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Throwback Thursday: Don’t Call It a Comeback

July 14, 2016 Andy Phifer, History, Houston, Student Life, Throwback Thursday

Move over, virtual reality. Red and blue 3D glasses are still awesome. In this 1995 photo from the Aesculapian yearbook, courtesy of the Baylor College

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Theatre monologues, art car help promote cancer awareness and nutrition education

July 12, 2016 Cancer, Community, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dr. Maria Jibaja-Weiss, Education, Healthcare, Houston, Office of Outreach and Health Disparities, outreach, Toni the Healthy Eating Cart

Encouraging cancer awareness in a city as diverse as Houston requires a range of educational tools and cultural understanding. From its Theatre Outreach Program to

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Myths and facts about bites and stings

July 11, 2016 Andy Phifer, bugs, Dr. Spencer Greene, Healthcare, Houston, medical toxicology, pediatrics, Snake bites, stings, Summer

Between kids being out of school and family vacations to the great outdoors, there’s never an easier time to get bit or stung than summer.

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From Brazil to Baylor: Avon Global Breast Cancer Clinical Scholars

July 8, 2016 Allison Mickey, Avon Global Clinical Scholars Program, Brazil, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Community, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dr. Matthew Ellis, Education, Healthcare, Houston, Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center

Beyond providing excellence in care to patients with breast cancer and developing new approaches to treating the disease, Baylor College of Medicine’s Lester and Sue

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Throwback Thursday: Breaking ground

July 7, 2016 Cancer, Cancer Moonshot Initiative, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, History, Houston, Nicole Blanton, pharmacology, protein research, Research, Throwback Thursday

Did you know that the nation’s first nuclear protein laboratory was organized at Baylor College of Medicine? In this 1972 photo from Inside Baylor Medicine

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Realistic 3D printing helps Baylor doctors train, master complex surgeries

July 6, 2016 Dr. Richard Link, Education, Healthcare, Houston, Jacques Zaneveld, Lazarus 3D, molecular and human genetics, Smriti Agrawal, Student Life, Technology, Urology

Detailed 3D printed models are changing the way surgeons approach complex surgeries while paving the way for a revolution in surgical training. Thanks to the

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A commitment to honor and medicine

July 5, 2016 Affiliates, Community, Dr. Daniel Musher, Dr. Timothy Porea, Dr. William T. Butler, Education, Healthcare, History, Houston, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Research

From our first affiliated hospital, to an accelerated wartime medical program, Baylor College of Medicine has supported the military for members both active and retired.

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Throwback Thursday: Just Like Us

June 30, 2016 Andy Phifer, History, Houston, Student Life, Throwback Thursday

Our medical students are a special breed (no one works as hard as they do for the fun of it), but in a lot of

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Immersive summer program shares world of science, medicine with undergrads

June 29, 2016 Community, Education, Houston, Research, SMART program, Technology, undergraduate

For nine weeks, undergraduate students from across the country join our doctors and researchers to get hands-on experience in science, healthcare and research. This year,

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Difficulty swallowing can indicate more serious problem

June 29, 2016 Dr. Kenneth Altman, Dysphagia, Dysphagia Awareness Month, GERD, Healthcare, Houston, Institute for Voice and Swallowing, otolaryngology, swallowing disorders

There are a number of reasons why people may have difficulty swallowing (also known as dysphagia) – ranging from a simple sore throat or tonsillitis,