Baylor College of Medicine issues position statement on measles vaccinations
(Baylor College of Medicine) Baylor College of Medicine has issued a response to the measles outbreak, calling on the public to communicate with elected officials, family and friends about the importance of vaccinations and evidence-based vaccine policies that promote public health. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 24, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Mayo Clinic to host Sixth Annual Metastatic Breast Cancer Conference
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic will host the Sixth Annual Metastatic Breast Cancer Conference at the Omni Scottsdale Resort and Spa at Montelucia in Scottsdale, Arizona, Sept. 19-20. This program is a joint effort among Mayo Clinic, Baylor College of Medicine, and Theresa's Research Foundation. The Metastatic Breast Cancer Conference was established as an annual [...] (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - June 18, 2019 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

IDIBELL researchers relate the amplification of a chromosomal region with resistance to to a chemotherapeutic drug in breast cancer
(IDIBELL-Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute) IDIBELL researchers relate the amplification of a chromosomal region with resistance to a chemotherapeutic drug in breast cancer. Scientists propose a new way to face this resistance and a first biomarker to predict if it could appear or not. The study was carried out by a team led by IDIBELL researchers, with the participation of Baylor College of Medicine (Houston) and the University Institute of Oncology of Asturias (IUOPA), among others. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - June 18, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

New evidence supports the presence of microbes in the placenta
(Baylor College of Medicine) Researchers report visual evidence supporting the presence of bacteria within the microarchitecture of the placental tissue. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 18, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Afraid of food? The answer may be in the basal forebrain
(Baylor College of Medicine) A brain circuit in the mouse basal forebrain that is involved in perceiving the outside world, connects with and overrides feeding behaviors regulated by the hypothalamus. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 18, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

‘They’re Chipping Away.’ Inside the Grassroots Effort to Fight Mandatory Vaccines
Christina Hildebrand went down a rabbit hole and emerged at the statehouse in Sacramento. That’s how she describes it–going down a rabbit hole–and in her case it happened 14 years ago, when she was pregnant with her first child. In a world filled with chemicals and toxins, processed foods and GMOs, she decided her baby would be brought up as naturally and chemical-free as possible. It was when she was researching how best to achieve that goal that she bumped into vaccines. That was a bad time to begin thinking about such things. The fraudulent 1998 paper by British physician Andrew Wakefield ostensibly li...
Source: TIME: Health - June 13, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger/Sacramento Tags: Uncategorized vaccines Source Type: news

A treasure map to understanding the epigenetic causes of disease
(Baylor College of Medicine) Researchers have identified special regions of the genome where a blood sample can be used to infer epigenetic regulation throughout the body, allowing scientists to test for epigenetic causes of disease. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - June 2, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: news

2019 Health Care Heroes: Dr. Lyssa Ochoa
Outstanding Physician Nonhospital-based Dr. Lyssa Ochoa Owner The San Antonio Vascular and Endovascular Clinic Dr. Lyssa Ochoa grew up along the Texas-Mexico border in Mission. As a senior in high school, she applied for the first class of a joint scholarship program between UT Pan American and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Ochoa was accepted into the program and earnend her medical degree in 2003. She continued with a residency in general surgery and a fellowship in vascular surgery… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - May 24, 2019 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: news

2019 Health Care Heroes: Dr. Manuel M. Qui ñones
Outstanding Physician Nonhospital-based Dr. Manuel M. Quiñones Family Physician and Partner HealthTexas Medical Group Dr. Manuel Quiñones has been practicing medicine for more than 35 years. Born and raised on San Antonio’s West Side, he graduated from Holy Cross High School, received his bachelor’s degree from St. Mary’s Uni versity and completed his medical degree at Baylor College of Medicine. He has a special interest in treating adult patients with chronic conditions, and he has treated… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - May 24, 2019 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: news

2019 Health Care Heroes: Dr. Lyssa Ochoa
Outstanding Physician Nonhospital-based Dr. Lyssa Ochoa Owner The San Antonio Vascular and Endovascular Clinic Dr. Lyssa Ochoa grew up along the Texas-Mexico border in Mission. As a senior in high school, she applied for the first class of a joint scholarship program between UT Pan American and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Ochoa was accepted into the program and earnend her medical degree in 2003. She continued with a residency in general surgery and a fellowship in vascular surgery… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - May 24, 2019 Category: American Health Source Type: news

2019 Health Care Heroes: Dr. Manuel M. Qui ñones
Outstanding Physician Nonhospital-based Dr. Manuel M. Quiñones Family Physician and Partner HealthTexas Medical Group Dr. Manuel Quiñones has been practicing medicine for more than 35 years. Born and raised on San Antonio’s West Side, he graduated from Holy Cross High School, received his bachelor’s degree from St. Mary’s Uni versity and completed his medical degree at Baylor College of Medicine. He has a special interest in treating adult patients with chronic conditions, and he has treated… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - May 24, 2019 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Blood proteins help predict risk of developing heart failure
(Baylor College of Medicine) Two blood proteins help predict more accurately the risk for heart attack, stroke and heart failure hospitalization. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - May 21, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Erectile dysfunction supplements on Amazon contain ingredients which have NO scientific evidence
Research by Baylor College of Medicine in Texas trawled through more than 400 scientific studies on 21 ingredients contained in supplements which claim to reduce erectile dysfunction. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 14, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

How genomics profiling can help identify the best treatment for bladder cancer
(Baylor College of Medicine) A new computational tool -- a single-patient classifier -- effectively enables physicians to assign a bladder cancer subtype to an individual patient's cancer using that patient's genomic data. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - May 9, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

Researchers uncover mechanism blocking retina regeneration
(Baylor College of Medicine) A discovery opens the possibility of one day restoring loss of vision by activating the retina's ability to regenerate. Researchers have discovered that the mammalian retina, although it does not spontaneously regenerate, has a regenerative capacity that is kept dormant by a cellular mechanism called the Hippo pathway. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - May 7, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: news