Texas Medicine (Print) February 2006 http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=4638 (no direct weblink available) The number of medical residents being trained in Austin will expand to more than 200 by 2010 under an agreement between the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and the SETON... more »

Clayton News Daily (Internet / Print) 02/14/06 http://www.news-daily.com/features/local_story_044234221.html?keyword=topstory One thing visitors will learn on the “Victorian Romance Tours” at Stately Oaks historic home is that there wasn’t a lot of romance in Victorian times. Not by modern... more »

MedIndia.com (Internet) 02/11/06 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=7775 A nine year saga of HIV Positive patient Shenequa Flucas is an eye opener to the benefits of HIV education, known to hold the key to curb its escalation. The University of Texas Medical Branch recently hosted the... more »

Houston Chronicle (Internet / Print) 02/12/06 (no direct weblink available) “At the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, we have made temporary adjustments in staffing and scheduling in order to cover for staff who are absent due to being called to active duty,” said Ellarene Duis, RN,... more »

Houston Chronicle (Internet / Print) 02/12/06 (no direct weblink available) Pamela G. Watson, R.N., Sc.D., dean and professor of the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston’s School of Nursing, said nursing schools continue to experience a shortage of faculty. At the moment the UTMB School... more »

Galveston County Daily News (Internet / Print) 02/12/06 http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=0e7e6d6631430376 The University of Texas Medical Branch’s new master’s degree program in Nursing Leadership in Complex Healthcare Organizations has gotten off to a fast start, university officials... more »

Galveston County Daily News (Internet / Print) 02/13/06 http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=c92cc62f8c6961a1 The Huntington’s Disease Society of America honored Dr. Tetsuo Ashizawa with its Distinguished Leader Team Hope Award. Ashizawa, chairman of the Department of Neurology at the... more »

Houston Chronicle (Internet / Print) 02/12/06 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/3651611.html Guest Column by Dr. Stanley Lemon: Although smallpox and anthrax have captured the attention — and funding — of a government intent on protecting its citizens against bioterrorist... more »

Houston Chronicle (Internet / Print) 02/10/06 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nb/bay/news/3643370.html Dr. Howard Brody, a distinguished professor of family practice, philosophy and ethics, and humanities in the life sciences at Michigan State University, will join the University of Texas... more »

Houston Chronicle (Internet / Print) 02/10/06 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/3649253.html The Shop & Save on North Yale might have been the luckiest place in town Thursday, but you couldn't tell it by all the long faces. One by one, would-be customers in search of cigarettes, sodas and... more »