April 30, 2008
IDENTITY MANAGEMENT STREAMLINED AT UT CAMPUSES
*Dr. Bill Weems, associate dean for information technology, quoted*
As a powerful collaboration tool, the Internet poses a dilemma.
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April 29, 2008
HOSPITALS TRY TO PROVIDE HEALTH IN A HEARTBEAT
*Dr. James McCarthy, assistant professor of emergency medicine, quoted*
For people suffering a heart attack, every minute counts.
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April 29, 2008
CLINICAL TRIAL PROVIDES CLOT-BUSTING DRUG IN AMBULANCE
*Dr. Richard Smalling, professor of cardiology, quoted*
Physicians at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center have added a twist to the door-to-balloon concept.
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April 21, 2008
TEJANO SINGER MAY LEAVE HOUSTON HOSPITAL IN NEXT FEW WEEKS
*Dr. Alex Valadka, vice chair of the Department of Neurosurgery, quoted*
Tejano singer Emilio Navaira continues to make progress and will be moved out of intensive care, doctors said in a press conference Friday morning.
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April 17, 2008
PREMATURE BABY'S FATE DEPENDS ON MORE THAN AGE, STUDY FINDS
*Dr. Nehal Parikh, assistant professor of pediatrics, quoted*
Four factors beyond gestational age influence whether an extremely premature baby will survive and grow up healthy, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.
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April 17, 2008
WHICH EXTREME PREEMIES ARE LIKELY TO SURVIVE?
*Dr. Nehal Parikh, assistant professor of pediatrics, quoted*
Doctors now have a better way of helping parents make an agonizing decision - whether to take heroic steps to save a very premature baby.
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April 17, 2008
REPORT HELPS PARENTS ASSESS PREMATURE BABIES CHANCES OF SURIVAL
*Dr. Nehal Parikh, assistant professor of pediatrics, quoted*
When their son Andrew was only 5 days old, Rachel and Kyle Fox had to make one of the most painful of all decisions: whether to continue aggressive medical treatment to try to save him.
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April 17, 2008
NEW WAY TO ASSESS PREEMIES' CHANCES
*Dr. Nehal Parikh, assistant professor of pediatrics, quoted*
Doctors and parents facing anguished decisions about the treatment of very premature babies will now have better information thanks to an online calculator that emphasizes more than just how long the infant was in the womb.
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April 17, 2008
NEW CALCULATOR FACTORS CHANCES FOR VERY PREMATURE INFANTS
*Dr. Nehal Parikh, assistant professor of pediatrics, quoted*
Researchers are reporting that they have developed a new way to help doctors and parents make some of the most agonizing decisions in medicine, about how much treatment to give tiny, extremely premature infants.
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April 15, 2008
SURGEON TAPPED TO LEAD UT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
*Dr. James Willerson, president, mentioned*
The University of Pennsylvania medical school's chief of surgery was tapped Monday as the next president of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
(Full
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April 12, 2008
YOUR HEALTH - ORGAN DONATION
*Dr. Charles Van Buren, director of immunology and organ transplantation, quoted*
Organ donation is a gift of life that many believe is the most precious gift you can give - or receive.
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April 6, 2008
WHEN A NEEDLE IN THE HEART CAN HELP
*Dr. James T. Willerson, health science center president, quoted*
Houston researchers have launched an experimental trial in which primitive adult stem cells are injected directly into the hearts of heart attack victims, an attempt to prevent heart failure from developing.
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April 2, 2008
EMILIO'S DOCTORS REPAIR RUPTURE IN SINGER'S LUNG
*Dr. Alan Cohen, professor of diagnostic and interventional imaging, quoted*
Doctors at Memorial Hermann Hospital repaired a rupture in a lung of Tejano music star Emilio Navaira, who remains in critical condition today more than a week after his tour bus crashed.
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March 30, 2008
EMILIO'S RECOVERY PIVOTAL TO HYPOTHERMIA STUDY
*Dr. Alex Valadka, vice chair of the Department of Neurosurgery, and Dr. Guy Clifton, clinical professor of neurosurgery, quoted*
When Tejano music star Emilio Navaira arrived at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center last week after a tour-bus crash left him comatose and brain injured, one of his doctors' first actions was to chill his body temperature.
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March 27, 2008
NESTING WITH A VENGEANCE (AND A DEADLINE)
*Dr. Pamela Berens, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, quoted*
Angela Kinsey, who plays Angela Martin on the television comedy “The Office,” is seven months pregnant and “trying to prioritize” all the improvements she is making on her 1950s single-story home in Los Angeles.
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March 25, 2008
AWARD-WINNING TEJANO SINGER IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER BUS CRASH
*Dr. Alex Valadka, vice chair of the Department of Neurosurgery, quoted*
Grammy-winning Tejano singer Emilio Navaira's survival was in doubt Monday after the tour bus that police said he was not licensed to drive crashed on a freeway, leaving him with serious head injuries.
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March 24, 2008
IT COULD BE WORSE, ALLERGY SUFFERERS
*Dr. Martin Citardi, chair of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, quoted*
It may come as little consolation to those suffering through stuffy noses and itchy eyes, but doctors say this spring's pollen season is only moderate at worst.
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March 20, 2008
UT MEDICAL STUDENTS MEET THEIR MATCH
*Drs. Giuseppe Colasurdo, Margaret McNeese quoted*
The annual event called Match Day, is coordinated by The National Resident Matching Program
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March 20, 2008
MEDICAL SCHOOL STUDENTS ATTEND MATCH DAY
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March 20, 2008
BRAIN INJURY RESEARCHERS GET $33M FOR STUDY
*Dr. Alex Valadka, Department of Neurosugery, quoted*
The Department of Defense has awarded a consortium of Houston institutions a $33 million grant to investigate mild traumatic brain injury, or concussion, the potential severity of which has long been underappreciated.
(Full
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March 18, 2008
INFERTILITY A HEAVY WEIGHT TO BEAR
*Dr. Pamela Berens, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, quoted*
With an increasing number of couples waiting longer to have a child, more would-be-parents also are finding themselves facing infertility.
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March 18, 2008
LIFTS ARE NO LONGER A HIGH-BROW PROCEDURE
*Dr. Chris Livingston, clinical associate professor of plastic surgery, quoted*
If you've got fine lines, you might be a candidate for Botox to paralyze the muscles, or fillers to plump the spaces.
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March 17, 2008
STUDENTS HOPE TO KICK DRUG MAKERS OFF CAMPUSES
*Dean Giuseppe Colasurdo quoted*
For new medical school students, the association with drug companies can begin with a ballpoint pen emblazoned with a firm's logo.
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March 17, 2008
RELIEF IN SIGHT FOR SUFFERERS OF CONSTANT ERECTIONS
*Dr. Yang Xia, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, quoted*
Impotence is bad enough, but sufferers of the opposite problem – priapism – might consider themselves even more unfortunate.
(Full
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March 13, 2008
POPULATIONS OF BRAIN CELLSL ADAPT TO CHANGING IMAGES, FIRST EMPIRICAL STUDY
*Dr. Valentin Dragoi, assistant professor of neurobiology and anatomy, quoted*
Neuroscientists studying the mind's ability to process images have completed the first empirical study to demonstrate, using animal models, how populations of nerve cells in visual cortex adapt to changing images.
(Full
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March 13, 2008
EMERGENCY ROOMS IN AMERICA: A DEADLY PROGNOSIS
*Dr. Guy Clifton, professor of neurosurgery, quoted*
In a crowded Arizona emergency room, a 10-year old boy struggles to breathe. He is having an asthma attack.
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March 11, 2008
MEDICAL ETHICS ISSUE FOCUSES ON 'DOING NO HARM' TO PATIENTS
*Dr. Eugene Boisaubin, professor of internal medicine, quoted*
With a limited supply of organs, liver transplant surgeons must worker harder to maintain the guiding principle of doing no harm, medical ethicists said.
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March 3, 2008
LYSOL CAN TRAVEL, BUT NOT ON PLANE
*Dr. Charles Ericsson, professor of internal medicine, quoted*
A friend recently told me that she never travels without a can of Lysol because she does not think that hotels do a thorough job of disinfecting after each guest.
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Feb. 27, 2008
TEAM SHOCKED AS SEASON-ENDING INJURY KNOCKS YAO OUT
*Dr. Tom Clanton, professor of orthopaedics quoted*
The Rockets' Toyota Center practice court, filled with bustling, boisterous players minutes before, grew as quiet as a graveyard.
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Feb. 18, 2008
WARNED OF DISEASE RISKS, PARENTS CONTROL VACCINES
*Dr. Kimberly Smith, professor of pediatrics, quoted*
Pilar Uribe weighed the pros and cons of childhood vaccinations even before she was pregnant with her daughter, Gabriella. A friend's child had an allergic reaction to one of the routine shots given to children before age 2.
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Feb. 4, 2008
OUT OF DEATH, A LIFE SAVED
*Dr. Jacquie Lappin, assistant professor of surgery, quoted*
At last, it was time. Shawn McDonald lay in his hospital bed, ready for surgery — ready to accept the donor kidney for which he had waited nearly three years.
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Jan. 24, 2008
RNA BIOLOGY FINDING MAKES WAVES BY CHALLENGING CURRENT THINKING
*Dr. Ambro van Hoof, assistant professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, quoted*
In all cells, including human, mRNA is a copy of the information carried by a gene on the DNA.
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Jan. 22, 2008
AT SOME POINT, AGE GETS THE BEST OF HEARING
*Dr. Carmel Dyer, director of the Division of Geriatric Medicine, quoted*
One unchallenged fact of life is that if we live long enough, we will experience age-related changes in our bodies. And near the top of the list of changes is hearing loss.
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Jan. 18, 2008
FDA UPGRADES WARNING ABOUT COLD DRUGS, KIDS
*Dr. Christopher Greeley, associate professor of pediatrics, quoted*
Parents who haven't gotten the message already, listen up: Over-the-counter cold and cough medicine should not be given to children under age 2.
(Full
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Jan. 17, 2008
TEXAS 6th-GRADERS TO GET HEART EXAMS
*Dr. James McCarthy, assistant professor of emergency medicine, quoted*
Thousands of Texas sixth-graders soon will be among the first students in the nation tested for potentially fatal heart abnormalities that can strike children without warning during athletic events and even non-stressful activities.
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Jan. 16, 2008
TEXAS 6th-GRADERS TO GET HEART EXAMS
*Dr. James McCarthy, assistant professor of emergency medicine, quoted*
Thousands of Texas sixth-graders soon will be among the first students in the nation tested for potentially fatal heart abnormalities that can strike children without warning during athletic events and even non-stressful activities.
(Full
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Jan. 15, 2008
WAIT TIMES AT THE ER ARE TICKING UPWARD
*Dr. James McCarthy, assistant professor of emergency medicine, quoted*
Waiting in the emergency room to see a doctor? You might want to take a dose of patience.
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Jan. 15, 2008
GENETIC STUDY BOLSTER'S COLUMBUS LINK TO SYPHILIS
*Dr. Steven Norris, professor of pathology and laboratory medicine, quoted*
Columbus, it seems, made another discovery of something that he was not looking for.
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Jan. 1, 2008
DON'T STOP BELIEVING
*Dr. Teodoro Castillo, clinical assistant professor of physical medicine & rehabilitation, quoted*
If Terri Hatcher's character in Desperate Housewives ever slips and breaks her spinal column while strolling on Wisteria Lane, she would be well-advised to seek treatment at the Memorial Hermann Institute for Rehabilitation and Research (TIRR) at the University of Texas Hospital in Houston.
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Dec. 26, 2007
IN DECEMBER, DOCTORS FACE INSURANCE GRINCH
*Dr. Brent King, executive vice dean for clinical affairs, quoted*
Just as soon as the turkey-induced fog of Thanksgiving lifts at the end of every November, many people suddenly realize their medical benefits are about to run out.
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Dec. 21, 2007
WELCOME 2008 SAFELY, OFFICIALS SAY
*Dr. James McCarthy, assistant professor of emergency medicine, quoted*
Black Cats, bottle rockets and all the other powder-packed gizmos that go bang in the night lined the shelves of Top Dog Fireworks with near-military precision Thursday as Texas' 13-day winter fireworks season began.
(Full
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Dec. 16, 2007
EATING TO GAIN ENERGY
*Karen Gibson, nutrition manager, quoted*
The afternoon slump.
(Full
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Dec. 14, 2007
UT MED SCHOOL: SIX YEARS POST-ALLISON
*Dr. James Willerson, president, and Dr. Peter Davies, executive vice president, quoted*
In June of 2001, Tropical Storm Allison left 10 million gallons of floodwater in the basement and lower floors of the UT Medical School.
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Dec. 13, 2007
SIGNS OF A SECOND CHANCE FOR SCIENCE AT UT
*Dr. Giuseppe Colasurdo, dean, quoted*
Tropical Storm Allison devastated large parts of Houston including the University of Texas Medical School and years of research.
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Nov. 28, 2007
PREGNANCY AND CANCER: TWO LIVES AT RISK
*Dr. Mildred Ramirez, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, quoted*
Seven months ago, 26-year-old Linda Sanchez got the best and the worst of news. She was told she was pregnant with her first child and within days she was also told she had breast cancer.
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Nov. 28, 2007
IN MIDST OF ILLNESS, A MIRACLE FOR BREAST CANCER PATIENT
*Dr. Mildred Ramirez, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, quoted*
Like most new moms, Linda Sanchez couldn't take her eyes off her newborn daughter Tuesday — spotting the shared features, smiling as the baby sucked on a finger and marveling at her unfussy disposition.
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Nov. 27, 2007
TAMIFLU, RELENZA NEED NEW WARNINGS, U.S. PANEL SAYS
*Dr. Michael Fant, associate professor of pediatrics, quoted*
Roche Holding AG's Tamiflu and GlaxoSmithKline Plc's Relenza, the two most common drugs used to treat the flu, should carry revised warnings about a risk of psychiatric side effects, a U.S. panel said.
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Nov. 20, 2007
A LION IN AUTUMN
*Dr. S. Ward Casscells, professor of cardiology, quoted*
Dr. S. Ward Casscells was a successful middle-aged cardiologist with a national reputation in his field and an endowed chair at the University of Texas Medical School.
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Nov. 18, 2007
LOVE IN THE TIME OF DEMENTIA
*Dr. Thomas Cole, director of the McGovern Health and Human Spirit Center, quoted*
So this, in the end, is what love is.
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Nov. 16, 2007
HEALTHY PEOPLE TAKING MEMORY-ENHANCING DRUGS WORRIES DOCTORS
*Dr. John Byrne, chair of the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, quoted*
An increase in healthy people popping pills to improve their memory has some doctors worried. Taking a "memory enhancing" drug can be a bigger deal than just doing better on an exam.
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Nov. 6, 2007
PREGNANCY AND CANCER: TWO LIVES AT RISK
*Dr. Mildred Ramirez, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, quoted*
It's challenging enough for a woman to face breast cancer. But imagine battling the disease when you're pregnant.
(Full
story)
Nov. 5, 2007
MODERN TECHNOLOGY HELPS UNLOCK ANCIENT SECRETS
*Dr. Sandra Oldham, professor of diagnostic and interventional imaging, quoted*
It's been a mystery since the time of Christ -- a tiny mummy now at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.
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Nov. 5, 2007
OUT OF DARKNESS
*Dr. Andrew Harper, associate professor of psychiatry, quoted*
Dracula ain't got nothin' on Pediculus humanus capitis.
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Oct. 30, 2007
'TEXAS LICE SQUAD' SETS UP SHOP TO CURE ITCHY SCALPS
*Dr. Adelaide Hebert, professor of dermatology, quoted*
Few people outside her family noticed when everything spun out of control for Kelly Cavazos.
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Oct. 23, 2007
INFRARED CAMERAS SHOW PROMISE AS SLEEP APNEA TOOL
*Dr. Jayasimha Murthy, assistant professor of internal medicine, quoted*
An experimental infrared camera may be able to detect breathing problems in people with sleep apnea, taking at least some of the discomfort out of diagnosis of this chronic sleeping disorder, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
(Full
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Oct. 22, 2007
CARDIO PICK-ME-UP
*Dr. James Grotta, professor of neurology, quoted*
How about a triple espresso, a vodka martini and a cold room as an experimental treatment for stroke patients?
(Full
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Oct. 21, 2007
RHEUMATOLOGISTS DISCOVER TWO GENES RELATED TO DISABLING FORM OF ARTHRITIS
*Dr. John Reveille, professor of internal medicine, quoted*
Work done in part by researchers at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston has led to the discovery of two genes that cause ankylosing spondylitis, an inflammatory and potentially disabling disease.
(Full
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Oct. 19, 2007
DOCTORS CRITICAL OF COLD DRUGS FOR KIDS
*Dr. Mark Hormann, associate professor of pediatrics, quoted*
An effort to get federal officials to issue a statement saying over-the-counter cold and cough medicines shouldn't target children younger than 6 has garnered support from Houston pediatricians.
(Full
story)
Oct. 17, 2007
U.S. DEATHS FROM STAPH SURPASS AIDS
*Dr. Luis Ostrosky, associate professor of internal medicine, quoted*
Study shows majority of cases of drug-resistant infection originate in health settings
(Full
story)
Oct. 15, 2007
REST ASSURED THERE'S HELP FOR SLEEP PROBLEMS
*Dr. Richard Castriotta, professor of internal medicine, quoted*
Randy Couch couldn't sleep.
(Full
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Oct. 12, 2007
COLD DRUGS FOR TOTS YANKED
*Dr. Mark Hormann, associate professor of pediatrics, quoted*
As pharmacies across the country on Thursday pulled cold medications for babies and toddlers off the shelves, some Houston parents expressed frustration the drugs hadn't been withdrawn earlier, while others worried their infants would no longer have relief from stuffy noses.
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Oct. 8, 2007
A BETTER CHANCE AT LIFE
*Dr. Hope Northrup, professor of pediatrics, quoted*
Lakycia Allen's baby girl has a rare metabolic disorder, but Allen considers her lucky.
(Full
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Oct. 4, 2007
'IT'S FLATTERING ... BUT I DON'T THINK I WALK ON WATER'
*Dr. Jacqueline Hecht, professor of pediatrics, quoted*
In the pictures he is always smiling.
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Sept. 27, 2007
WILLERSON TO SUCCEED COOLEY AT HEART INSTITUTE
*Dr. James Willerson, president, quoted*
Dr. James Willerson, president of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, announced Wednesday he was stepping down to succeed Dr. Denton Cooley as head of the Texas Heart Institute.
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Sept. 27, 2007
UTHSC PRESIDENT TO HEAD TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE
*Dr. James Willerson, president, mentioned*
The president of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Dr. James T. Willerson, said Wednesday he plans to leave that institution to become president of the Texas Heart Institute, succeeding heart specialist Dr. Denton Cooley.
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Sept. 26, 2007
TRUE OR SHAM, ACUPUNCTURE WORKS
*Dr. Rex Marco, associate professor of orthopaedic surgery, quoted*
Acupuncture is twice as effective as conventional treatments in providing relief from lower back pain. So say German researcher Michael Haake, of the University of Regensburg and team, in the Sept. 24 issue of the journal Archives of Internal Medicine.
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Sept. 23, 2007
SCARCITY OF PEDIATRIC SPECIALISTS MEANS LONG WAIT FOR ILL CHILDREN
*Dr. Michael Gambello, assistant professor of pediatrics, Dean Giuseppe Colasurdo, chair of the Department of Pediatrics, quoted*
After her 3-year-old son began having "spells" that she feared were seizures, Kelly Kemski took him to a pediatrician. When those spells increased to two, three and even four times a day, she knew he needed to see a neurologist.
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Sept. 19, 2007
AN ACADEMIC PHYISICAN'S EXPERIENCE IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM
*Written by Dr. Richard Bradley, associate professor of emergency medicine, quoted*
Exposure to novel situations and the ability to explore various niches within my field are two of the benefits I find in my career in academic medicine.
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Sept. 7, 2007
FOR VICTIM WITHOUT INSURANCE, SURGERY LONG OVERDUE
*Dr. Kyle Dickson, chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, quoted*
Two years after losing her insurance, Jennifer Holliday finally got the operation she needed to regain the use of an arm mangled in a shotgun blast.
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Aug. 12, 2007
ARE YOU READY TO HEAD BACK TO SCHOOL?
*Dr. Cathy Guttentag, assistant professor of pediatrics, quoted*
Those smiles you see on the faces of grown-ups all over town can mean only one thing.
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Aug. 10, 2007
UNHEALTHY, ALONE, MANY OLDER PEOPLE 'SELF-NEGLECT'
*Dr. Carmel Dyer, professor of geriatrics, quoted*
Older adults left on their own to struggle with medical problems, such as depression and heart disease, often neglect their health and hygiene, a new study finds.
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Aug. 6, 2007
SOUTH FLORIDA MEDICAL SCHOOLS HAVE HEALTHY AMBITIONS
*Dr. Jerry Wolinsky, interim dean, quoted*
The best doctors. Better healthcare for all -- even in poor neighborhoods. Groundbreaking medical research. A booming biotech industry. All this is being promised for South Florida by two university leaders.
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Aug. 6, 2007
POLLUTION IS A DANGER A JOGGER CAN'T RUN FROM
*Dr. Grant Fowler, professor of family medicine, quoted*
Runners who flock to Houston's jogging hotspots regularly encounter unwanted company: vehicles on roadways parallel to the trail, churning out exhaust and kicking up dust.
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Aug. 2, 2007
TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE
*Dr. Donald Molony, professor of medicine, quoted*
Houston basketball player recently gave up his love for the game when he gave a kidney to a family member in need.
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July 31, 2007
NEW PILL IS A TRUE TEST OF WOMEN'S LOVE-HATE RELATIONSHIP WITH PERIODS
*Dr. Pamela Berens, associate professor of ob/gyn, quoted*
Call it a curse, a friend, even Aunt Flo — but don't call it obligatory.
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July 19, 2007
CANCER DIAGNOSIS COULD COME FROM SALIVA
*Dr. Charles Streckfus, Valerie Buchanan quoted*
It can take a lot of time and money to determine if someone has cancer, but one Houston researcher is very close to getting a patent on a simple saliva test.
(Full
story)
June 28, 2007
STUDIES: TAKING ANTIDEPRESSANTS POSE LITTLE RISK FOR BIRTH DEFECTS
*Dr. Susan Ramin, obstetrics and gynecology, quoted*
Newborns face little risk of birth defects from antidepressants taken by many women early in pregnancy, say the reassuring findings of the two biggest studies of this controversial link.
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June 26, 2007
30 YEARS OF YEARS OF KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS
*Dr. Barry Kahan, surgery, quoted*
UT Houston opened its Division of Immunology and Transplantation and started providing kidney transplants in 1977, under the watchful eyes and busy hands of department head and transplant surgeon Dr. Barry Kahan.
(Full
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June 20, 2007
ENBREL GIVES LONG-TERM PSORIASIS RELIEF
*Dr. Stephen Tyring, dermatology, quoted*
The psoriasis-easing effect of Enbrel, a drug that dampens inflammatory immune responses, lasts for at least two years, a large-scale clinical trial shows.
(Full
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June 18, 2007
SCHOOLS FAIL TO MEET LAW ON DYSLEXIA
*Dr. Andrew Papanicolaou, clinical neurosciences, quoted*
Hundreds of thousands of Texas children who struggle to read aren't getting the help they're entitled to because public schools are not following state law.
(Full
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June 15, 2007
TOGETHER, A DAUGHTER AND HER DAD SEEK A SURGICAL SOLUTION TO OBESITY
*Dr. Terry Scarborough, Department of Surgery, quoted*
Last year, Claire Henderson made a pact with her father. She would make a permanent commitment to overcome obesity if he set the same goals to lose weight and get healthy.
(Full
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June 15, 2007
POLICY REVERSAL LEAVES HOSPITALS SCRAMBLING
*Lois Moore, HCPC, quoted*
Four months ago, Houston's six stand-alone psychiatric hospitals were forced to cut back by 85 beds because Medicaid would no longer reimburse them for treating many of their mentally ill patients.
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June 13, 2007
IMMs CASKEY DEVELOPED DNA TECHNIQUE FEDS USE TO ID AMERICA'S MOST WANTED
*Dr. C. Thomas Caskey, IMM, quoted*
When C. Thomas Caskey, M.D., embarked on a career in genetics research after graduating from the Duke University Medical School in 1963, he didn’t expect to testify at a Hell’s Angels trial or to tangle with future members of the O.J. Simpson “Dream Team” of defense lawyers.
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May 30, 2007
A TEXAS CEO's LIFE-CHANGING PROMISE
*Doan Dinh, Celine Bicquart, quoted*
What if your boss offered to put your child through medical school?
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May 30, 2007
Summer brings child care woes
*Dr. Susan Landry, Michael Matthew Knight Memorial Professor of Pediatrics and director of the Children’s Learning Institute, quoted*
No adults were home to save 3-year-old Dazzalena Escobedo and 5-year-old Michael Murphy when they died last week, one by fire and one by gunshot.
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May 28, 2007
Lost Chances for Survival, Before and After Stroke
*Dr. Diana Fite, clinical assistant professor of emergency medicine, and Dr. James Grotta, professor and chair of the Department of Neurology and director of the Stroke Treatment Team, quoted*
Dr. Diana Fite, a 53-year-old emergency medicine specialist in Houston, knew her blood pressure readings had been dangerously high for five years.
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May 12, 2007
Mom charged in mutilation of infant son
*Dr. Rebecca Girardet, associate professor of pediatrics, quoted*
A woman who claimed that a family pet mutilated her infant son's genitals was taken into police custody Friday, accused of "using a sharp instrument" to "cut and remove" his private parts, a criminal complaint shows.
(Full
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May 8, 2007
At Risk: Study Shows Flu Season Increases Heart Ailments
*Dr. Mohammad Madjid, assistant professor of medicine, quoted*
Heart attacks and chronic heart disease both increase sharply during flu season, according to a large new study based on autopsy reports in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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May 6, 2007
Futile care debate: Prolonging life, or suffering?
*Dr. Richard Castriotta, director of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, quoted*
On June 10, 2006, aging and ailing, Edith Pereira was taken by ambulance from St. Dominic nursing home to Memorial Hermann Hospital.
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April 29, 2007
Heart surgeon follows pioneers' path
*Dr. O.H. "Bud" Frazier, University Professor of Surgery, quoted*
He never even wanted to become a doctor.
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April 25, 2007
The iPod isn't just about listening to music anymore
*Dr. Richard Andrassy, professor and chair of the Department of Surgery, and Dr. Stephen Fath, director of biomedical information technology, quoted*
Some of his colleagues download educational lectures or videos of the latest surgical techniques.
(Full
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April 18, 2007
Data affirm cancer rate drop tied to hormone
*Dr. Vaseem Ali, associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences, quoted*
New federal statistics reinforce last year's report that attributed the most significant drop in U.S. breast cancer rates to millions of older women stopping menopause hormones, according to a new analysis.
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April 12, 2007
Girl receives rare 4-organ transplant
*Dr. Bob Saggi, Department of Surgery / Division of Immunology and Organ Transplantation , quoted*
Maria Mendez is enjoying the simple things of life: pepperoni pizza, macaroni and cheese, tacos, eggs and corn tortillas.
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April 4, 2007
Mother may face more charges of child abuse
*Dr. Rebecca Girardet, associate professor of pediatrics, quoted*
A Houston woman accused of intentionally injuring her children may face additional felony charges after a prosecutor revealed Tuesday the children's history of head injuries, broken bones and possible arsenic poisoning.
(Full
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March 29, 2007
Houston doctor OK'd for top defense job
*Dr. S. Ward Casscells, professor of medicine, mentioned*
Houston cardiologist S. Ward Casscells was confirmed by the U.S. Senate without opposition Thursday night as assistant secretary of defense for health affairs.
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March 27, 2007
Houston doctor says he'll tackle military's medical maze
*Dr. S. Ward Casscells, professor of medicine, quoted*
Washington - Houston cardiologist S. Ward Casscells promised to confront military medical problems ranging from questionable care at Walter Reed hospital to gaps in treatment for retired veterans during a Senate hearing on his nomination as a top Defense health official Tuesday.
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March 26, 2007
Column: Swiftly confirm
*Dr. S. Ward Casscells, professor of medicine, mentioned*
With wars raging in Iraq and Afghanistan, and with outpatient care at the Army's venerable Walter Reed Hospital found to be shockingly substandard, the Pentagon urgently needs a top medical officer.
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March 22, 2007
State may require public reports on hospital-borne infection rates
*Dr. Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner, associate orofessor of internal medicine, quoted*
Texas could be a heartbeat away from joining 14 other states that require hospitals to disclose hospital-borne infection rates.
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March 22 , 2007
Mites on lashes can bug your eyes
*Dr. Richard Yee, clinical professor of ophthalmology, quoted*
Mary Ellis' eyelashes were under assault.
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March 11, 2007
Pentagon nominee keeps an adventurous spirit
*Dr. S. Ward Casscells, professor of medicine, quoted*
Washington - Houston cardiologist S. Ward Casscells, nominated for a top Pentagon health post in the aftermath of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center scandal, saw the resilient, no-nonsense face of military medicine during a tour of duty in Iraq.
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March 11, 2007
Texas hit-maker doesn't let MS slow him down, releases new album
*Dr. Jerry Wolinsky, interim dean, quoted*
More than a decade after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, country singer Clay Walker's voice sounds stronger than ever on his first new studio album in four years.
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March 7, 2007
Free lunches for docs, higher drug prices for you
*Dr. Eugene Boisaubin, professor of internal medicine, quoted*
They've got the cure for what ails you, but is there something unhealthy about how pharmaceutical companies are getting you to use their new drugs?
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Feb. 23, 2006
PRESIDENT TO NAME CASSCELLS TO ADMINISTRATION
*Dr. S. Ward Casscells, professor of medicine, mentioned*
The President intends to nominate S. Ward Casscells, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs).
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Feb. 23, 2006
YOUNG MOTHER BATTLES CANCER
*Dr. Joan Bull, professor of internal medicine, mentioned*
When Jill Moran travels to the University of Texas Health and Science Center Wednesday for 10 days of an experimental cancer treatment, she won’t worry about the cost of her air fare or housing in Houston or what she’ll do if insurance won’t cover the $1,000 a month cost of the immune system boosting injections that are part of her treatment protocol.
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Feb. 22, 2006
SCIENTISTS' LUNCH CHAT MAY CHANGE TREATMENT FOR FIBROSIS
*Dr. Michael Blackburn, professor of biochemistry, quoted*
A chance meeting in a crowded cafeteria led to a scientific discovery that someday could help millions of people with fibrotic diseases.
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Feb. 20, 2006
HOSPITAL GETS OK TO ACCEPT MEDICARE
*Dr. Arlo Weltge, clinical associate professor of emergency medicine, quoted*
University General Hospital has taken a step in its drive to win reimbursement from large health care plans.
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Feb. 18, 2006
FIRE ERUPTS AT UT REPLACEMENT FACILITY IN MEDICAL CENTER
*David Bates quoted*
A fire broke out at the University of Texas Medical School this morning.
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Feb. 15, 2006
RESTAURANTS SERVING UP DISCOUNTS AFTER WEIGHT SURGERY
*Dr. Erik Wilson, assistant professor of surgery, quoted*
In a society where an individual salad at a sit-down chain restaurant comes in a bowl big enough to serve an entire family, getting less food on a plate can be difficult for bariatric surgery patients.
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Feb. 9, 2006
MEDICAID CUTS AFFECT TREATMENT FOR MENTALLY ILL
*Dr. Robert Guynn, chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, quoted*
Eileene Chappelle worries there won't be a spot for her son in a mental hospital in the coming years because Medicaid cutbacks are reducing the number of local beds.
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Feb. 8, 2006
HOSPITALS FIGHT RISING BLOOD SUGAR AFTER SURGERY
*Dr. Anu Davis, assistant professor of endocrinology, quoted*
Insulin isn't just for diabetics anymore, at least not in some Houston intensive care units.
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Feb. 7, 2006
EDITORIAL: A FINE MATTER
*Dr. Richard J. Castriotta, professor of pulmonary and critical care and sleep medicine, quoted*
Who doesn't duck when a plume of blue exhaust blows past?
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Feb. 1, 2006
STUDY LINKS POLLUTION TO HEART DEATHS
*Dr. Richard J. Castriotta, professor of pulmonary and critical care and sleep medicine, quoted*
Pollution isn't just a grimy blight on cities. It kills.
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Jan. 30, 2006
PERCHANCE TO HIBERNATE
*Dr. Cheng Chi Lee, associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, quoted*
This time of year, the wilds of North America are relatively quiet.
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Jan. 18, 2006
MANY DON'T KNOW OF SHINGLES RISK
*Dr. Stephen Tyring, professor of dermatology, quoted*
Shingles, caused by the same virus as chickenpox, affects roughly 1 million U.S. adults each year, but many are completely unaware of the disease.
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Jan. 18, 2006
DOCTOR DEVOTED TO YOUNG BABIES
*Dr. Mesfin Woldesenbet, assistant professor of pediatrics, quoted*
Even though his patients are too tiny to voice their appreciation, Dr. Mesfin Woldesenbet of Missouri City must be an angel in their eyes.
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Jan. 13, 2006
RARE BRAIN WORMS LATEST BORDER DISEASE
*Dr. Aaron Mohanty, associate professor of neurosurgery, quoted*
Medical professionals in South Texas have identified another disease that has apparently slipped across the border – caused by a rare brain worm that can be fatal and is being spread by unsanitary food-handling practices.
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Jan. 2, 2006
LOCAL RESEARCHER HOPES TO UNLOCK HUMAN HIBERNATION GENE
*Dr. Cheng Chi Lee, associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, quoted*
Dr. Cheng Chi Lee, an associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, noticed while researching circadian rhythms that a hibernation gene was switched on when certain animals were in complete darkness.
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Jan. 2, 2006
SEEKING THE CULPRITS IN COLIC
*Dr. J. Marc Rhoads, professor of pediatric gastroenterology, quoted*
Parents who haven't walked in LeighAnn and Gordon Taylor's shoes invariably know someone who has.
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Dec. 29, 2006
NEW TECHNOLOGY IDs CANCER TISSUE
*Dr. Jonathan Ophir, professor of diagnostic and interventional imaging, quoted*
Elastography, a non-invasive ultrasound imaging method that can distinguish between benign and malignant tissues, is now on the U.S. market.
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Dec. 29, 2006
HUMAN, SEA SLUG BRAINS SHARE GENES FOR ALZHEIMER'S AND PARKINSON'S
*Dr. Edgar Walters, professor of integrative biology and pharmacology, quoted*
The ancestors of humans and sea slugs diverged more than a half billion years ago, but scientists have now unexpectedly found genes that are remarkably similar in the brains of both.
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Dec. 21, 2006
DON'T PRETTY UP THAT PICTURE JUST YET
*Dr. Samuel Kaplan, professor and chair of microbiology and molecular genetics, quoted*
When he trains colleagues to capture images of cells and their squishy contents in microscopes at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, James Hayden sees certain behaviors again and again.
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Dec. 14, 2006
STEM CELLS PLAY PART IN BATTLE
*Dr. Maureen Mayes, professor of internal medicine, quoted*
Stephanie Daniels couldn't bend down to put on her socks.
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Dec. 1, 2006
ULTRASOUND COULD SUPPLANT BIOPSIES
*Dr. Jonathan Ophir, professor of diagnostic and interventional imaging, quoted*
An experimental ultrasound technique that measures how easily breast lumps compress and bounce back could enable doctors to determine instantly whether a woman has cancer or not without doing a biopsy.
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Nov. 7, 2006
SKIN PATCH COULD TAKE THE PLACE OF SYRINGES
*Dr. Herbert DuPont, professor of internal medicine, quoted*
Gaithersburg, Md. - Dreaded vaccinations one day could be as simple as sticking on a Band-Aid — ouchless and do-it-yourself.
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Nov. 2, 2006
UT-HOUSTON OFFICIAL TO RUN A&M SYSTEM
*Drs. Mike McKinney and James Willerson quoted*
The Texas A&M University System's next chancellor will be Mike McKinney, a physician and former state lawmaker, regents indicated Wednesday by making him the only finalist for the job.
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Nov. 2, 2006
RESEARCH SHOWS COOMPOUND IN RED WINE MIGHT NEGATE JUNK FOOD LIFESTYLE
*Dr. Ken Fujise, associate professor of internal medicine, quoted*
It's a glutton's dream: Walk into McDonald's, super-size a Big Mac meal, and worry not a bit about the health consequences.
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Oct. 25, 2006
PULMONARY EMBOLISM COMMON CAUSE OF DEATH IN OBESE
*Dr. Rania Abadeer, pathology resident, quoted*
In general, obese and nonobese individuals die of similar causes, according to findings presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP).
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Oct. 11, 2006
DEFIBRILLATOR NEARBY WHEN STUDENT DIED
*Dr. Anne Dougherty, professor of internal medicine, quoted*
The Katy Independent School District is taking steps to make automated external defibrillators more accessible after a 16-year-old student collapsed and died with an unused device 25 feet away.
(Full
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Oct. 7, 2006
KIDS' HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE LINKED TO SLEEP PROBLEM
*Dr. Alisa A. Acosta, clinical fellow, quoted*
High blood pressure is associated with sleep breathing problems in children, say U.S. researchers.
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Oct. 5, 2006
EARLY REPAIRS IN FOUNDATION FOR READING
*Dr. Susan Landry, professor of pediatrics, quoted*
Allentown, Pa. - Children with severe reading problems usually struggle for years before getting the help they need.
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Oct. 5, 2006
CLINICAL RESEARCH ENTERS A NEW ERA
*Drs. Frank Arnett, James Willerson, and Peter Davies quoted*
Federal health officials have chosen a Houston institution as one of a dozen sites to revamp the half-century-old process by which laboratory breakthroughs get translated into bedside cures.
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Sept. 28, 2006
TEXAS IS HEADING TOWARD SHORTAGE OF FAMILY DOCTORS
*Dr. Carlos Moreno, chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine, quoted*
In the not-too-distant future, patients may be unable to seek the advice of a family physician and, instead, find themselves hopping from one specialist to another as they struggle to manage multiple chronic ailments.
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Sept. 21, 2006
UT RESEARCHER WINS $2.5 MILLION
*Dr. Cheng Chi Lee, associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, quoted*
A local scientist who developed a way to induce a hibernation-like state in mice has become the first Texas Medical Center scientist to win a prestigious federal award for medical research.
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Sept. 20, 2006
KIDS' MYSTERY LIMP OFTEN NOT SERIOUS
*Dr. Lynette Mazur, professor of pediatrics, quoted*
Ryan Miller was a healthy 4-year-old when he woke up one day in his San Francisco-area home and inexplicably started limping.
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Sept. 13, 2006
HOUSTON-AREA MEDICAL SCHOOLS LAND NEAR TOP OF HISPANIC LIST
Two Houston-area universities have been named among top 10 medical schools for Hispanics, according to Hispanic Business magazine.
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Sept. 6, 2006
ARTIFICIAL HEART WINS APPROVAL OF FDA FOR 'HUMANITARIAN USE'
*Dr. O.H. "Bud" Frazier, university professor of surgery, quoted*
Washington - A Massachusetts company received federal approval Tuesday to sell the world's first fully implantable artificial heart.
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Sept. 4, 2006
PICK YOUR OWN MEMORIES?
*Dr. John Byrne, professor of neurobiology and anatomy, quoted*
A rat scurries into the dark half of a cage. Ouch! The floor is electrified.
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Sept. 4, 2006
ANTIDEPRESSANTS LINKED TO DECREASE IN SUICIDES
*Dr. Alan Swann, professor of psychiatry, quoted*
An increase in prescriptions for antidepressants has been accompanied by a decrease in suicides among older people, and there are good reasons to believe the association is cause and effect.
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August 28, 2006
HOUSTON RESEARCHERS WORKING ON A CURE FOR SCLERODERMA
*Dr. Maureen Mayes, professor of internal medicine, quoted*
Research under way in Houston could lead to a cure for a disease whose name literally means "hard skin."
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August 23, 2006
STUDY CASTS DOUBT ON POLICY TO HELP ERs
*Dr. Brent King, chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine, and Dr. Guy Clifton, professor of neurosurgery, quoted*
Redirecting emergency room patients who don't have urgent symptoms, the new policy at Harris County's public hospitals, does little to improve the efficiency or timeliness of care given to more acutely ill ER patients, according to a new study.
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August 21, 2006
DIAMOND STARS MAKE SWITCH TO MEDICAL FIELD
*Martha Rac and Amy Delaney, medical school students, quoted*
None of them can pinpoint exactly how it happened, but the fact six former La Marque Little League players have dedicated themselves to many extra years of education to help others makes them all feel pretty good.
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August 18, 2006
IAC: BLOCKING HIV ENTRY SHOWS PROMISE WITH PERIL
*Dr. Robin Hardwicke, assistant professor of internal medicine, quoted*
The target of most HIV therapy is the virus itself, but researchers said here that another approach -- blocking cells' entry points and locking the virus out -- is also starting to show promise.
(Full
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August 15, 2006
ONE-DAY FIGHT AGAINST HERPES
*Dr. Stephen Tyring, clinical professor of dermatology, quoted*
The first outbreak was devastating enough. But within weeks came another outbreak. Then another and another.
(Full
story)
August 15, 2006
STUDY REPORTS ON ABNORMAL HEART MUSCLE FUNCTION
*Dr. Heinrich Taegtmeyer, professor of cardiology, quoted*
A new study by The University of Texas Medical School at Houston is yielding some of the earliest clinical evidence of abnormal heart function in clinically severe obesity.
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August 10, 2006
CLOSE TO THE ACTION
*Dr. Ward Casscells, vice president for biotechology, quoted*
A cluster of six buildings just south of the Texas Medical Center is seeking to enhance its role as a staging area for biotech startups.
(Full
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July 30, 2006
NO’S SUCH A GAS
*Dr. Ferid Murad, professor of integrative biology and pharmacology, quoted*
At first glance, nitric oxide (NO) might seem like such an innocuous gas, but it has been found that it has myriad effects on the body, and on human health.
(Full
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July 20, 2006
FIXING INCONTINENCE GETTING EASIER
*Dr. Gazala Siddiqui, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, quoted*
For Linda Runnels, a 61-year-old registered nurse, understanding the physiology of stress incontinence never made it any easier to endure.
(Full
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July 20, 2006
SCIENTISTS SEE VALUE IN BOTH EMBRYONIC, ADULT STEM CELLS
*Dr. James Willerson, president of the health science center, quoted*
The political debate about stem-cell research is a classic case of conjunction dysfunction, say local scientists, with opposing sides using the word "or" when they should have been using "and."
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July 19, 2006
BUSH POISED TO VETO STEM CELL MEASURE
*Dr. James Willerson, president of the health science center, quoted*
Washington - President Bush is expected to cast the first veto of his presidency as soon as today on legislation approved Tuesday by the Senate that would expand federal support for embryonic stem cell research.
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July 14, 2006
FALLING TVS POSE A GROWING DANGER
*Dr. Stephen Fletcher, professor of pediatric neurosurgery, quoted*
The 37-inch television sits in the dirt of the backyard, wet from the rain and dented and cracked from the fury of Alejandro Peña.
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July 6, 2006
*Dr. K. Lance Gould, professor of internal medicine, quoted*
The link between stress and heart disease is well-documented, experts say.
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June 19, 2006
*Dr. Alberto Puig, assistant professor of internal medicine, quoted*
Students at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston are trained in many disciplines designed to further medical knowledge.
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June 15, 2006
*Dr. Stephen Tyring, clinical professor, quoted*
When Gabriel Smith began feeling pain in his right shoulder and neck, he assumed it was related to his recent surgery; Smith had a basal skin cancer removed from his arm two weeks before.
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June 13, 2006
*Dr. James Willerson, president of the health science center, quoted*
Concentrations of a dozen air pollutants in the Houston area pose significant risks to public health, and nowhere is the risk greater than in east Harris County, along the Ship Channel, a task force of public health and toxicological experts convened by Mayor Bill White concluded Monday.
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June 5, 2006
*Dr. Swapan Dubey, assistant professor of emergency medicine, quoted*
Bay City ISD presented diplomas to 259 graduates Friday night before a packed stadium of family members and well-wishers.
(Full
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May 31, 2006
OBESITY THREATENS YOUNG LIVERS
*Dr. Ruben Quiros, associate professor of pediatrics, quoted*
Sylvia Hurtado launched a culinary revolution in her kitchen last year when she ousted her old-fashioned cooking oil and replaced it with olive oil.
(Full
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May 29, 2006
BENTSEN STROKE CENTER RAISING FUNDS
*Dr. James Willerson, president of the health science center, mentioned*
McAllen — Asked to describe her brother in two words after his death this week, Betty Wynn Bentsen chose “grace” and “visionary.”
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May 28, 2006
VACCINE USES SYNTHETIC HIV GENES
*Dr. Stephen Tyring, professor of dermatology, quoted*
While the cure for the common cold is merely a scientist’s dream, some real medical trials are using the cold virus to try to prevent the spread of HIV.
(Full
story)
May 24, 2006
READING NOT A SCIENCE FOR MANY TEACHERS
*Dr. Barbara Foorman, professor of pediatrics, quoted*
Most education schools do a poor job of training aspiring teachers in reading instruction, according to a new study.
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May 18, 2006
GIRL LIVES WITH MYSTERIOUS ILLNESS
*Dr. Hope Northrup, professor of pediatrics, quoted*
Mackenzie Mudd is a 13-year-old who grows agitated, almost panicky, when she sees sick or injured people on television.
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May 11, 2006
INJECTIONS HELP PUT OFF KNEE JOBS
*Dr. Terry Clyburn, assistant professor of orthopaedics, quoted*
Thirty-five years ago, Michael Price spilled his motorcycle on a winding coal road in the mountains of West Virginia, and his life was changed forever.
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May 8, 2006
HOSPITALS AREN'T WAITING FOR THE THREAT TO BECOME A REALITY
*Dr. Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner , assistant professor of infectious diseases, quoted*
If a flu pandemic hits Houston, bedside manner will be the first to suffer.
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May 4, 2006
WEBCASTS CAN EXPLAIN SURGERY, EASE ANXIETIES
*Dr. Nitin Tandon, assistant professor of neurosurgery, mentioned*
Nelson Sheppard is the modern American medical patient.
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April 19, 2006
UT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER, TIRR MERGE REHABILITATION EFFORTS
*Dr. James Willerson, president of the health science center,
quoted*
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and TIRR Systems announced Tuesday a merger in research and education that will focus exclusively on rehabilitation.
(Full
story)
March
23, 2006
HOUSTON DOCTOR INDUCTED INTO JAPANESE MEDICAL ORGANIZATION
*Dr. James Willerson, president of the health science center,
quoted*
Dr. James Willerson, president of The University
of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, is one of seven physicians
to be inducted into the Japanese
Circulation Society. These seven are the first outside of Japan
to be included in the society.
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March
7, 2006
GETTING WARMER IN BID TO KILL TUMORS
*Dr. Joan Bull, professor of internal medicine, quoted*
A year ago, when Gayle Driscoll's breast cancer
spread to her skin, the 63-year-old retired teacher from Barnstable
tried an experimental treatment that gave her radiation therapy
some extra oomph.
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March 2,
2006
RESTRAINT
THERAPY IMPROVES FUNCTION FOR STROKE PATIENTS
*Dr. Elizabeth Noser, assistant professor of neurology,
quoted*
A stroke-rehabilitation treatment that restrains
a healthy arm can restore function to the damaged arm years after
the brain attack, a new study shows.
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story)
Feb.
23, 2006
BREAKTHROUGH? FDA GIVES OK FOR USE OF DURAHM FIRM'S TECHNOLOGY
IN STEM CELL TRIAL
*Dr. James Willerson, president of the health science center,
quoted*
Durham – Texas doctors will utilize
stem cell technology from Durham-based Aldagen as part of an effort
to help advanced heart failure patients.
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story)
Feb.
20, 2006
ER DOCTOR SOUNDS SIREN FOR CHANGE
*Dr. Diana Fite, emergency medicine physician, and Dr. Arlo Weltge,
clinical associate professor, quoted*
Being an emergency physician in the nation's
fourth-largest city is no easy task.
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Feb. 11,
2006
DR. WARD CASSCELLS DOING SOMETHING A BIT DIFFERENT FOR
THE 'MID-LIFE CRISIS'
*Dr. Ward Casscells, professor of internal medicine, quoted*
Actually, it's unfair to describe Dr. Casscells'
decision, at 53, to join the Army Reserves as a mid-life crisis,
considering all the negative connotations with the term.
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Feb. 8,
2006
NEW STROKE DRUG COULD REACH MORE VICTIMS
*Dr. James Grotta, professor of neurology, quoted*
A new drug for the emergency treatment of
stroke provided a slight but significant improvement over existing
therapy in an international study designed to be a step toward
bringing the medication to market.
(Full
story)
Jan.
30, 2006
CHILDREN WITH SLEEP DISORDERS
*Dr. Richard Castriotta, professor of internal medicine, quoted*
Getting enough sleep is a challenge for many
adults, but now the number of children with sleep disorders is
increasing.
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