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Throwback Thursday: An early April Fools' Day treat

March 28, 2013 Audrey M. Marks, Baylor College of Medicine, Community, History, Throwback Thursday

You didn’t think you were the only one with a sense of humor? This Throwback Thursday, we’re here to prove it. Ahead of April Fools’

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Saving lives 20 minutes at a time: Preventing colon cancer

March 27, 2013 Baylor College of Medicine, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Dr. Waqar Qureshi, Gastroenterology, Screenings

It is an uncomfortable topic for some, but it shouldn’t be. We are talking about colonoscopies. During this 20-minute procedure, precancerous growths can be identified

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Nobel Laureates present at BCM on memory, embryonic stem cells, and more

March 26, 2013 Baylor College of Medicine, BCM, Community, Dr. Brian Kobilka, Dr. Mario Capecchi, Dr. Susumu Tonegawa, Events, Genetics, Graciela Gutierrez, Nobel Laureate

For more than 100 years, scholars around the world have been recognized with what has come to represent one of the highest honors of distinction

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What is Guanarito Virus?

March 26, 2013 Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Peter Hotez, Guanarito, Guanarito virus, Tropical Diseases, Tropical Medicine

This week, it was reported that a vial of Guanarito virus has gone missing from the Galveston National Laboratory at the University of Texas Medical

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Commemorating Dr. DeBakey's contributions in heart research

March 25, 2013 Audrey M. Marks, Baylor College of Medicine, BCM, Cardiovascular Surgery, Dr. Michael DeBakey, Heart, Heart Health, History, Research

On this day in history Baylor College of Medicine became the home to the first dedicated National Heart and Blood Vessel Research and Demonstration Center

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In case you missed it: Autism on the rise, allergy season and more

March 23, 2013 Allergies, Audrey M. Marks, Autism, Baylor College of Medicine, BCM, donated blood, Dr. David Corry, Dr. Spencer Greene, In Case You Missed It, snakes

Thanks for checking back on our weekly run down of news you may have missed. Autism news The CDC reported this week the number of

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Celebrate National Doctor's Day on March 30

March 22, 2013 Andy Phifer, Baylor College of Medicine, BCM, Community, Events, National Doctor's Day

BCM Momentum will join the nation on March 30 in honoring our doctors during National Doctor’s Day. While National Doctor’s Day has only been an

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Nurse Family Partnership at Baylor College of Medicine

March 22, 2013 Baylor College of Medicine, BCM, Community, Dana Benson, Nurse Family Partnership, Nurses, Rosalyn McCollum-Benoit, Teen Health

The Nurse Family Partnership program at Baylor College of Medicine Teen Health Clinic is transforming the health and well-being of young first-time moms and their

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Throwback Thursday: Emulating Asclepius

March 21, 2013 Audrey M. Marks, Baylor College of Medicine, Community, History, Throwback Thursday

Happy Throwback Thursday, where we take you into Baylor College of Medicine’s past and revisit where the College, and in today’s case, its students, have

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What to do – and not do – in the event of a snake bite

March 20, 2013 Andy Phifer, Baylor College of Medicine, BCM, Dr. Spencer Greene, Emergency Medicine, Snake bites

The weather is warming up – in some parts of the country – and this is the time of year when snakes often start making