ethics student to study medicine through lens of history

March 15, 2016 Awards and Honors, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Community, Education, Fellowships, History, Holland Kaplan, Houston, Research, Student Life

Holland Kaplan, a third-year medical student in Baylor College of Medicine Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy’s Ethics Track, will have the opportunity to