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research › ... › depression
… tends to be more prevalent among women with disabilities than among non-disabled women. Depression is a common secondary health condition among women with … people in general. … A study of 415 women with disabilities found depression was linked to more pain, greater stress, …
news › test-can-identify-undetected-blood-clots-in-covid-19-icu-patients
… Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine are recommending that all COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU … forming blood clots. This recommendation comes after they found that more than half of the patients tested under these same conditions …
healthcare › ... › stone-disease-kidney-stones
… The Stone Clinic at Baylor Medicine in the Lester and Sue Smith Urology Clinic specializes in the diagnosis … is not a product of modern life. In fact, scientists have found evidence of kidney stones in a 7,000-year-old Egyptian … crystals from forming. Kidney stones may contain various combinations of chemicals. The most commonly found stones …
news › genome-sequencing-identifies-cancers-achilles-heel-in-exceptional-responders
… Some advanced-cancer patients defy the odds and the prognosis, … living much longer than other patients with clinically comparable tumors. What can we learn from this group, … temozolomide is tumor free 10 years after diagnosis. “We found that a key DNA repair pathway had been genetically …
research › ... › team-members
… Shiyi Li is a postdoctoral associate and currently works in Dr. Mondal’s lab. His research … finding potential non-invasive biomarkers that can predict complications in LVAD patients. Additionally, he … information can be learned through medical images. ”I have found research with Dr. Mondal to be both impactful and …
departments › ... › medical-students
… Electives are an excellent opportunity for fourth-year medical students to … The Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery also welcomes fourth-year medical students in good standing from …
news › proteogenomics-helps-treat-certain-squamous-cell-carcinomas
… Proteogenomic analysis may offer new insight into matching cancer patients … the patient to an appropriate course of treatment. “We found three subtypes of head and neck squamous cell … treatment,” said Zhang, a member of the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center , a Cancer Prevention & Research …
news › gene-mutation-affects-glioma-and-survival-in-a-sex-specific-manner
… Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborators at other institutions have discovered that … a gene known to be associated with risk of glioma, the most common type of malignant brain tumor, mediates its effects in a sex-specific manner. Researchers found that female mice with glioma that lacked the gene …
departments › ... › mrsa
… Staphylococcus aureus, often referred to as “staph”, is a common type of bacterium that is found in about 25 to 30 percent of healthy people, primarily … of these individuals are colonized by the staph bacteria, meaning that the bacteria are present but are not causing …
news › benign-gynecologic-lesions-more-common-than-reported
… Over the last decade researchers have become concerned about a possible link between a benign gynecologic lesion called endosalpingiosis (ES) and ovarian cancer. However, using a diagnostic method … researchers led by a Baylor College of Medicine physician found the prevalence of ES and other gynecological lesions …
