Health
September 20, 2012
Tubby Texas Comes in Tenth in Fattest State Study
We all know everything's bigger in Texas. But just exactly how big? A recent survey attempts to find out.
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August 20, 2012
Getting Closer to Developing a Birth Control Pill For Men
Baylor College of Medicine's Martin M. Matzuk and his collaborators may have discovered the key to a male birth control pill: cripple the sperm's capacity to swim.
Health
August 9, 2012
Paul Quinn College Bans Pork in On-Campus Eateries
President Michael J. Sorrell said that the creation of "a pork-free cafeteria" is part of a greater healthy living campaign.
Health
July 25, 2012
West Nile Virus Reaches Epidemic Levels in Texas
An unusually high number of West Nile virus cases in North Texas have led officials to label the outbreak an epidemic.
News & Politics
June 28, 2012
Texas Reacts to the Health Care Mandate Ruling
After the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act in a 5-4 decision Thursday, Texas politicians and pundits weighed in.
Health
May 10, 2012
ICYMI: Houston Hospital Live Tweets Brain Surgery
Memorial Hermann hospital gave the Twitterverse a play-by-play account of how to perform brain surgery.
Health
March 21, 2012
Achoo! Two of the Nation’s Top Ten Spring Allergy Capitals are in Texas
The Asthma and Allergy Foundation just released its "Spring Allergy Capitals" survey, which put McAllen at number two and San Antonio at number nine.
Health
March 9, 2012
War Against Women’s Health Care Strikes Close to Home
A combination of steep cuts to women’s health care and an impasse over federal Title X funds threatens to leave some 400,000 low income Texas women without access to cancer screenings and contraceptives.
Health
February 28, 2012
How Many Medical Schools Should the Valley Get?
Senator Eddie Lucio Jr., said that building two medical schools in the Valley is "totally unrealistic" and the focus should be kept on the plan to build a University of Texas system medical school in Harlingen.
Food & Drink
February 24, 2012
Win the Weekend: Cars Will Soon Be Driving Us and Other News to Know
A UT study on the traffic intersections of the future, the Perry gravy train is back on the track, and the Spurs lose a game on purpose.
Health
February 21, 2012
Middle Schoolers Protest Unhealthy School Lunches
More than thirty Tivoli students brought their own lunches to school last week as part of a grassroots protest for healthier meal options.
Health
January 11, 2012
Ironically, Obese Texas is a Leader in Weight Loss Research
Two new studies from Texas researchers focus on shedding the pounds and keeping them off.
Health
December 2, 2011
Lubbock, Dallas Among the Top Eight Artery-Clogged Cities
Prevention magazine blames fast food, steakhouses, and barbecue joints for the high obesity rates.
Health
August 31, 2010
Romancing the Patient
Is speed dating the surefire way to building a healthy doctor-patient relationship?
Health
August 31, 2010
Menopause, Moms, and Medical Marijuana
A roundup of the latest and greatest scientific research from Texas universities.
Health
March 31, 2010
The Skinny on Eating Healthy
Everything is bigger in Texas, including our belt size. Find out how to slim down and still enjoy a brisket sandwich or two.
Health
February 1, 2010
The Rice Stuff
Why the proposed merger between Baylor College of Medicine and my alma mater could turn out to be a bad prescription.
Health
January 1, 2010
Mother, Heal Thyself
Susan Hyde’s children were constantly in and out of the hospital with one illness or another. But were they the ones who were sick?
News & Politics
December 1, 2009
Wealth Care
Why does our health insurance system treat a small part of the Rio Grande Valley differently from the rest of the state?
Health
October 31, 2009
Brain Storm
The role of the cerebellum and underlying brain abnormalities in autism.
Health
August 31, 2009
Being a Super Model
I avoid saying the word “diet” like the plague. I try to be careful about what I eat and what I do because I know my six-year-old daughter is watching me. She’s listening.
Health
August 31, 2009
Dawn Cockrell, Midwife
Cockrell has lived in West Texas for twenty years and has been delivering babies for fourteen. She opened West Texas Birth Services, in Odessa, in 2001.My mother gave birth to my younger sister when I was sixteen. They induced her at forty weeks, and I was present for the
News & Politics
July 31, 2009
An Open Letter
If you’re not part of my health care solution, you’re part of my problem.
News & Politics
July 31, 2009
Mismanaged Care
A unique confluence of medicine, money, and politics is driving health care costs in the Rio Grande Valley. At the center of it all is a Democrat from Palmview, who is already under indictment for unreported income.
Health
April 30, 2009
Risk Reduction
Is there a place in Texas for drug needle exchange programs?
Health
April 30, 2009
Circle of Influenza
If you need an example of how the world can change in an instant, here is a small blow by blow.
Health
March 31, 2009
Under the Weather
If UTMB’s trauma center really is slated to reopen, the hospital will have a few questions to answer.
Health
March 31, 2009
Feeling the Burn
I used to spend every weekend out by the pool, working on my tan. Now I check my body for changing moles or new spots, and call my doctor.
Health
January 1, 2009
The Long Goodbye
I’ve treated hundreds of elderly patients with Alzheimer’s. Now the disease is stealing my own father.
Health
February 1, 2008
Sunil K. Ahuja
The mysteries of AIDS are starting to unravel in the laboratory of this professor of medicine, microbiology, immunology, and biochemistry at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. Working with, among others, Dr. Matthew Dolan, formerly of the Wilford Hall Medical Center, at Lackland Air Force Base, Ahuja has
Health
December 1, 2007
GI Woe
The esophagus explained.
Health
September 30, 2007
Take Heart
Let’s have a heart-to-heart.
Health
July 31, 2007
Do Sweat It
Sweat 101.
Health
May 31, 2007
Getting Antsy
Fire ants forever. (sigh.)
Health
March 31, 2007
Hot Shot
The ABCs of HPV.
Health
February 1, 2007
Eating Myself Alive
Ten foods to gorge on in 2007.
Health
December 1, 2006
The Big D
The unsweetened truth about diabetes.
Health
September 30, 2006
Under My Skin
The newest nightmare disease.
Health
July 31, 2006
The Mosquito Diaries
The buzz on mosquitoes.
Health
May 31, 2006
Welcome To the 03
Why ozone is indeed a menace.
Health
April 1, 2006
Bleeding Edge
Blood will tell.
Health
February 1, 2006
The Eyes of Texas
Oh, say, can you see?
Health
January 1, 2006
Scent and Sensibility
Sweaty socks, cat urine, dead skunks: Three cheers for having no sense of smell.
Health
November 1, 2005
Oh, Lardy
Fat versus Fit.
Health
September 30, 2005
Culture of Strife
Frozen embryos are destroyed every day in the name of in vitro fertilization. Tell me again what’s so wrong with stem cell research?
Health
August 31, 2005
Medical Drama
Executive editor S. C. Gwynne on examining one of the state’s most litigious, at times lethal, MDs.
Health
August 31, 2005
The Doctor Will Mistreat You Now
What to do if your doctor is a quack.
Health
June 30, 2005
See Spot. See Spot Grow.
Here comes the sun.
Health
May 31, 2005
The Good Rats
Cancer used to be something you died from. Now, thanks to clinical trials, it’s increasingly something you live with.
Health
April 30, 2005
Nothing to Sneeze At
Sneeze play.