Medical News Today (Internet) 03/05/06 http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=38863 A discovery by researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) and their colleagues at China's Sun Yat-Sen and Shandong Universities could lead to new methods of diagnosing... more »

The Sunday Express (Internet / Print) 03/05/06 http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=88988 Humans risk being overrun by diseases from the animal world, according to researchers who have documented 38 illnesses that have made the jump over the past 25 years. That’s not good news for... more »

Galveston County Daily News (Internet / Print) 03/04/06 http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=0c71d5813a59df28 Now that Mardi Gras has ended and everyone has had a chance to do something to uplift the spirit, it would be a good time to take advantage of the Galveston County Health Fair... more »

Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Internet / Print) 03/06/06 http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/living/health/14023806.htm Once upon a time, people believed the human body contained secrets inappropriate for the living to know. A controversial new exhibit in Houston peels away the skin and taboo to shed light on... more »

Galveston County Daily News (Internet / Print) 03/06/06 http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=ef99ac8f893c2754 As a pediatric psychologist, Virginia Niebuhr was intrigued when she picked up a copy of a fictional account of a teenager with a developmental disorder. When she read “The... more »

Galveston County Daily News (Internet / Print) 03/03/06 http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=7539c6a8b5762617 Iranian-born Anousheh Ashouri has been dancing traditional Persian dance since her childhood. But tonight she will perform in public for the first time, accompanied by... more »

Galveston County Daily News (Internet / Print) 03/03/06 http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=1ea6547f971640ab Lauren Ward Larsen literally owes her life to blood donors. “The only thing keeping me alive were the transfusions,” she recalled during an appearance in Galveston on Tuesday.... more »

Houston Chronicle (Internet / Print) 03/03/06 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/3697114.html After Claire Hulsebosch's brothers suffered devastating injuries, it became her mission in life to explore new medical territory. Flash forward almost 40 years. It's a Sunday afternoon in August 2004,... more »

Houston Chronicle (Internet / Print) 03/02/06 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/society/3694894.html Ten years after Paige and Tilman Fertitta launched their annual night of Mardi Gras madness billed as the San Luis Salute, the extravaganza keeps on playing to a sellout crowd determined to... more »

Dallas Business Journal (Internet / Print) 03/02/06 http://dallas.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2006/02/27/daily26.html Parkland Health & Hospital System is now the official health care provider for the Dallas County jail system. The public hospital took over services performed by the University of... more »