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Choosing fresh vegetables over greasy wings is a healthy play.

Eat this: Super Bowl food swap

January 29, 2014 Andy Phifer, Family and community medicine, food swap, Heart Health, Houston, Nutrition, Nutrition and Wellness, Roberta Anding, Super Bowl

Super Bowl XLVIII is upon us. But while you’re busy debating the game, health experts suggest thinking about celery sticks versus chips and dip. “You

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Tsais offer advice for work, marriage partnerships

January 28, 2014 Awards, Awards and Honors, Clinical research, Dr. Ming-Jer Tsai, Dr. Sophia Tsai, Education, Molecular and cellular biology

Hard work. It’s not only the key to a successful research career, but also to a successful marriage. Nobody knows this better than Drs. Ming-Jer and Sophia Tsai, both

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What you should know about hyperhidrosis

January 27, 2014 Ana María Rodríguez, Dr. Scott LeMaire, excessive sweating, Healthcare, hyperhidrosis, Surgery, treatment

In his years of practice, Dr. Scott LeMaire, professor in the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine, has seen many

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Recipe: Apple crisp with a twist

January 24, 2014 Healthy Eating, Nutrition, Nutrition and Wellness, Recipes

Looking for a sweet weekend treat? Try a more health-conscious apple crisp. Our version is an apple crisp made easy (in the microwave.) Recently, Baylor

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Throwback Thursday: Where Moursund is more than a street name

January 23, 2014 Audrey M. Marks, History, Houston, Throwback Thursday

If you travel through the Texas Medical Center to the College, there is a good chance you’ve gone down Moursund Street. In 1952, the street

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Raising money for cancer research can be 'hair razing' experience

January 22, 2014 Cancer, Childhood Cancer, Community, Education, Events, Houston, St. Baldrick's, Student Life

Did you know shaving your head could help fund the future of children’s cancer research? We’re Josh and Justin and we’re third-year medical students at

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Experts caution use of too much acetaminophen may lead to liver damage

January 17, 2014

Acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol®, is safe at recommended doses, and is popular for treating pain and reducing fever in both children and adults.

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Throwback Thursday: Snow in Houston?

January 16, 2014 Audrey M. Marks, History, Houston, Snow, Student Life, Throwback Thursday

For Houston natives it can be a shocking sight. Enough snow to create the base and mid-section of a snowman? But in 1973, our students

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‘Science Guys’ merge research and entrepreneurship

January 15, 2014 Avon Foundation, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Startup Challenge, Cancer, Center for Advancing Innovation, Education, National Institutes of Health, USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center

David Ferguson and Ryan Fleischmann, two self-proclaimed “science guys” at Baylor College of Medicine, are expanding their horizons from the lab to the board room