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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

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Culinary program to benefit San Antonio children

August 25, 2014 childhood obesity, Children's Hospital of San Antonio, Healthcare, Healthy Eating, Nutrition, Nutrition and Wellness, pediatrics

An innovative program aimed at reducing childhood obesity and improving access to healthy foods for patients and the community at large is being launched in

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Why I Ride Tour de Pink

August 22, 2014 Ben Taub Hospital, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Community, Events, Harris Health System, Healthcare, Meggin Crawford, Pink Ribbons Project, Ruth SoRelle, Tour de Pink

About 11 years ago, while a Baylor College of Medicine employee, I started working in the Breast Oncology Clinic at Harris Health System’s Ben Taub

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Make your own saline rinse: Combat sinus infections

August 20, 2014 allergy relief, DIY, Healthcare, nasal irrigation, saline irrigation, sinus infection, The Sinus Center at Baylor College of Medicine

Looking for a natural way to find relief from allergy or sinus infection symptoms? The use of saline (salt water) irrigations for the nose and

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Medical students: Renaissance people of biomedical sciences

August 19, 2014 anatomy, Baylor College of Medicine, Education, Events, first day of school, Healthcare, new students, School of Medicine, Student Life, Willed Body Program

“You don’t have to take notes today.” Probably not what you’d expect to hear in your first medical school class. But at Baylor College of

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Natural way to help premature infants grow

August 15, 2014 Dr. Amy Hair, Healthcare, human milk fat, Nutrition, Nutrition and Wellness, pediatrics, premature babies, Research, Texas Children's Hospital, USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center

Baylor researchers have found a natural way to supplement premature infants diets. Instead of using oils or infant formula, they found that a cream supplement,

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Should we treat patients with experimental Ebola drugs?

August 13, 2014 Audrey M. Marks, Baylor College of Medicine, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Ebola, ethics, Healthcare, Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby, ZMapp

In the face of the Ebola outbreak plaguing West Africa, an experimental treatment is being administered to patients. However, medical ethicists are questioning whether untested

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What inspires biomedical research?

August 11, 2014 Autism, Clinical research, Dr. Christian Schaaf, Genetics, Healthcare, Houston, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children's Hospital, molecular and human genetics, Research, Texas Children's Hospital, VIICTR

This feature is part of an ongoing series that focuses on VIICTR.org, highlighting clinical and translational research at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Christian Schaaf wants to

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Skip the tan to help prevent skin cancer

August 1, 2014 Cancer, Dermatology, Healthcare, Skin Cancer, Skin Care, sun, suntan, tanning, tanning bed

Getting a healthy tan isn’t possible, according to Baylor College of Medicine professor of dermatology Dr. Ida Orengo. But staying healthy in the sun is