Archive 2006 - Volume 4

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Issue 10

• The ethics of genetic testing
• Study unveils mystery of dilated cardiomyopathy
• Chronic pain could require more than just medication
• A matter of health: Health via the Internet
• Epilepsy trial to evaluate electrical implant device
• Pediatric lens implant study
• BCM researchers receive tumor microenvironment network grant
• Asperger's frequently confused with other psychiatric disorders
• Fall back with ease

Issue 9

• Resistant bacteria increasing source of muscle infection
• Cancer study shows some procedures increasingly safer
• Rosenbaum pursues new leadership role at Baylor Clinic
• A matter of health: Supporters make difference
• Gene therapy study takes aim at prostate cancer
• Three BCM researchers receive childhood cancer research grants
• Chan recognized by Endocrine Society
• Collaborative grant

Issue 8

• Portable brain scanner saves time, neurons in ICU
• Surgical experience key to successful robotic prostatectomy
• New asthma center to investigate clues to disease's motives
• A matter of health: Choices
• Sixth-graders focus of diabetes prevention study
• Bowers professorship to attract new faculty
• Chan receives $500,000 from Iacocca Foundation for diabetes research
• Greenberg named dean of medical education at BCM

Issue 7

• International programs promote global view of medicine
• Research aims at improving communication, compassion between doctor, patient
• Tattoo removal: Lasers break up ink
• The body explained: Dr. Cassius Bordelon discusses The Funny Bone (RealPlayer required)
• Study uses gene therapy as treatment for pancreatic cancer
• EEG used to help those suffering from depression
• Study looks at advantages of new breast cancer radiation treatment
• Volunteers needed for study on leg arterial disease
• Online creditability: Going to the source
• Division of cardiothoracic surgery partners up for grant
• O'Quinn Foundation pledges $25 million to international mental health campus
• Family physicians provide same-day scheduling at Baylor Clinic

Issue 6

• Few young Latino workers smoke, but many exposed secondhand
• Avian flu: Risks, reality, possibilities
• Asthma procedure could spell relief
• Sound sensitivity can throw vertigo patients for loop
• Coming of age
• Baylor announces scholarships as tribute to Tulane relationship
• Carson elected VP of American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• Sutton named Physician of the Year
• Vallbona receives clinical professionalism award
• Allen elected chair of Baylor College of Medicine board

Issue 5

• Study focuses on protein that may protect injured brains
• Doctors seek optimal treatment for infants born with cataract in one eye
• Sandra A. Carson, M.D.: Living her destiny
• The body explained: Why do our ears pop on an airplane? (RealPlayer required)
• Judging the news
• Mabee Foundation gives $1 million for DeBakey Library
• Jewelry allergies often caused by nickel
• Back pain can be prevented

Issue 4

• Swaziland's first children's HIV/AIDS medical center opens
• Joseph Jankovic, M.D.: Understanding the brain and movement
• Hurricane damage poses no 'hazard' to record-breaking golf benefit
• Metabolic syndrome: The disease of the new millennium
• Be a hero: Be an organ donor
• The body explained: What causes our stomachs to rumble? (RealPlayer required)
• Sleep and health
• Baylor ranked 10th on national list of medical schools
• Kuspa appointed new chair in biochemistry and molecular biology
• Stal named chief of the division of plastic surgery at BCM

Issue 3

• Pediatric oncologists should help with difficult decisions
• Healthcare team makes house calls, lends helping hand to elderly patients
• Normal acetaminophen dosage can trigger liver failure in alcoholics
• Personal Olympics
• The body explained: Why do we sneeze? (RealPlayer required)
• A moment's pause
• Translational research gets support from Howard Hughes Medical Institute
• UNICEF/Baylor agreement improves outlook for children with HIV/AIDS
• Never too old to be 'fit'

Issue 2

• BIPAI network looks after HIV-affected children
• Baylor College of Medicine receives $100 million gift: Dan L. Duncan family gift will support comprehensive cancer center
• Physician should check child's blood pressure at every visit
• Mealtime strategy may help picky eaters acquire new taste
• Heart disease: Women should recognize serious health risk
• The body explained: Do hair and fingernails grow after you die? (RealPlayer required)
• Parsing the data to end magical thinking
• Gunther von Hagens' BODY WORLDS 3 anatomical exhibition opens Feb. 25
• Drug resistance may travel same path as quorum sensing

Issue 1

• Overdue tuberculosis test rushes to mixed reception
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder: Untreated behaviors may rule life
• Parents should monitor teen 'texting'
• We Care for You: New Day Resolutions
• The body explained: What causes blushing? (RealPlayer required)
• All things in moderation
• BCM Teen Health Clinic inducted into HISD Hall of Fame
• BCM's research program earns top national honor for human safety
• Surgery for morbid obesity now offered for Houston teenagers