Galveston County Daily News (Internet / Print) 05/03/06 http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=9aede13b862be7e2 Edith Watson says she feels like the forgotten person in the debate over affordable health care. “There’s nothing out there for the middle class,” she said. Watson noted... more »

The Scientist (Internet / Print) 05/03/06 http://www.the-scientist.com/news/display/23354/ Spontaneous oxidative DNA damage may drive much of human genomic diversity by inducing single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and meiotic recombination, according to a new study in Genome Research. These... more »

KHWB-TV (WB) Ch. 39 Houston TX (TV) 05/03/06 (no weblink available) A drill is being conducted by emergency personal in Harris County. They are working on mass evacuations plans. Rita evacuation was slowed due to poor planning. They are using contra flow methods to make all roads lead in the same... more »

KTRK-TV (ABC) Ch. 13 Houston TX (TV) 05/03/06 (no weblink available) Here in Houston and Galveston, scientists are being asked to do a very important bird flu research. At UTMB in Galveston, scientists are handling the lethal virus working in pressurized suits in a hot lab. It's the fact that within... more »

Galveston County Daily News (Internet / Print) 05/02/06 http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=9fed6b839b8881a5 Denise Glaze says she turned out for a community meeting Monday night with a simple goal. “I’ve been through hell and high water,” she said. “I don’t want anyone else to have... more »

MSNBC (Internet / TV) 05/02/06 http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12578170/ A mother’s attentiveness early in life makes an important difference in tiny preemies’ development, even through elementary school, according to a study published Monday. Dr. Karen E. Smith of the University of Texas Medical Branch in... more »

Galveston County Daily News (Internet / Print) 05/02/06 http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=63d77b37d181ea9f Guest Column by Dr. Patrice Barnum: Care of people is always rewarding for me. In my childhood, helping others became important and now, in my field of geriatric medicine, I... more »

Galveston County Daily News (Internet / Print) 05/01/06 http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=45e713046890007f Mark Guidry, chief executive officer for the Galveston County Health District, says Toliver is fairly typical of the patients who turn to the district’s 4Cs clinics for... more »

Galveston County Daily News (Internet / Print) 05/01/06 http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=419b97567e026250 An elevator ride gone awry last year led four people to the third floor of the county courthouse, where civil lawsuits are filed. The four plaintiffs, including a corrections... more »

Galveston County Daily News (Internet / Print) 05/01/06 http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=7d4815d1b3f3bc49 Statistics sometimes surprise me. Among every 100 of us, some 70 are said to be completely independent individuals needing no assistance in their daily living from anybody but... more »