Memorial Hermann Southeast adds three surgeons in colorectal care
January 3, 2008
Pasadena Citizen, Jan. 3, 2008 Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital has expanded its colon and rectal surgery department with the addition of three... more »
A tip of the tiara
January 3, 2008
Galveston County Daily News, Dec. 31, 2007 In her Galveston Scenes column Frances Powell writes, "A tip of the Diva's tiara to Dolly Warren and her... more »
Poison Center: Leftover holiday decor can be hazardous
January 3, 2008
Orange County News, Jan. 2, 2008 Families in Southeast Texas who still have Christmas trees and other holiday decorations should be aware of poison... more »
Hotel maids challenge the placebo effect
January 3, 2008
NPR, Jan. 3, 2008 Howard Brody, director of the Institute for the Medical Humanities at UTMB, is quoted in this report. He says that a number of relat... more »
West Nile susceptibility
January 2, 2008
Journal of the American Medical Association, Jan. 2, 2008 Seemingly harmless bites from mosquitoes not infected by the West Nile virus may make the... more »
New year, new lift
January 2, 2008
Galveston County Daily News, Jan. 2, 2008 They were expecting a hot tamale dinner New Year's Day - they got an 8-pound, 3-ounce bundle of joy... more »
Resolve to be better in 2008
January 2, 2008
Galveston County Daily News, Jan. 1, 2008 This article about New Year resolutions quotes Dr. Ken Fujise, director of UTMB's Division of Cardiology,... more »
A glance back at the stories that made 2007
January 2, 2008
Galveston County Daily News, Dec. 31, 2007 Among the stories includes in this compendium of top local stories from 2007 are the hiring of Dr. David... more »
Beating up the obese
January 2, 2008
Galveston County Daily News, Jan. 1, 2008 In his Medicine and Health column, Dr. Howard Brody mentions two articles published in the July 26 issue of... more »
CT scans implicated in 2 percent of cancers
January 2, 2008
American Medical News, Jan. 7, 2008 A recent study estimates that between 1.5 percent and 2 percent of all cancers can be attributed to radiation... more »