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Baylor family physician creates documentary showing the humanity of the homeless
Fabrizia Faustinella, M.D., wrote, produced and directed the film
Why scientists are working with the military to develop headsets that can read minds
Researchers hope to develop tools that allow brain-to-brain communication without surgery
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- Education | By Maggie Galehouse
Mind-body medicine goes mainstream
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- Health | By Britni R. McAshan
How to avoid flesh-eating bacteria at the beach this summer
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Events
- AUGUST 22, 2019
CoachRICE: A Leadership Coaching Program Advanced Training Package
- AUGUST 22, 2019
Hurricane Harvey 2 Years After: A Symposium
- AUGUST 23, 2019
Third Annual Gulf Coast Vascular Research Consortium
- AUGUST 28, 2019
Seminar: The Art and Science of Collaborative Clinical Visualization
- AUGUST 28, 2019
Patient Home Visits (Formerly Texas Bus Rounds)
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
SITC 2019 Interim Workshops on Cancer Immune Responsiveness and Adoptive Cellular Therapy
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
Fall Preview at Rice University
Spotlights
Executive chef Hugo Ortego talks Mexican cuisine, buying local and his gratitude to the city of Houston
- Astronaut and TMC Board Member Bernard A. Harris Jr. reflects on the moon landing
- Arnold Ventures is developing innovative solutions to persistent problems
- Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale talks medicine, philanthropy and Hurricane Harvey
- Houston Zoo CEO Lee Ehmke explains how to create “sensitive and imaginative” habitats
- Lisa M. Hollier, M.D.: Spotlight on maternal mortality
Vitals
Curated
The River program, part of TUTS, extends arts access to people of all abilities
- Artist Gillian Wearing challenges selfie culture in exhibit at Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts
- Houston Methodist sound dome offers behavioral health patients a non-pharmaceutical way to unwind
- A new HMNS exhibit inspires viewers to take a fresh look at nature
- Purple Songs Can Fly helps pediatric cancer patients express personal melodies
- The MFAH brings van Gogh paintings to Houston for a once-in-a-lifetime exhibit
Innovation
NextMed: Exoskeleton functions as another set of legs
- Why scientists are working with the military to develop headsets that can read minds
- Bringing mental health to the masses
- Baylor College of Medicine is experimenting with AI to improve liver transplant outcomes
- Virtual reality program distracts and entertains pediatric patients ahead of surgery
- TMC Innovation debuts new “alpha” program for early-stage innovations
