Emerging infectious diseases are infections that have recently appeared within a population or those whose incidence or geographic range is rapidly increasing or threatens to increase in the near ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions took a closer look at how the gastrointestinal ...

Dr. Lin is a cognitive and movement disorders neurologist. He was trained by Drs. Stanley Fahn, Sheng-Han Kuo, and Yaakov Stern at Columbia University Medical Center for movement disorders, cerebellar ...

Earlier this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a level two travel notice about global polio, ...

Golf maintains its popularity for the physical and social aspect of the game. While the leisure sport is low impact, injuries ...

A randomized, double blind human clinical trial conducted by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine reveals that supplementation with GlyNAC – a combination of glycine and N-acetylcysteine – ...

Surgeons at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center successfully performed a fully robotic heart transplant on an adult patient – the first reported in the United States. Using a surgical robot, lead surgeon ...

Reading provides benefits throughout all stages of life. It increases knowledge, solidifies previously learned information and benefits children with their development, learning, socialization and ...

Extreme heat this summer is affecting people across the country – mentally as well as physically. While heat can make anyone irritable, the impact can go beyond that, especially for people with mental ...

Stress not only harms your well-being but it also can prevent you from getting a reasonable amount of sleep. A Baylor College of Medicine sleep expert explains how stress can interfere with your ...

People might have to take a step back from their normal exercise routine after having surgery, but modified movements are encouraged during the healing process. While each surgery presents different ...

Aging poses a number of challenges to the body’s well-being, one of the most important being an increased susceptibility to multiple diseases, including urinary tract infections (UTIs). The connection ...