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Fever in children: What to know about your child’s temperature

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Dominic Hernandez

Dementia and Alzheimer's can take a toll on a loved one's health

You Asked: What’s the difference between Alzheimer’s disease and dementia?

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Not all dementia is Alzheimer’s—but it can be just as devastating when it affects loved ones

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Sexual violence

Stopping sexual violence before it begins

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Team to evaluate the Texas Rape Prevention and Education Program

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Engineering clearing agents to eliminate specific antibodies

Engineering clearing agents to eliminate specific antibodies

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When these molecules start doing more harm than good, we need a way to degrade them

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College of Medicine welcomes third Tillman Scholar in three years

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The award recognizes the best-poised leaders from U.S. military impact our country for years to come through higher education scholarships

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Rural area residents face health disparities when compared to their urban-dwelling counterparts

Why living in a rural area could be considered a health risk

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Christina Sumners

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Luis E. Seija

Luis E. Seija named a winner of the Excellence in Medicine Minority Scholars Award

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College of Pharmacy good manufacturing practice laboratory and drug development

Texas A&M to open a new facility for drug development, first of its kind in area

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Christina Sumners

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Gulf War illness

Modeling Gulf War illness: Knowing the cause of brain dysfunction is key to finding a cure

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Christina Sumners

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It's a complicated process that allows onions to make you shed some tears

You asked: Why do onions make you cry?

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Tool use lead to significant reduction in use of antibiotics

Work smarter: Testing a decision-making tool for antibiotic use

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Rae Lynn Mitchell

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The common drug loperamide, also commonly known as immodium, is becoming a drug of abuse with dangerous and deadly consequences

Opioid crisis leads to abuse of an unusual suspect: Antidiarrheal medication

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Christina Sumners

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Swimmer's ear can be a real nuisance.

Keeping swimmer’s ear at bay

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Dominic Hernandez

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Being tongue-tied is nothing to be alarmed about

Tongue tied: Signs, symptoms and whether to clip

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sex trafficking

Sex trafficking: When the inconceivable happens

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Diane L. Oswald

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socioeconomic factors affect prevalence of diabetes and management

Researchers find demographic differences in both rates of diabetes and in how often needed medical care isn’t sought

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Rae Lynn Mitchell

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When to go to the ER after an automobile accident

You Asked: To go to the ER or not? What to do after a car accident

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Dominic Hernandez

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disaster recovery planning

Local governments that engage residents in disaster recovery planning have the best quality plans

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Rae Lynn Mitchell

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Texas A&M University Health Science Center College of Medicine

Darnall Army Medical Center, Texas A&M partner to expand medical education opportunities

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