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Healthy Habits: 'Life is like riding a bicycle'

November 16, 2015 Children's Hospital of San Antonio, Dr. Mark Gilger, Healthcare, Healthy Habits, pediatrics

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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Teen weight-loss surgery study shows reversal of type 2 diabetes

November 13, 2015 bariatric, childhood obesity, Diabetes, Dr. Mary Brandt, Healthcare, Houston, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Nutrition and Wellness, pediatrics, Research, Surgery, Teen Health

Obesity is a serious health threat to millions of children and adolescents around the world, especially those who are considered severely obese. Many of the

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Initiative to continue treating sickle cell in Angola

October 14, 2015 Angola, Chevron, Community, Global Health, Healthcare, pediatrics, Sickle Cell Initiative, Texas Children's Hospital

More than four years ago, Baylor College of Medicine partnered with Chevron, Texas Children’s Hospital and the Angolan Ministry of Health to form a public-private

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Myths about autism and vaccine spacing

September 30, 2015 Autism, Dr. Peter Hotez, Healthcare, Houston, infectious disease, MMR, National School of Tropical Medicine, pediatrics, Research, Tropical Medicine, vaccine schedule, Vaccines

The vaccine debate seems to have recently moved in new direction, with many people questioning the timing of vaccines in children. This issue was raised

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Healthy Habits: Helping kids make healthy lunch choices

September 21, 2015 Children's Hospital of San Antonio, Dr. Michelle Barajaz, Healthcare, Healthy Habits, Nutrition, Nutrition and Wellness, pediatrics, San Antonio

Taking care of your health is a priority and nobody knows that more than physicians and healthcare providers. It can sometimes be difficult to find

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Healthy Habits: Adding mindfulness to exercise routine

September 9, 2015 Dr. Mary Brandt, Healthy Habits, Houston, Nutrition, Nutrition and Wellness, pediatrics, Surgery

Taking care of your health is a priority and nobody knows that more than physicians and healthcare providers.

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Summertime tips for people with diabetes

August 13, 2015 Baylor College of Medicine, Christin Carr, Diabetes, Dr. Maria Redondo, Healthcare, Houston, hydration, pediatrics, Summer, Texas Children's Hospital, wellness

Summer may be drawing to a close, but the heat definitely isn’t going anywhere and that can lead you to look for ways to cool

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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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Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center ushered into elite class of National Cancer Institute centers

July 30, 2015 Awards and Honors, Cancer, Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, Dr. Kent Osborne, Education, Grants, Healthcare, Houston, Men's Health, outreach, pediatrics, Research, training, Women's Health

Baylor College of Medicine’s Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center has been awarded the highest designation possible by the National Cancer Institute – Comprehensive Status.

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Starke lends expertise to national advisory committee to end tuberculosis

July 6, 2015 Audrey M. Marks, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Community, Dr. Jeffrey Starke, health policy, Healthcare, Houston, infectious disease, pediatrics, tuberculosis

For the last three decades Dr. Jeffrey Starke, professor of pediatrics-infectious diseases at Baylor College of Medicine, has spent his career treating children infected with