Findings
Houston, Texas
Volume 5, Issue 6
June 2007

architectural rendering of the Baylor Clinic and Hospital

Patient studies

Briefs

Staking the future for Baylor College of Medicine

Baylor College of Medicine leaders, faculty, trainees, students and staff demonstrated the visible start of the college's blueprint for the future when they took part in the groundbreaking for the new health care campus.

HIV survival improves if patients stay under doctor's care

A new study by Baylor College of Medicine researchers and others shows that patients who drop out of care do not live as long as those who remain under a doctor's treatment.

Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center receives NCI designation

BCM's Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center has been recognized for its scientific and clinical excellence by being named a designated cancer center by the National Cancer Institute.

Grant to boost Baylor College of Medicine curriculum in palliative, hospice care

New curriculum comes on the heels of Hospice and Palliative Medicine being designated an official subspecialty by the American Board of Medical Specialties in late 2006.

Cancer clinic receives VeinView thanks to 10-year-old patient

Everyone who knows Daniela Villarreal talks about how selfless she is, so it was no surprise when she launched a campaign to raise money to help other children being treated at the Vannie Cook Cancer Center.

A matter of health

If strength is found in numbers, autism patients stand to benefit from recent mergers of organizations supporting research into the developmental brain disorder, say experts at Baylor College of Medicine.