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What academic medical centers can learn from Lippi

July 7, 2015 Dr. James McDeavitt, Education, Healthcare, History, Houston, Learning Health System

What does this 15th century Renaissance painting have to do with a 21st century academic medical center? Painted by Fra’ Filippo Lippi (a monk of some

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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

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Throwback Thursday: Fun in the sun

July 2, 2015 Andy Phifer, Community, History, Holiday Season, Houston, Independence Day, Student Life, Throwback Thursday

How are you celebrating the Fourth of July? If you’re heading to the beach you’ve got something in common with these freshmen students from the

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The heroes in plain sight

July 1, 2015 Cancer, Community, Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, Dr. Steven Curley, HAI chemotherapy, Healthcare, Houston, liver cancer, Surgery, surgical oncology, World War II

Walking among us, usually unbeknownst to us, are people who have experienced war. My grandfather and two of his brothers fought with the U.S. Army

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Keep your July 4 celebration safe

June 30, 2015 Dermatology, Dr. Brad Scott, Dr. Irvin Sulapas, Dr. Ramsey Markus, fireworks, Healthcare, hydration, Nutrition, Nutrition and Wellness, Roberta Anding, sports medicine, sunblock, Sunscreen, Surgery

Planning an outdoor barbecue or a day at the lake or pool over Independence Day? Experts at Baylor College of Medicine offer these reminders to

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A miracle in a medical odyssey

June 29, 2015 Alexis Beery, Dr. James Lupski, Dr. Richard Gibbs, Genetics, Healthcare, Hope Knows No Boundaries, Houston, Human Genome Sequencing Center, Noah Beery, Research, Retta Beery

Miracles. From the day they were born, with all of their medical challenges, delays, life threatening and mysterious ailments, we knew they were absolute miracles.

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Voice adds emotion, nuance that is lacking in digital communication

June 26, 2015 communication, Dr. Julina Ongkasuwan, head and neck surgery, Healthcare, Houston, otolaryngology, Social Media, Technology, voice

In today’s world most people are enamored by technology and social media. With this transition into a largely digital lifestyle, some wonder if the voice

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Throwback Thursday: Living Spaces

June 25, 2015 History, living spaces, Student Life, Throwback Thursday

When a medical student isn’t studying or getting hands-on training, where do they go? What does life look like at home for these aspiring doctors?

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Dr. Peter Hotez explains MERS: What is it, who is at risk

June 24, 2015 Andy Phifer, Dr. Peter Hotez, Explainer, Healthcare, infectious disease, MERS, Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome, National School of Tropical Medicine, Tropical Diseases

With an outbreak of MERS (Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome) abroad, concern is raised here in America about the illness. Since MERS is fairly new –

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Q&A: What you should know about VATS lobectomy

June 23, 2015 Ana María Rodríguez, Cancer, Dr. Bryan Burt, Healthcare, Houston, Lung, Lung Institute, Surgery, thorascope, VATS lobectomy, video assisted thoracic surgery

Early stage lung cancer patients may have a less invasive option when it comes to surgery. Baylor College of Medicine Thoracic Surgeon Dr. Bryan Burt