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departments › ... › emergency-medical-services-for-children
… Thank you for your dedication to pediatric care by … reduce mortality risk by up to 76%. … What’s Next … Having completed the assessment, now focus on: Sharing Results: … … The Voluntary Pediatric Readiness Program is an excellent opportunity for your Division or Department of …
news › new-insight-on-acox1-related-neurodegenerative-disorders
… Baylor College of Medicine reports that a hyperactive variant of enzyme ACOX1 produces elevated levels of toxic … specific to each condition. In flies, bezafibrate, a commonly prescribed cholesterol-lowering drug, suppressed … of an online gene-matching tool, GeneMatcher , the team found two more patients who had the same new mutation in the …
education › national-school-of-tropical-medicine
… of Tropical Medicine is largely dedicated to basic, translational and applied research towards the development of … our researchers have led the development of new vaccines to combat NTDs. Through their activities vaccines against … with focus on neglected tropical diseases, could not be found in the United States. Baylor College of Medicine and …
news › prevent-the-spread-of-the-flu-virus
… If there is anything we have learned from previous years, it’s that flu … of Medicine. This year’s flu vaccine includes two updated components to better reflect what flu strains may be … protection through the full season.” Recently, researchers found that the traditional, egg-based influenza vaccine may …
news › aspirins-effects-on-platelet-rich-plasma
… thinners have a negative effect on platelet rich plasma and found a decrease in growth factor content. Their report … to injuries and contain important growth factors that accommodate the healing process. Platelet rich plasma …
news › fish-oil-does-not-slow-vision-loss
… such as those in fish oil or the supplement lutein/zeaxanthin to a recommended cocktail of vitamins C and E, beta carotene and … study that appeared in JAMA Ophthalmology , researchers found that the addition of either of the newer added …
news › new-eye-treatment-options-tears
… of Medicine are helping patients with dry eyes feel better and see clearly again. “Traditional dry-eye treatments include artificial tears, anti-inflammatory drops, nutritional supplements and oral … many growth factors, anti-inflammatory cells and nutrients found in the tears of a normal person that promote health of …
healthcare › ... › ascending-and-arch-aortic-aneurysms-and-dissection
… Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Incision sites (left), aneurysm (center), … aneurysms usually do not have symptoms. Aneurysms are commonly found incidentally. It is possible that as the aneurysm …
research › ... › molar-pregnancies
… A hydatidiform mole is an abnormal pregnancy, in which there is hyperplastic … refers to its appearance as a “bunch of grapes”. In a complete hydatidiform mole, there typically is no embryo or … name “biparental” CHM (see Figure 2 above). It was first found that these pregnancies have evidence of abnormal …
news › amoeba-barriers-protection-against-bacteria
… In some respects, animals and amoebae are not that different. For instance, both are … conditions to study amoebae. They deleted the CadA gene and found that only 20 percent of the amoebae survived and …
