Grand Rapids Press (Internet / Print) 05/31/06 http://www.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/base/features-1/114900033262100.xml&coll=6 Guest Column by Dr. Howard Brody: "When Trust in Doctors Erodes, Other Treatments Fill the Void." That was the headline of an article by Benedict Carey in the... more »

Galveston County Daily News (Internet / Print) 05/31/06 http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=9d38accedfc77942 A major international cardiovascular study to be announced today will try to flush out one of the major stumbling blocks in the use of a common vitamin to raise “good”... more »

Galveston County Daily News (Internet / Print) 05/29/06 http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=da40e8f1f0f14bad Ask a question, and you will either get an answer or start someone seriously thinking. Last month, Trisha Wooten, for University of Texas Medical Branch’s Understanding... more »

Washington DC Post (Internet / Print) 05/29/06 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/29/AR2006052900757.html It takes only a sneeze, a cough or a handshake to spread cold or flu germs from one person to another. But emotions can be transmitted even more easily, faster than the... more »

Houston Business Journal (Internet / Print) 05/29/06 http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2006/05/29/story3.html?page=2 Houston-based CytoGenix Inc. is flying high after landing a contract for its synthetic DNA-based vaccine to be used in testing against the avian flu. The biochemical company... more »

Galveston County Daily News (Internet / Print) 05/29/06 http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?WCD=86040 A new clinic in Clear Lake and improved patient service in Galveston are two ways the University of Texas Medical Branch hopes to augment the portion of its patients with private... more »

Boston Globe (Internet / Print) 05/29/06 Two similar vaccines developed to fight HPV have been studied for about a decade, and one, called Gardasil, is expected to win federal approval as soon as next week. Studies have shown both to be safe, and numerous experts say they would willingly get their... more »

Galveston County Daily News (Internet / Print) 05/28/06 http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=124011f100552685 John Maisel was drawn to sweat lodges 15 years ago when he was diagnosed with Bell’s palsy, a condition that paralyzed parts of his face. After studying Native American... more »

Galveston County Daily News (Internet / Print) 05/28/06 http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?WCD=86013 Cindy Wigg sees the effects of teenage drug abuse all the time. She’s the medical director for the child and adolescent psychiatric hospital at the University of Texas Medical Branch.... more »

Indianapolis Star (Internet / Print) 05/28/06 http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060528/NEWS06/605280423/1012/NEWS06 A virus killed three patients in the U.S. last year after they received donated body organs, and a pet hamster may be partly to blame, a report says. The patients... more »