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HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL NAMED TO U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT HONOR ROLL

Houston Methodist Hospital was named to U.S. News & World Report’s Honor Roll for the eighth time and is the No. 1 hospital in Texas. This also is the 32nd year in a row that Houston Methodist Hospital was ranked in at least one specialty. Read more.

 

Houston Methodist researchers shed light on increased rates of severe human infections caused by Streptococcus subspecies

A concerning increase in global rates of severe invasive infections becoming resistant to key antibiotics has a team of infectious disease researchers at Houston Methodist studying a recently emerged strain of bacteria called Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis. These infections range in severity from strep throat to flesh-eating disease. The findings of this study are described in a paper in the journal mBio. Read more

 

 

New addition to standard-of-care treatments for non-small-cell lung cancer patients has potential to increase progression-free survival

Houston Methodist researchers have developed an advanced mathematical model that predicts how novel treatment combinations could significantly significantly improve treatment efficacy and extend progression-free survival for patients with non-small-cell lung cancer, the most common type of lung cancer. Read more