A recent Baylor University—Texas Business Journals survey revealed optimism about the 2020 Texas economy, and plans to expand the workforce in the years ahead. The survey, which featured responses from nearly 600 Texas business leaders, has sparked conversation about innovation, the economy and insights into university-industry research partnerships.

Baylor will be test optional for the 2020-21 admissions cycle. If students are submitting test scores, students must earn a 24/1180 in order to be pre-med/pre-dent. If students apply without test scores, they will be individually reviewed for Pre-Med approval based on their high school academic record.

PreHealth Mentors is a group of upperclassmen PreHealth students who are responsible for mentoring other PreHealth students, creating and providing resources to support PreHealth students, and integrating freshmen into the PreHealth community.

The Office of Prehealth Studies is not taking in person appointments at this time and has limited ability to answer phone calls or check voicemail. Students can speak with advisors via Zoom Monday-Friday.

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.

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.

“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.”

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.

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.

As American Heart Month kicks off, doctors at Baylor College of Medicine have answers to some commonly asked questions to help jump starting your path to a healthy heart.

Sickle cell disease and the blood disorder beta thalassemia affect more than 180,000 Americans and millions more worldwide. Both diseases can be made milder or even cured by increasing fetal hemoglobin (HbF) levels, but current treatment to ramp up HbF is limited in its effectiveness. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Cancer and Hematology Centers have discovered a gene, FOXO3, involved in controlling fetal hemoglobin production and were able to target the gene and “turn on” fetal hemoglobin levels in patient samples in the lab using the diabetes drug metformin. This offers promising new treatments – the first new drug treatment for sickle cell disease in 30 years and the first ever for beta thalassemia.

Falls and fall-related injuries are a common concern in older adults and can have significant consequences. For older adults who are hospitalized for ground-level falls, their level of frailty can be an important indicator of adverse health outcomes upon discharge. Experts at Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Arizona recently developed a 20-second upper-extremity function test to help identify frailty in this group of adults and found that the test can be used in the trauma setting to predict adverse outcomes in older adults after discharge. Their report appeared in the journal Gerontology.

Rates of Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia appear to have fallen considerably since 2000, and better education may be partly responsible, researchers reported Monday.

The EpiPen, the anti-allergy device that has been under investigation because of huge price increases, is soon going to have some competition.

Federal health officials are urging all Americans to get their flu shots as soon as possible, and are especially concerned that too few elderly people are getting vaccinated.

Since its recent release, Pokémon GO has captured the attention of players across the world. With thousands answering the call to “catch ‘em all,” Baylor College of Medicine’s Dr. Irvin Sulapas discusses the game’s health benefits and offers his tips on how to stay safe while playing the game.

How do government agencies, private foundations, industry groups and professional societies squander hundreds of millions of dollars? By trying to fight America’s obesity epidemic.

Patients with metastatic bladder cancer have few treatment options after failure of chemotherapy until now.

Lung ultrasounds may offer a safer, yet equally effective, alternative to chest X-rays for diagnosing pneumonia in children, researchers report.

“What? I can’t eat ANYTHING during labor? That’s just mean.”

For years, most health care practices have not allowed women to drink or eat anything but ice chips during labor. It’s not because we’re mean – there was a good medical reason for it. However, after advances in medical care and new research, some hospitals are changing their rules. For example, we just changed our policy at Clements University Hospital to allow clear liquids – things like clear juice, Popsicles, Jell-O and tea – beyond just water.

Zika disease has been on the rise in tropical countries like Brazil, where it's suspected of causing birth defects. Dr. Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine, explains more.

Striverdi Respimat is an inhaled spray that works by keeping airways relaxed, agency says...

Statin therapy may affect inflammatory response and help wounds recover, researchers say...

Early but promising results lead to Phase II national trial

An image similar in shape to a Swallow’s tail has been identified as a new and accurate test for Parkinson’s disease. The image, which depicts the healthy state of a group of cells in the sub-region of the human brain, was singled out using 3T MRI scanning technology – standard equipment in clinical settings today.