Led by first author Dr. Ahmed Gad, postdoctoral associate in Ahmed’s lab, the research team examined molecular dynamics at ...

The study titled ‘Using Technology to Prevent Obesity Among African American Girls’., also known as Butterfly Girls, was a culturally and developmentally appropriate obesity prevention intervention ...

When we hear sounds, specialized cells in the cochlear nucleus are the first to process that information, enabling our brains ...

A study published in Nature Genetics reveals new insights into how medulloblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumor of ...

Texas Children’s Global HOPE and Baylor College of Medicine Global Health, with support from the Bristol Myers Squibb ...

The Teen Health Clinic is focused on extending Texas Medical Center-quality preventive health care including family planning services to Houston’s underserved youth. We work to prepare underserved ...

Celiac artery compression syndrome, also known as median arcuate ligament syndrome, is a condition where a muscular fibrous band of the diaphragm, the median arcuate ligament, compresses the celiac ...

The hearing organ in mammals is a spiraling structure called the "cochlea" from the Greek word for snail. It spirals out from the saccule (one of the balance organs). There are two and a half turns in ...

Antibiotic resistance is the ability of bacteria to resist the effects of antibiotics, a type of drug - such as penicillin or ciprofloxacin - that kills or stops the growth of bacteria. When bacteria ...

As a physician-scientist, my research includes translational and basic research on the molecular genetics and epigenetics of human developmental and reproductive disorders with the ultimate goal of ...

All values must be entered in order to calculate percentiles for Blood Pressure and Height. A percentile shows the relative position of the child's measurement (such as Blood Pressure or Height) among ...

Mosquito-borne diseases are those that are transmitted to people through the bite of an infected mosquito. The diseases spread by mosquitoes can be caused by a parasite, as in the case of malaria, or ...