Topic: Baylor College Of Medicine
Stents are used as scaffolding to prop open narrowed or weak coronary arteries. Coronary artery stents are less invasive than open heart surgery...
BY ALL accounts, I'm a medical miracle,” says Ozzy Osbourne, an ageing rock star who once bit the head off a live bat. For four decades Mr Osbourne...
At a recent free-lunch "financial seminar'' for seniors I attended, the speaker asked whether we remembered the huge losses in the stock market in...
For the February issue, the subject of my column was the ongoing discussion between Rice University and Baylor Medical School, concerning a merger...
A gene mutation in the brain can trigger irregular heart beat and sudden death in people with epilepsy, according to a study released Tuesday.The research published in The Journal of Neuroscience offers clues as to why people with epilepsy who are ...
US researchers have decoded the entire genome of patients to identify the root cause of their diseases paving the way towards individual genomic treatments, according to newly published studies.James Lupski of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas,
They are almost too small to see, but parasitic wasps possess a powerful poison and unusual genetic makeup that could give them outsized scientific importance, according to US researchers.A group of scientists who sequenced the genomes of three parasitic
Most parents like the idea of vaccinating children against swine flu at school, but they're not so eager to roll up their own sleeves.Parents do seem to be listening to warnings that this novel flu strain strikes the young more ...
Fat Necks May Be a Risk Factor For Heart DiseaseBy Kirsten WhittakerWhen a physician assesses your risk for heart disease, weight is most certainly a consideration, and often a waist measurement will be taken. But a recent study points to fat necks ...
'Pox party' for swine flu to build protection for later? Too risky, say the expertsIt seems logical: Why not try to get sick with swine flu now, and get some immunity in case it comes roaring back this fall in a deadlier ...