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 »

Houston Chronicle (Internet / Print) 03/16/06 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/3725265.html Hari Dayal, president of the Indo-American Association of Houston, isn't content to consult tour schedules or make a few calls when pulling together a performing-arts season. Born in northern India in... more »

Del Rio News Herald (Internet / Print) 03/14/06 http://www.delrionewsherald.com/story.lasso?ewcd=ff3f0e2081f8283c “Some 35 million people in the United States are affected by tinnitus,” Dr. Andamo Guillaume, physician with ENT Consultants, San Antonio, said recently. “It can obstruct other hearing,... more »

Malaysia Star (Internet / Print) 03/15/06 http://thestar.com.my/health/story.asp?file=/2006/3/15/health/13654825&sec=health Men with prostate cancer may be put on hormone therapy, to block testosterone production in an effort to halt or slow tumour growth. While some health effects of so-called... more »

Galveston County Daily News (Internet / Print) 03/15/06 http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?WCD=82901 Gary Kesling, an expert in preventive medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch, has been named chairman of the Combined Injury Prevention and Data Informatics and Research... more »

Galveston County Daily News (Internet/Print) 03/14/06 http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=408ddff71a50d585 Today opens an intense month of campaigning as candidates for mayor and the city council seek to chart a path for city government. Monday marked the deadline to file for office.... more »

Reuters Health (Internet) 3/13/06 http://urotoday.com/prod/contents/prosCan/article.asp?cat=prosCan&sid=&tid=&aid=4344 In men with prostate cancer undergoing androgen deprivation therapy, most of the symptoms known collectively as “androgen deprivation syndrome” are likely due to the fact that the... more »

Security Park.Net (Internet) 03/13/06 http://www.securitypark.co.uk/article.asp?articleid=24958&CategoryID=1 Delta Scientific has announced that the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas is using its K12-rated decorative bollards to protect the drop-off to its medical facility and a... more »