Monday, August 31, 2009

RT @UTHouston: The UT Houston class of 2012 has some moves! Watch them dance to "Jai Ho." http://bit.ly/8G6qC
University of Texas at San Antonio weighs merger as plan to increase status http://bit.ly/9sd79
State Rep. Garnet Coleman urges Texas Medical Center leaders to back health overhaul http://bit.ly/85NVQ
Swine flu brings a quandary to the workplace - be sick to use sick time, says UT Houston safety director Bob Emery http://bit.ly/hrg3u
Robbery excluded in killing of Dr. Jorge Mario Gonzalez of Methodist Hospital http://bit.ly/p5eA1

Friday, August 28, 2009

Some Roman Catholic Bishops assail health plan http://bit.ly/hfZMv
Strained by Katrina, former Memorial Medical Center faced deadly choices http://bit.ly/9TbKl
Senator Edward M. Kennedy embodied the frustrations of the nation’s 40-year war on cancer. http://bit.ly/tRfZW
Insurers dealing with being the health care ‘Villains’ http://bit.ly/3mhADa
President Barack Obama says a bill in Congress would help him send millions more Americans to college. http://bit.ly/vexDA
Swine flu rises at US colleges as students return http://bit.ly/3Hr1Oh
Dallas County reports its first swine flu death http://bit.ly/284VK
$1.2 Million Grant For Groundbreaking Approach To Brain Research Received By UT Med School's Dr. Valentin Dragoi http://bit.ly/ngRft
RT @drrbradley: RT texmed RT @lstexasnews: H1N1 Flu Kills Dallas County Woman http://bit.ly/9Ba5b

Thursday, August 27, 2009

RT @MDAndersonNews: Researchers Identify New, Cancer-Causing Role for Protein http://is.gd/2Co7o
The UT Med School went Hollywood at the annual student retreat. http://bit.ly/sRBVE
RT @houstonhospital: Harris County Hospital District, Memorial Hermann Collaborate for Southwest Houston: http://bit.ly/mySNG
UT Med School's Dept of Internal Medicine debuts e-publication - the UT Houston Journal of Medicine http://bit.ly/2GGnbk
The University of Houston offers a Master’s of Education in Teaching degree - emphasis in the health sciences. http://bit.ly/19pNoH
UT Med School's Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine presents RsVP Program http://bit.ly/Quelv
RT @commitforlife: RT @favouritethings Woo! @ELHouston blood drive set up & ready @ Shops at Houston Center.
Scoop: UT Med School's Dr. Valentin Dragoi receives EUREKA award http://bit.ly/3nsVyU
Dennis Rivera leads labor charge for health reform http://bit.ly/JAcT6
China announces a system for voluntary organ donors http://bit.ly/7Mjh2
Study published in in The New England Journal of Medicine finds radiation risk for patients http://bit.ly/1afi5k
See Jane run, bike and swim http://bit.ly/Fc5tR
Turns out you can fear a government takeover of health care even if the government already took over your health care. http://bit.ly/Lwhzb
New York Gov. David Paterson signs bill that largely bans use of shackles during childbirth http://bit.ly/Y0VeI
At least 30 Texas Christian University students are sick with flu-like symptoms http://bit.ly/7ilJu
Emory wants campus trained in CPR http://bit.ly/13htPa
The Boys Scouts are teaming up with the United Nation Foundation's Nothing but Nets campaign to fight against malaria. http://bit.ly/2PAWb6
San Antonio & restaurant association develop voluntary healthy options program http://bit.ly/13poWE
RT @drrbradley: Texting while driving http://ping.fm/qDN2p Warning: very graphic. Thanks to Steve Drewniany for the link.
RT @houstonhospital: RT @HoustonKids: Live chat on epilepsy advances, Sept. 15. Register now: http://bit.ly/2QxBfb from Memorial Hermann
Astros coach Sean Berry is living healthier after cancer http://bit.ly/BseqD
Senator Edward M. Kennedy's death puts reform plan on pause http://bit.ly/2zBBW8
Reach Out and Read Texas Honors 9/11 Day of Service http://bit.ly/tbQXt

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

RT @houstonhospital: RT @HoustonKids: Live chat on epilepsy advances, Sept. 15. Register now: http://bit.ly/2QxBfb from Memorial Hermann
RT @UTHouston: Reach Out and Read Texas, a program of the CLI at UTHSC-H, takes part in the 1st 9/11 Day of Service: http://bit.ly/15nFyu
RT @houstonhospital: Tweet us your questions #askdocs. Get the answers in our chat TODAY! http://bit.ly/T8ew8
RT @utneurology: Neurology Grand Rounds streams live starting 9/4 with UTHSC President Dr. Larry Kaiser - stay tuned for tweet-tails!
RT @houstonhospital: Tweet us your questions on pediatric ear, nose and throat related issues, #askdocs. chat TODAY! http://bit.ly/T8ew8
RT @houstonhospital: chat about chronic pediatric ear, nose & throat w/specialist from Children's Memorial Hermann http://bit.ly/EgWQe
RT @houstonhospital: Dan Wolterman, System president and CEO, named to Modern Healthcare magazine’s most powerful people in healthcare ...
RT @houstonhospital: Tweet us your questions on pediatric ear, nose & throat related issues, #askdocs in our chat TODAY! http://bit.ly/T8ew8
RT @houstonhospital: Tweet us your questions on pediatric ear, nose and throat related issues, #askdocs. http://bit.ly/T8ew8
RT @utneurology: Neurology Grand Rounds streams live starting 9/4 with UTHSC President Dr. Larry Kaiser - stay tuned for tweet-tails!
RT @drrbradley: CDC offers reassuring words regarding #H1N1 flu. http://bit.ly/RuZWi
RT @drrbradley: Went to UT Imaging at the UT Health Center - West Loop. Besides good people, they had 4 kinds of coffee and fresh cookies!
RT @houstonhospital: Tweet us your questions on pediatric ear, nose and throat related issues, #askdocs. http://bit.ly/T8ew8
Veterans Affairs told thousands they had Lou Gehrig's in error http://bit.ly/oEFi8
HealthLeader: 12 ways to reset your children's body clocks before the school bell rings! http://bit.ly/IHPBE
Dan Wolterman, Drs. John Holcomb & Drue Ware of the UT Med School are featured in a KHOU-TV story on healthcare reform http://bit.ly/lr6EC

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Veterinarian in Australia is sickened after being exposed to rare Virus Hendra, a paramyxovirus http://bit.ly/VZJFu
Ten years ago this week: West Nile Virus’s debut in a doctor’s syringe http://bit.ly/Xer1k
When a doctor is more, and less, than a healer http://bit.ly/16bLt9
For parents on NICU, trauma may last http://bit.ly/wRJdC
South Africa embraces study critical of health policy http://bit.ly/KHJBt
Bioethicist Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel becomes a lightning rod for criticism in health care debate http://bit.ly/rl7ag
Calm, but moved to Be heard on health care http://bit.ly/YbrOH
Research Trove: Patients’ Online Data http://bit.ly/i2UeY
MedAssets will sell software to New Jersey's St. Barnabas Health Care System http://bit.ly/yVae
Health care claim costs expected to rise 10.5 percent http://bit.ly/s8Fdu
Four suspects sought in Houston doctor Dr. Jorge Mario Gonzalez's slaying http://bit.ly/XXMCX
Texas Gov. Rick Perry details state's swine flu stock http://bit.ly/OC5Rq
The American Heart Association says cut back — way back — on all that sugar http://bit.ly/Li8UH
Young Obama backers AWOL from health care reform fight http://bit.ly/HSYY5
President Barrack Obama opposes mandatory reporting of medical errors http://bit.ly/jJZSg
Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius says closing schools wouldn't ward off Swine Flu virus http://bit.ly/Y4d40
Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius says closing schools wouldn't ward off virus http://bit.ly/Y4d40
Dr. Guy Clifton of the UT Med School weigh in about Memorial Hermann’s plans to sell its Southwest hospital to the HCHD http://bit.ly/KqJDt
Dr. Lisa de Ybarrondo of the UT Med School is featured in a story about ear infections in New Parent http://bit.ly/kMf18
Dr. Ali Dentkas of the UT Med School and Dr. Jaime Gomez, are featured in the Brownsville Herald http://bit.ly/pH0Ub
Drs. Ian Butler, Pedro Mancias and Carlos Moreno are featured in a KHOU-TV Ch. 11 story on healthcare reform http://bit.ly/34iMT
UT Physicians expect an onslaught of patients when Swine Flu serum is available http://bit.ly/215Rb
RT @drrbradley: If you happen to be in WI on TUE, I'll be on WHAD-FM and other public radio stations from 6-7 am. #H1N1 flu

Friday, August 21, 2009

Ancient Chinese that herbs may help the heart by Dr. Nathan Bryan of the IMM and Yong-Jian Geng of the UT Med School http://bit.ly/16PEbc
UT Med School's Valentin Dragoi gets $1.2 million grant for groundbreaking approach to brain research http://bit.ly/RZj81
RT @drrbradley: - In case you missed it, here's a look inside America's busiest trauma center, Memorial Hermann-TMC: http://bit.ly/7sL05

Thursday, August 20, 2009

2009 White Coat ceremony: See the slideshow of photos by the Office of Communications's photographer Dwight Andrews http://bit.ly/hClAO
Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars Program seeks applicants http://bit.ly/19nwe6
Committee on the status of women kicks off success brown bag series http://bit.ly/lvvk9
The updated UT Medical School’s general brochure, the Fact Book, is hot off the press. http://bit.ly/2ZOMj
New UT Med School Art Wall exhibit slated for Aug. 26 http://bit.ly/f2k79
Scoop: Dr. Ronda Alexander's talks about her Mission - trip to La Habana, Cuba http://bit.ly/a3LJs
Canadian study backs heroin (diacetylmorphine) to treat addiction http://bit.ly/12Sa7k
Health care may be a costly drag on the economy, but it’s still a great place to find a job http://bit.ly/3ExqE
Veterans’ Dr. Lawrence R. Deyton to Lead Food and Drug Administration Tobacco Division http://bit.ly/3CclMW
President Barrack Obama calls health plan a ‘moral obligation’ http://bit.ly/BlioG
Harvard & Princeton share the top spot in U.S. News & World Report university rankings. http://bit.ly/1v1Jn
West Virginia University hires Christopher Colenda, dean of medicine at Texas A&M as health sciences chancellor http://bit.ly/18HgFL
Just in time for a new school year, another round of college rankings is out http://bit.ly/41KQdY
As weight creeps back up, patients face easier choices http://bit.ly/zKok1
Groups help those struggling with eating disorders http://bit.ly/p8Dns
Chef Tom Valenti's take on diabetes is personal http://bit.ly/OFTP7
Most Americans say they're not worried about swine flu http://bit.ly/2Ox7Ug
Astros coach Sean Berry is living healthier after cancer http://bit.ly/BseqD
Rare flesh-eating bacteria kills man after fishing trip in Galveston Bay http://bit.ly/3kaX5r
RT @PhysRelations: RT @DrAnasYounes Do real men go to the doctor? http://bit.ly/ja6qY.
RT @UTHouston: Herbert DuPont of SPH is quoted in the Germophobe blog on the Chron. How germy is that shopping cart? http://bit.ly/3GOUmv
RT @houstonhospital: Join our chat about advances in epilepsy treatments from Mischer Neuroscience Institute at MH-TMC http://bit.ly/8S1GX
RT @bgaustin: Hospitals should plan to increase maximum capacity by 30% during a flu pandemic. (via @drrbradley)
The nitric oxide study by Dr. Nathan Bryan of the IMM and Dr. Yong-Jian Geng of the UT Med School: http://bit.ly/qCgek http://bit.ly/kJk4q
Drs. K. Lance Gould, Stefano Sdringola & the Century Health Study of UT Med School/Memorial are featured in the Chron http://bit.ly/4Angir
Dr. Joshua Gowin of the GSBS blogs about the moral center of the brain on Psychology Today http://bit.ly/jLx2l
RT @shamsha: Yes, to all docs. RT @JOSullivan: RT @kevinmd: Should the informed consent discussion be formally taught? http://bit.ly/3RByU
RT @lesliepfeiffer: after anatomy lab today, i cant help but consider becoming a vegetarian again. gross.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

RT @houstonhospital: join us to chat about chronic pediatric ear, nose & throat problems with a specialist http://bit.ly/EgWQe
RT @houstonhospital: Memorial Hermann’s Level One Trauma Centers Receive Verification from American College of Surgeons http://shar.es/Fukm
The Claim: Stress can make allergies worse http://bit.ly/Ej2Fm
The State Health Department requires Flu vaccination for caregivers http://bit.ly/lERhs
Geron Corporation Study using embryonic Stem Cells for injured spinal cords is delayed http://bit.ly/25Rnsm
Senator Charles E. Grassley moves to block medical ghostwriting by drug companies http://bit.ly/aCOZN
For older athletes, drug question emerges http://bit.ly/7v7UK
Editorial: Will there be a public option feature in our health care future or not? http://bit.ly/ALhef
Low-power painkillers do better on broken arms http://bit.ly/j8DHY
RT @childrenshealth: From @USNews: Magazines Show Babies in Unsafe Sleeping Positions http://bit.ly/f9IJn
Statements indicate President Barrack Obama's shift on health care http://bit.ly/wTbwN
90 percent of bills have some trace of cocaine http://bit.ly/GjGkp
Production lags on swine flu vaccine, manufacturers blame chickens http://bit.ly/8BBao
Gov. Rick Perry's message is the public ‘ought to be scared' of Obama reforms http://bit.ly/QS887
John Mackey, the founder of Whole Foods Market in an op-ed piece argues that health care is not an intrinsic right http://bit.ly/j9Rv0
Read the Reuters news release about Dr. Walter Lowe to Lead Orthopaedics At UT Med School and Memorial Hermann - TMC http://bit.ly/4LcMw
Dr. Richard Castriotta of the UT Med School is in a McAllen Monitor story on how much sleep children need http://bit.ly/34Dpak

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

RT @UTHouston: Medical News Today featured many from UT Houston in "10 Most Common Medical Challenges for Baby Boomers" http://bit.ly/e4PKj
RT @PhysRelations: RT @shamsha NEJM: Practicing Medicine in the Age of Facebook http://bit.ly/Sfrck
Study by Dr. Kevin C. Oeffinger at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center says early cancers increase Diabetes risk http://bit.ly/M4VEF
Stephen Bergman, under the pseudonym Samuel Shem, M.D. wrote “The House of God,”
Mental stress training is planned for all 1.1 million U.S. soldiers http://bit.ly/3juM3
A book doctors can’t close: The House of God by psychiatrist Stephen Bergman http://bit.ly/ADrv4
Dana Jennings reporter at The NY Times says the deeper into the labyrinths of medicine, the quieter the waiting rooms http://bit.ly/3honhw
Diabetes case shows pitfalls of treatment rules http://bit.ly/3Sze8y
What really Killed Mozart? Dr. Richard H. C. Zegers writing in the The Annals of Internal Medicine says maybe Strep http://bit.ly/tbykG
Tests begin on drugs that may slow aging http://bit.ly/mstrv
President Barrack Obama's lack of medicare appointee puzzles congress http://bit.ly/Vgw5H
Small company's swine flu vaccine works in animals http://bit.ly/KDbIj
The New England Journal of Medicine reported on a study that says weight lifting may help to avert lymph problem http://bit.ly/R0VJE
Jessa Perrin: Healthy One Day, Dying the Next: A Medical Race http://bit.ly/Uyn2s
Suit targeting UT Austin admissions denied http://bit.ly/zINyg
White House appears ready to drop ‘public option' http://bit.ly/n0WpW
Baby Boomers Face Down Aging: 10 Most Common Medical Challenges http://bit.ly/XPohI
Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel has been lightning rod as administration makes push on medicine http://bit.ly/yCNiU
Health co-ops' viability receives mixed reviews http://bit.ly/149EYp
Baby Boomers Face Down Aging: 10 Most Common Medical Challenges http://bit.ly/XPohI
Baby Boomers Face Down Aging: 10 Most Common Medical Challenges http://bit.ly/XPohI
Healthcare in Australia: UT Med School's Dr. Ian Butler’s CNN interview http://bit.ly/53OGt

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Dr. Jerry Wolinsky & Clay Walker share the screen in Times Square in New York recently for Band Against MS http://bit.ly/l6LTy
UT Med School’s Geriatric & Palliative Medicine Program is offering a free 1.5-day workshop on geriatric issues http://bit.ly/11j3T
UT Med School opens new nursing mother’s room http://bit.ly/15LgTw
The National Postdoctoral Association celebrate with “first day” http://bit.ly/nt2Ib
Scoop: 26 students make UT Med School's pre-entry program a success http://bit.ly/18Gb21
HealthLeader: Does your voice pass the teacher test? http://bit.ly/15q5cU
Patients are reminded of Aspirin’s risks - like of gastrointestinal bleeding, and risk for hemorrhagic strokes http://bit.ly/2l4G8
The World Health Organization has reclassified tanning beds from “probably carcinogenic” to simply “carcinogenic,” http://bit.ly/4DRV4m
One striking thing about Sen. Arlen Specter’s town-hall meeting Tues was the age of the people in the crowd. http://bit.ly/6uiko
India is struggling to cope with spread of swine flu, with at least 17 deaths confirmed, nearly 1,200 diagnosed cases. http://bit.ly/C9pnR
Lawmakers ran into fresh anger and skepticism on Wednesday http://bit.ly/xEhZw
Thousands line up for promise of free health care in South Los Angeles http://bit.ly/13ByaR
President Barrack Obama is taking an active role in talks on health care plan http://bit.ly/Ttc1p
Study led by Kathryn Schmitz at the University of Pennsylvania: Weightlifting helps breast cancer survivors http://bit.ly/Ol7m2
RT @commitforlife: Remember, donate this month, get a coupon for a free pint of Blue Bell !
RT @TexasSouthern: TSU Receives National Endowment for the Arts Big Read Grant...http://ping.fm/ldi3Q
Editorial: Big Pharma, White House unlikely Partners http://bit.ly/E0h5w
Get to know the health-care protesters http://bit.ly/Dpu6P
Lively debate at health care forum with Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee http://bit.ly/VrYUr
RT @lesliepfeiffer: super fun white coat ceremony!
Did you attend the UT Med School’s White Coat Ceremony last night at Rice University?

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

800,000 more workers needed in Africa to meet health goals by 2015 http://bit.ly/wOA9B
White House starts new web site to fight questionable but potentially damaging charges about healthcare overhaul http://bit.ly/kVrFX
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report says more Americans on the road to obesity http://bit.ly/i78fl
Study by University of North Carolina says breast-feeding linked to lower cancer risk http://bit.ly/qfLK7
Web-based programs to treat insomnia are proliferating http://bit.ly/3cT0fp
United States officials seeking lessons in Swine Flu fight from southern hemisphere http://bit.ly/djSiw
Texas Southern University crosses debt off its to-do list with help of Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee http://bit.ly/1ju0m
Flu planners fear ERs flooded with the not-so-sick http://bit.ly/4Fly22
Baylor College of Medicine gets ready for swine flu test http://bit.ly/tohxt
RT @msnbc_health: 8 U.S. cities line up for swine flu vaccine test http://bit.ly/18sGd5
RT @UTHAdmissions: Carlos Gonzalez works in Office of Communications for the Med School. He helps us w/ our Web & Twitter accounts. #utms1
Dr. Marc Rhoads’ UT Med School colic study is on more than 80 news sites, here is just one: http://bit.ly/4mWj8D
Dr. Marc Rhoads’ UT Med School colic study is on more than 80 news sites, here is just one: http://bit.ly/4mWj8D
New Rules for Dealing with Swine Flu at School with UT Houston's Dr. Robert “Safety Bob” Emery http://bit.ly/JfSbN

Monday, August 10, 2009

Heathleader: Singin' the First-Day-of-School Blues http://bit.ly/ZWBQt
Coffee can wait. Day’s first stop is online. http://bit.ly/yEKFR
Drug industry to run ads favoring White House health care overhaul plan http://bit.ly/6KxLg
And you thought a prescription was private http://bit.ly/tUaqL
Tumultuous environment makes a health care compromise more unlikely http://bit.ly/qZmRH
Consumer protections lost in health care debate http://bit.ly/LROxe
Rice University named by the Princeton Review as the No. 1-ranked school in the country for quality of life http://bit.ly/fuXZj
Senior citizens are emerging as a formidable obstacle to President Barack Obama's ambitious health care reform plans http://bit.ly/HOl5l
Start off college with lesson on frugality http://bit.ly/3TTyV4
It can be hard to sort out the truth as national uproar over health care continues http://bit.ly/p2QS3
KTRK Channel 13 story "How will health care reform affect TX? featured Ut Med School's Dr. Guy Clifton http://bit.ly/hct3a
Dr. Suzanne Lopez of UT Med School pediatrics has an interview with KHOU-TV Ch. 11 about multiple births http://bit.ly/vndOP
UT Med School's Dr. Marc Rhoads’ colic research is featured in U.S. News and World Report's HealthDay News http://bit.ly/9nhWm
RT @drrbradley: RT @RedCross. Red Cross survey shows nearly 40% of parents haven't gotten H1N1 info from kids school. Start asking for plans
RT @drrbradley: RT @AddToAny: Challenging popular myths about autism http://bit.ly/jPHDC

Friday, August 7, 2009

RT @brentking: Risk and risk-tolerance has a dramatic impact on the costs of healthcare read more at 98.6 http://tr.im/hkIh
Harris County Hospital District wants to buy Memorial Hermann SW Hospital http://tr.im/vSgm
Dr. Soham Roy of UT Med School & Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital hosts Web chat on kids care at noon on Wed., Aug. 26 http://tr.im/vSeW
UT Med School students lent a hand at St. Martin Episcopal Church’s sixth annual health fair at the Westland YMCA Aug. 1. http://tr.im/vSdR
Holocaust survivor Walter Kase to speak at HAM-TMC Library Aug. 18 http://tr.im/vScW
Scoop: UT Medical School goes Hollywood http://tr.im/vScl
Scoop: Winners of writing competition are premiere scientists, too http://tr.im/vSao
Scoop: LBJ cardiology adds new CT scanner http://tr.im/vS8L

Thursday, August 6, 2009

The American Psychological Association urges changes in therapy for gay clients http://tr.im/vKaq
Study casts doubt on back treatment that uses medical cement in the spinal bones for elderly http://tr.im/vK8v
Study casts doubt on back treatment that uses medical cement in the spinal bones for elderly http://tr.im/vK8v
Study casts doubt on back treatment that uses medical cement in the spinal bones for elderly http://tr.im/vK8v
At some schools, health classes no longer mandatory http://tr.im/vK7I

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Workouts may cut cholesterol in women, study lead by Keri L. Monda, a postdoc at University of North Carolina http://tr.im/vztz
Technique by Dr. Harvey J. Kliman measures placenta’s volume http://tr.im/vzrw
Asperger’s syndrome, on screen and in life http://tr.im/vzqL
Medical papers by ghostwriters for Wyeth, the pharmaceutical company, pushed therapy http://tr.im/vzpm
European scientists have discovered a new strain of the virus that causes AIDS http://tr.im/vzp2
For health insurers’ lobbyist Karen M. Ignagni, good will is tested http://tr.im/vzoe
Warning from Food and Drug Administration on arthritis drugs for young patients http://tr.im/vznI
USA Today says the number of Army medical centers & clinics able to provide appointments for care has hit a five-year low http://tr.im/vzmL
RT @MDAndersonNews: Just added myself to the http://wefollow.com twitter directory under: #hospital #oncology #houston
Thousands of South Texans are expected to receive free medical and dental services this week during Operation Lone Star http://tr.im/vzkJ
Dr. Gazala Siddiqui of the UT Med School on the effects, treatment and causes of overactive bladder on iparenting.com http://tr.im/vzj2

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

The UTMS Office of Communications (AKA the OOC) is offering a free aerial photo of the TMC: http://tr.im/vryg
Stephen Kurtin is making eyeglasses that let wearers change focus on the fly http://tr.im/vqWZ
Insomniacs tend to have a warmer core body http://tr.im/vqVU
Much has been made of the benefits of eating garlic http://tr.im/vqUV
The fog that follows chemotherapy has a new name: chemo brain http://tr.im/vqUm
The Opposite of sea legs: mal de débarquement http://tr.im/vqTP
Finally, the spleen gets some respect- essay by Ting Jia and Eric G. Pamer focuses on organ's importance http://tr.im/vqTi
Married people tend to be healthier than single people. But what happens when a marriage ends? http://tr.im/vqS0
Doctors in Cuba like Carlos Domínguez,start over in the U.S. http://tr.im/vqRA
Construction starts again on Medistar hospital http://tr.im/vqQG
Thousands of families carry the gene that causes sickle cell disease and don't know it http://tr.im/vqQa
Health care free, just pay for the vacation http://tr.im/vqPT
RT @childrenshealth: Some kids need more Vitamin D http://bit.ly/mibxS Tips from Dr. Tosi
Study finds depression strikes kids as young as 3 http://tr.im/vqPq

Monday, August 3, 2009

RT @UTHouston: Guy Clifton of the medical school is quoted in a Reuters wire story on healthcare reform:http://bit.ly/3x3I4y
RT @commitforlife: Did you know you can get free Blue Bell ice cream for giving blood in August? It's true! http://tr.im/vjxu
13-Year-Old Wins Science Competition with Help from Nanomedicine Experts http://tr.im/vlow
Dr. Richard Castriotta of the UT Med School talks about sleep in Woman’s Day magazine http://tr.im/vllQ