Austin Business Journal (Internet / Print) 03/20/06 http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2006/03/20/smallb3.html State agencies and public universities in Texas spent more than $635 million on medical supplies and services last year. That is an eye-catching amount when one realizes that this... more »

Brazosport Facts (Internet / Print) 03/19/06 http://thefacts.com/story.lasso?ewcd=e812880de2cf71a7 Imagine going to a local hospital and being examined by a specialist in Galveston via closed-circuit television. It’s an experience Sweeny Community Hospital and Angleton Danbury Medical Center hope to... more »

Galveston County Daily News (Internet / Print) 03/20/06 http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?WCD=83093 Gerald Cleveland is an evangelist for fitness. He’s the director of health promotion at the University of Texas Medical Branch, but he was spreading the word about fitness even before he... more »

O – The Oprah Magazine (Internet / Print) April 2006 http://www.oprah.com/omagazine/ (no direct weblink available) Breaking research by scientists at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston suggests that the herb ginkgo biloba may lower the risk of developing ovarian cancer. Daniel W. Cramer, MD, and... more »

Galveston County Daily News (Internet / Print) 03/18/06 http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=0fab9c425dfb6b89 One hundred and eighty senior medical students at the University of Texas Medical Branch learned this week where they would spend the next three years of their lives. “Our... more »

Houston Chronicle (Internet / Print) 03/17/06 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/3729634.html Just as Hurricane Katrina didn't cancel Mardi Gras, the storm couldn't stop the tradition of Match Day for displaced fourth-year medical students from Tulane University. About 300 first- and... more »

Wall Street Journal (Internet / Print) 03/17/06 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB114254853729500578.html?mod=health_hs_research_science Bringing the brain into mind-body science may remove the stigma from the phrase, "it's all in your head." "Doctors are aware that how you think and feel can affect... more »

CNN (Internet / TV) 03/11/06 (no weblink available) A new invention by sixteen year old Trisha Pasricha of Houston could make the old fashioned polygraph obsolete. It’s an award winning science project that measures stomach activity. Trisha Pasricha offered, “My father is a gastroenterologist and my... more »

Galveston County Daily News (Internet / Print) 03/16/06 http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=3a35802630583803 Column by Dr. Michael Trahan: We would love to see this patient at our UTMB Center for Weight Management, but we haven’t yet met the requirements for Medicare reimbursement... more »

Houston Chronicle (Internet / Print) 03/16/06 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nb/fortbend/news/3723844.html Operation Rainbow consists of four basic programs. The Domestic Program works with health-care partners to provide cost-free care to indigent children in American communities. The... more »