Oct. 3, 2019
Learning to Fight
Baylor University and the Baylor College of Medicine’s (BCM) National School of Tropical Medicine (NSTM) work together to fight neglected diseases that prey on the world’s most vulnerable.
Apr. 25, 2017
Teaching Students How to Make the Hard Choices
John Bedolla has dedicated his career to understanding how people make choices. An expert in diagnosing rare and unpredictable diseases, he develops evidence-based decision-making strategies — what he calls software for the brain — that doctors use to solve difficult problems.
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“The most powerful tool in medicine is the clinician’s mind,” said Bedolla, assistant director of research education and assistant professor of emergency medicine at Dell Medical School. “New technologies, tests, and procedures — those might affect clinical outcomes 10 or 20 percent of the time. But if you can change a doctor’s cognitive approach to care, you can improve the outcomes of every patient they see.”
Feb. 7, 2017
U.S. Vaccine Guidelines for Flu, HPV Updated
Roll up your sleeves, America. A national advisory panel of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released its 2017 advisory for recommended shots affecting adults.
Feb. 2, 2017
Time Outdoors May Deliver Better Sleep
Spending time in the outdoors may improve your sleep, a small study suggests.
Researchers found that a week of winter camping reset the body's "clock" to be more in tune with nature's light-and-dark cycle. The result was longer sleep.