Following the tragic July 4 floods in Texas, children might feel their grief set in as they return to school. Some will ...

The digestive system’s rhythms are controlled by body clock genes, as well as lesser-known regulators called noncanonical ...

A new school year is about to begin. When packing lunch for your children, make sure to include items that can contribute to ...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded a grant to Baylor College of Medicine and Rice University to establish the Center for ...

About one quarter of patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) may be treated and derive a benefit with the current ...

The last thing you want when traveling is a major illness to derail the trip. Baylor College of Medicine infectious disease ...

A compound found in psychedelic mushrooms may have antiaging properties. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have found that psilocybin, the active compound in psychedelic mushrooms, may extend ...

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 ...

Dehydration occurs when your body doesn’t have enough fluids to function effectively. Dr. Sara Andrabi explains the symptoms of dehydration and who is ...

While Alzheimer’s disease is mostly considered a disorder of the brain, emerging evidence suggests that the condition also affects other organs of the body. Working with the laboratory fruit fly, ...

An innovative outbreak detection program that tracks disease-causing viruses in wastewater identified the measles virus in Houston samples collected in early January 2025, before cases were reported.