Archive 2011 - Volume 9

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Issue 9

• Interest in science and space takes root in classrooms
• Smith Breast Center participates in study of new treatments for aggressive 'triple-negative' form of breast cancer
• What to expect when you are expecting twins – or more
• Use whole grains to help with weight management
• Doctors in training also chefs in training
• Center to focus on genetics of childhood cancer
• Tolias awarded NIH Director's Pioneer Award
• Nicholas Mitsiades named third Caroline Wiess Law Scholar
• Katz receives clinical professionalism award

Issue 8

• Chew on this: gum may have positive impact on premature birth rates
• Bad behavior in school may be result of health issues
• Runner's knee pain usually linked to foot, hip problem
• Don't let incontinence inconvenience you
• Kids can walk their way to improved health
• Bondy named associate director for Cancer Prevention and Population Science, McNair Scholar
• 'Kapur named director of Center for Globalization
• Glaze honored with scholarship at community college

Issue 7

• Packing lunch gives kids chance to learn about nutrition
• Teens need to adjust sleep routine for school year
• Pregnancy does not mean unchecked weight gain
• Researchers find potential new treatment for asthma sufferers
• Update family cancer history every 5 to 10 years
• Pediatric center strives to improve treatment for childhood cancer
• Gift establishes division of neuropsychiatry
• Kline receives Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Award
• Katz earns award for clinical professionalism
• Saving Lives at Birth awards

Issue 6

• Viruses don't take summer vacation
• Summer good time to review children's school performance, behavior
• Gay men need better support resources for prostate cancer treatment
• Pediatric strokes rare but serious
• Volunteers needed for Myasthenia Gravis drug study needed
• Good health and nutrition should be important part of summer break
• Butler named inaugural chair of statewide clinical trials network
• Hilsenbeck named Fellow of American Statistical Association
• BCM program earns National Osteoporosis Foundation Award

Issue 5

• Bleeding after menopause should not be ignored
• Omalizumab effective in treating inadequately controlled allergic asthma
• Medications for depression, anxiety not interchangeable
• Tracking health care of cancer survivors offered to wide network of pediatric patients
• Volunteers needed for Parkinson's study
• Many risk factors for stroke can be controlled
• Beaudet named to National Academy of Sciences
• BCM radiologic scientist wins prestigious medical physics award

Issue 4

• New guidelines help steer treatment of heart patients
• Patient-centered approach key to Elkins Pancreas Center
• Snoring could point to serious health issue
• Center focuses on health of underserved children worldwide
• Ten years of life-saving treatment in the Rio Grande Valley
• Physicians need education in choosing the best gene test for cancer patient relatives
• Zoghbi recognized for leadership in neurological research
• Shine recognized for work in neurobiology
• Volunteers needed for sleep study

Issue 3

• Improving early detection of bladder cancer
• Matters of the heart important for women
• Consider risk before turning to sleeping pills
  
• Raising awareness of Marfan syndrome
• If it's spring, it's time for pollen and allergies
• Baylor intends to expand global reach
• Pediatric HIV/AIDS clinic opens in Mbeya, Tanzania
• Lacorazza receives grant for cancer research

Issue 2

• Get most out of doctor's visit through good communication
• Diagnostic criteria revised for Rett Syndrome
• Sinus infections sometimes unavoidable but manageable
• Days off from training, workouts can have benefits
• Study: One pill to control multiple heart disease risk factors?
• Making the right lifestyle choices positively impacts heart health
• Grant from Duncan family boosts fight against deadly elephant virus
• New center will help fight African HIV/AIDS epidemic
• Hollinger to chair FDA advisory panel
• Brinkley to lead state science group

Issue 1

• New Year diet goals require reasonable expectations
• Kids can get daily fill of fruits and veggies with help of video games
• Testosterone gel may improve overall sexual experience for men
  
• BCM physicians help draft American Heart Association guidelines on vascular closure devices
• Studies enrolling at Baylor College of Medicine
• Baylor pediatric HIV/AIDS program impacting access to care, treatment in Africa
• Community groups honor Guillory
• Goodell receives 2011 Edith and Peter O'Donnell Award for medicine
• Chiu, collaborators receive NIH grant renewal