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Throwback Thursday: Behind the sewing machine

July 24, 2014 Audrey M. Marks, Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, Dr. Michael E. DeBakey Library and Museum, Healthcare, Heart Health, History, Houston, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Research, Surgery, Throwback Thursday

Sometimes not getting what you want can be a stroke of luck. This Throwback Thursday we travel back to the 1950s, where a chance trip

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Baylor, Texas Children’s volunteers provide care in Guatemala

July 23, 2014 Baylor College of Medicine, Community, Faith in Practice, Healthcare, Orthopedic surgery, pediatrics, Surgery, Texas Children's Hospital

Volunteers from Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital traveled to Guatemala to provide surgery and health care to patients through the organization Faith

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Day in the life: Helping patient transition

July 22, 2014 Baylor Clinic, careers, Day in the Life, Healthcare, Houston, jobs, medical social worker

Meet Samuel Garcia, Baylor Clinic medical social worker. Garcia says he splits his days between the clinic and office assisting in coordinating all aspects of

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Keep your sweet treats, cut the calories

July 21, 2014 baking, Healthy Eating, Healthy Lifestyle, Nutrition, Nutrition and Wellness, Sugar Heart and Life

Little tweaks can go a long way when it comes to improving a recipe. The same thing goes for making a recipe healthier. The following

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Cultivating a new generation of clinical investigators

July 18, 2014 Clinical research, Clinical Scientist Training Program, Dr. Ashok Balasubramanyam, Research, VIICTR, Virtually Integrated Institutions for Clinical and Translational Research

This feature is part of an ongoing series that focuses on VIICTR.org, highlighting clinical and translational research at Baylor College of Medicine. Fundamentals of Clinical Investigation, the

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Throwback Thursday: In the classroom in 1959

July 17, 2014 Audrey M. Marks, Community, History, Houston, Student Life, Throwback Thursday

In 1959, NASA announced seven military pilots would become the first United States astronauts, Ben-Hur won the Best Picture Oscar in addition to 10 other

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Family helps advance research into rare disease

July 16, 2014 Dr. Hamed Jafar-Neiad, Dr. Huda Zoghbi, Dr. Matthew Bainbridge, Genetics, Genome Sequencing, Healthcare, Human Genome Sequencing Center, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children's Hospital, molecular and human genetics, NGLY1 deficiency, pediatrics, Research

Baylor College of Medicine’s genetics program continues to break barriers in diagnosing rare diseases through the use of advanced genome testing. Often the diagnosis is

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Quality of meals shouldn't change during summer

July 15, 2014 Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Teresia O'Connor, Healthy Eating, healthy eating habits, Healthy Lifestyle, Nutrition, Nutrition and Wellness, pediatrics, Teresia O'Connor

Don’t close the door on healthy eating habits during the summer, says a Baylor College of Medicine pediatrician. “Certainly it is just as important to

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Top hats & swords: Chiu receives prestigious award at unique ceremony

July 14, 2014 Awards and Honors, Dr. Wah Chiu, honorary degree, Molecular and cellular biology, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, molecular virology and microbiology, University of Helsinki

With top hat and sword in hand, Dr. Wah Chiu, the Alvin Romansky Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Baylor College of Medicine, marched through

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5 simple tips to protect against swimmer’s ear

July 11, 2014 Dr. Jeffrey Vrabec, Healthcare, Nutrition and Wellness, otolaryngology, Summer, swimmer's ear

When you get ready to hit the pool to get in a few last cannonballs this summer, be sure to protect yourself against swimmer’s ear.