Galveston County Daily News (Internet / Print) 03/13/06 http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=c69d889c600f49a9 Highland Bayou Park was the venue for Galveston County’s first duathlon of the season. The sport combines running and cycling, and the event, the Webster Bicycle Duathlon,... more »

Lexington (Kentucky) Herald-Leader (Print / Internet) 03/12/06 http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/14078973.htm Few Pulaski County residents will get one of the highly paid jobs at a proposed federal bioterrorism lab. But they will get the spinoff. The proposed lab would bring 410 jobs with average... more »

Galveston County Daily News (Internet / Print) 03/10/06 http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=7372c3764802538f Matt Dacfo is a fourth-year medical student at the University of Texas Medical Branch. For relief from the demands of a hectic schedule, Dacfo and several of his classmates... more »

Galveston County Daily News (Internet / Print) 03/13/06 http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=b71a4301b7a586d4 Zen Master Dae Gak and UTMB faculty member Cara Geary will lead a workshop next month on the basics of meditation. The workshop, sponsored by the Zen Island Fellowship, will... more »

Galveston County Daily News (Internet / Print) 03/12/06 http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=71f2f93be6d35edf Nearly 30 people gathered at the University of Texas Medical Branch on Friday to hear a pitch about joining a Galveston-based unit of the Texas Medical Rangers. "This is an... more »

Reuter's Health (Internet) 03/10/06 http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=healthNews&storyID=2006-03-10T194942Z_01_COL067858_RTRUKOC_0_US-PROSTATE-CANCER.xml Men with prostate cancer may be put on hormone therapy, to block testosterone production in an effort to halt or slow tumor... more »

Washington Post (Internet / Print) 03/13/06 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/12/AR2006031200818.html When a doctor utters the word "coma," the prognosis is usually bleak. Yet every day, physicians intentionally put patients into comas. Despite great advances in modern... more »

Dallas Morning News (Internet / Print) 03/08/06 http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-jailstandards_08met.ART.North.Edition2.5e6d.html Federal officials noted serious lapses in medical care for inmates and numerous sanitation problems at the Dallas County Jail after... more »

Houston Chronicle (Internet / Print) 03/09/06 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/3711128.html Those interested in joining a new unit of the Texas Medical Rangers can take part in an organizational meeting Saturday at the University of Texas Medical Branch. The Texas Medical Rangers are... more »

Galveston County Daily News (Internet / Print) 03/09/06 http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?WCD=82697 The University of Texas Medical Branch has hired a consulting firm to take a thorough look at its operations. John D. Stobo, the medical center’s president, told a town hall meeting... more »