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Six members of Team Uroflo pose with their device between them. The device features a bad of red liquid attached to a touch screen.

Uroflo device recognized for potential urological care

October 8, 2024 continuous bladder irrigation, Rice University, Texas Children's Hospital, Urology

Baylor-Texas Children’s Hospital sponsored team takes top honors in national competition with innovative urologic medical device.

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Celebrating bioethics and its role in our society

June 10, 2022 Baruch A. Brody Award Lecture, bioethics, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine, ethics, Houston Methodist Hospital, Rice University

Across the globe, bioethicists are passionately researching answers to new challenges, asking difficult questions and uncovering new approaches that may one day alter how we

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Parenting from prison: How does it impact children’s health?

May 10, 2019 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Child, Health, Incarceration, Parent, Prison, Rice University

According to the CDC, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), increase the risk of negative health outcomes over a lifetime. There are three types of ACEs: abuse,

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What genetically modified mosquitoes and soda bans can teach us about framing health issues

March 31, 2017 Arguments, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, College Student, Framing, health policy, Policy Research, Rice University, soda ban, soda tax, zika

Genetically modified mosquitoes recently provided a case study in the importance of understanding how opposition groups frame arguments. The tactics of a small but vocal

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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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Online course to map challenges, opportunities of healthcare in digital age

April 6, 2015 Dr. Bryan Vartabedian, Education, edX, Eric Topol, Healthcare, massive open online course, Medicine in the Digital Age, Professor Kirsten Ostherr, Rice Online, Rice University, Roni Zeiger, Social Media, Technology

When I started at Baylor College of Medicine as an intern in 1991, I had no idea of the changes that were to come. The

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Gates annual letter highlights neglected tropical diseases

January 22, 2015 Baylor College of Medicine, Baylor University, Bill and Melinda Gates, Community, Dr. Peter Hotez, Global Health, Healthcare, infectious disease, National School of Tropical Medicine, neglected tropical diseases, Research, Rice University, Sabin Vaccine Institute, Texas Children's Hospital, Texas Medical Center, Tropical Diseases, Tropical Medicine, Vaccines

Today, Bill and Melinda Gates released their annual letter in which they identified goals for what the world will look like in 15 years. They

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Online resource helps connect researchers, resources

June 10, 2014 Audrey M. Marks, Ben Taub Hospital, Collaboration, Community, Dr. Susan Blaney, Education, Gulf Coast Consortia, History, innovation, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Research, Rice University, Texas Children's Hospital, University of Houston College of Pharmacy, VIICTR, Virtually Integrated Institutions for Clinical and Translational Research

With the goal of connecting researchers, clinicians and resources in mind, Baylor College of Medicine launched the Virtually Integrated Institutions for Clinical and Translational Research