Baylor College of Medicine News

The government is expanding its "mystery disease" program, funding a network at six universities around the country to help diagnose patients with diseases so rare they've been told they're undiagnosable.

Deficits in neurocognitive functioning are evident within days of a type 1 diabetes diagnosis in children and are associated with glycemic control over one year postdiagnosis, according to a study published online June 26 in Diabetes Care .

Half of Texans who are eligible for premium subsidies under the Affordable Care Act and who looked for health plans in the ACA's Health Insurance Marketplace said cost was the main reason they didn't enroll in a plan.

Baylor College of Medicine will become part of a national network of scientist and physicians helping expand a government program focused on diagnosing patients who suffer from rare and often unheard of diseases.

The government is expanding its "mystery disease" program, funding a network at six universities around the country to help diagnose patients with diseases so rare they've been told they're undiagnosable.

Tulane Medical Center in New Orleans has appointed Dr. William Lunn CEO, effective Aug. 11.Lunn has served as COO of Christus Health's northern Louisiana division in Shreveport since 2009.

NanoViricides, Inc. reported today that Milton Boniuk, MD, the Caroline F. Elles Chair Professor of Ophthalmology at Baylor College of Medicine, and a Director of the Company, has invested $5M in the Company in the form of a convertible debenture .

People who suffer a severe head injury often develop anemia, but aggressively treating the blood condition may do more harm than good, a new clinical trial suggests.

The National Institutes of Health has evaluated hundreds of these cold-case patients in its campus research hospital as part of a pilot program since 2008.

Texas Children's Pavilion for Women, one of the nation's premier hospitals for women's, fetal and newborn health, announced the opening of their new state-of-the-art in vitro fertilization lab featuring the latest technology and techniques in reproductive endocrinology, including the first IVF clinic in Houston to utilize a leading-edge embryo ... (more)

The Department of Neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine invites applications for multiple faculty positions in broad areas of neuroscience, including circuit analysis, computational neuroscience and cellular imaging.

Pictured: Baylor's McNair Campus in the Texas Medical Center. The downgrade was due to 14 "areas of concerns," but they were all related to administrative processes and procedures, not instruction, the Chronicle reports.

An accrediting group has cited more than a dozen areas of concern in placing Baylor College of Medicine in Houston on probation.

HOUSTON If you walked past the 16th floor lab at Baylor College of Medicine, the work going on there could almost go unnoticed.

Dr. David Winn Age: 58 Job: Founder, CEO and board chairman, e-MDs Education: Bachelors degree, University of Texas; medical degree, Baylor College of Medicine Personal: Wife Leslie; three sons Ryan, Jonathan and Hunter Email: dlwinn@e-mds.com Phone: 257-5200 Not long after launching the e-MDs electronic health records startup in 1996, Dr. David ... (more)

Bone marrow transplants save thousands of lives but patients are vulnerable to severe viral infections in the months afterward, until their new immune system kicks in.

As more medical practices nationwide have switched to electronic health records, patients have become accustomed to exchanging email with doctors about their care and prescription refills.

Top row, from left, Dr. Robert Robbins, Melanie Gray, Doe Florsheim and Dr. Reid Sutton.

There is new research that suggests that a mother's nutritional health could affect her child's health in a way that can have lifelong implications.

When it's comes men and health, the numbers don't stack up. Compared to women, men are 24 percent less likely than women to visit the doctor, according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.