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Strutting for a cure

October 3, 2014 Breast Cancer, Breast Center Advisory Council, Cancer, Community, Dr. Kent Osborne, Dr. Matthew Ellis, Events, Healthcare, Houston, Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Neiman Marcus Stiletto Strut & Luncheon, Women's Health

The Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center at Baylor College of Medicine is fortunate to have a dedicated group of advocates – many of whom

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Ward off flu, get vaccinated

October 1, 2014 Dr. Simon Whitney, flu shot, Healthcare, Houston, influenza, Men's Health, pediatrics, Teen Health, vaccine, Women's Health

Want to avoid the flu this year? Dr. Simon Whitney, associate professor of family and community medicine at Baylor College of Medicine offers this advice:

Policywise

Experts tackle 3 key policy areas for using cutting-edge sequencing in patient care

September 30, 2014 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Dr. Amy McGuire, Dr. Maggie Curnutte, ethics, Genetics, health policy, Healthcare, Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, next-generation sequencing, policy, Public Policy, Technology

As techniques such as next generation sequencing, which determines the precise order of the nucleotides that make up DNA, are used in patient diagnosis and

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Science as art

September 23, 2014 Cancer, Clinical research, Healthcare, Houston, Neuroscience, Research, The Art Of Baylor

Students come to Baylor College of Medicine to learn the art of medicine, but if they look closely they may get an art education as

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Baylor wraps 10th year supporting Tour de Pink

September 17, 2014 Breast Cancer, Cancer, Healthcare, Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Pink Ribbons Project, Tour de Pink, Women's Health

Over the weekend, Baylor College of Medicine helped support the Pink Ribbons Project in celebrating its 10th anniversary of Tour de Pink – a cycling

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Going gold in Africa: Treating pediatric cancer

September 16, 2014 Baylor Pediatric AIDS Initiative, Cancer, Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Community, Dr. Jeremy Slone, Dr. Uma Ramamurthy, Healthcare, Pediatric Cancer, pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital Cancer Center

Each September, Childhood Cancer Awareness Month shines a light on pediatric cancer treatment and research. More than 10,000 children are diagnosed with cancer in the

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Missed Opportunities: HIV in Houston

September 15, 2014 Baylor Teen Health Clinic, Community, Dr. Ruth Buzi, Healthcare, HIV/AIDS, Houston, Men's Health, obstetrics and gynecology, Teen Health, Women's Health

Gloria is an 18-year-old adolescent who recently became sexually active and visited her doctor for contraception. She was given birth control pills, and her doctor

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Donor dedication

September 12, 2014 Alumni, Donor Wall, Donors, Events, Healthcare, Houston, McNair Campus, Office of Philanthropy and Alumni Relations

This week, the Office of Philanthropy and Alumni Relations hosted an unveiling of the Donor Wall at the Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, McNair Campus.

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Going gold for Childhood Cancer Awareness

September 9, 2014 Baylor College of Medicine, Cancer, Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, Healthcare, Houston, pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Texas Children's Hospital Cancer Center

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and it is being commemorated all month long at Texas Children’s Cancer Center, starting with a gold ribbon ceremony

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In case you missed it: Ice buckets, orangutan treatment and more

August 29, 2014 Affiliates, ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, Baylor College of Medicine, Cheyenne, Community, Dr. Paul Klotman, Events, Genetics, Healthcare, Houston, Houston Zoo, IBM Watson, Knowledge Integration Toolkit, Nutrition, Nutrition and Wellness, orangutan, pediatrics, Social Media, Surgery, Technology

Before you head off into the holiday weekend, check out the latest news happening at Baylor College of Medicine. A special patient Our doctors recently had