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… of heart valve surgery is to repair or replace a malfunctioning heart valve to prevent the development of life-threatening conditions. … Valves are one-way gates in the heart that keep blood flowing between … out to the rest of the body. They then close to keep blood from leaking back in the wrong direction. The heart's …
news › bottazzi-named-health-medicine-scholar
… Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi , associate dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of … recognition is given to early- to mid-career professionals from a wide range of health-related fields. The scholars … generations and fields of expertise to advance science, combat persistent challenges in health and medicine and …
departments › ... › global-tb-program
… College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, Texas. The mission of the Global TB Program is well … program domains are built upon a data collection core and complemented by rigorous epidemiological and operational … and identifying biomarkers correlating with progression from tuberculosis infection to disease, as well as …
news › relearning-to-smell-after-covid-19
… Many people recovering from COVID-19 have reported prolonged loss of smell. For … pandemic. Current research shows this symptom may be more common in COVID-19 patients because the SARS-CoV-2 virus …
news › researchers-combat-zika-associated-fetal-abnormalities-using-microrna
… and COVID-19, there was the Zika virus epidemic, lasting from 2015 to 2016. The Zika virus can cause serious birth defects and abnormalities. During the epidemic, one of the most striking results of Zika virus in pregnant … are a number of different kinds of anomalies that can accompany Zika virus infection,” said Dr. Kjersti Aagaard , …
news › modifiable-risk-factors-responsible-for-half-of-cardiovascular-diseases
… diseases worldwide have been found to be directly connected to five classic cardiovascular disease risk … the German Center for Cardiovascular Research, used data from 112 studies consisting of 1.5 million people from 34 … of cardiovascular diseases. All five risk factors combined amount to 57.2% of women’s cardiovascular risk and …
news › unlocking-the-mystery-behind-barretts-esophagus
… by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Washington University School of Medicine has shed light on the … the lining of the esophagus – the tube that carries food from the mouth to the stomach – and increases the risk of … is not normally exposed to acid, adapts to acid reflux by becoming more like the stomach or the intestine, organs that …
news › easing-airplane-anxiety
… travel. For some, the debilitating fear could put a damper on summer travel plans. A Baylor College of Medicine psychologist explains how to overcome phobias by facing fears. “It’s very normal and in fact adaptive to have some fear. It keeps us from away from dangerous situations and doing risky things. …
news › neuroscientists-develop-ai-tool-to-unlock-cerebellums-secrets
… crucial for making accurate movements. Scientists have long been able to eavesdrop on and record the electrical … the signals entering and exiting this region. But the computations that the brain performs between the input and … that is now changing. A team of researchers including those from Baylor College of Medicine, have created an artificial …
news › covid-19-and-influenza-preventing-two-illnesses
… Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, there also is another … infectious diseases expert discusses handling flu while combatting COVID-19. “We take flu season very seriously … is high risk for the flu? Those at risk for complications from the flu are young children, adults over 65 years old, …
