Monday, August 31, 2009
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
Friday, August 28, 2009
Senator Edward M. Kennedy embodied the frustrations of the nation’s 40-year war on cancer. http://bit.ly/tRfZW
President Barack Obama says a bill in Congress would help him send millions more Americans to college. http://bit.ly/vexDA
$1.2 Million Grant For Groundbreaking Approach To Brain Research Received By UT Med School's Dr. Valentin Dragoi http://bit.ly/ngRft
Thursday, August 27, 2009
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
Study published in in The New England Journal of Medicine finds radiation risk for patients http://bit.ly/1afi5k
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
The Boys Scouts are teaming up with the United Nation Foundation's Nothing but Nets campaign to fight against malaria. http://bit.ly/2PAWb6
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
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 @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: 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 @houstonhospital: Tweet us your questions on pediatric ear, nose and throat related issues, #askdocs. http://bit.ly/T8ew8
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
Bioethicist Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel becomes a lightning rod for criticism in health care debate http://bit.ly/rl7ag
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
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
The updated UT Medical School’s general brochure, the Fact Book, is hot off the press. http://bit.ly/2ZOMj
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
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
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
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
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
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
Editorial: Will there be a public option feature in our health care future or not? http://bit.ly/ALhef
RT @childrenshealth: From @USNews: Magazines Show Babies in Unsafe Sleeping Positions http://bit.ly/f9IJn
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
Study by Dr. Kevin C. Oeffinger at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center says early cancers increase Diabetes risk http://bit.ly/M4VEF
Dana Jennings reporter at The NY Times says the deeper into the labyrinths of medicine, the quieter the waiting rooms http://bit.ly/3honhw
What really Killed Mozart? Dr. Richard H. C. Zegers writing in the The Annals of Internal Medicine says maybe Strep http://bit.ly/tbykG
The New England Journal of Medicine reported on a study that says weight lifting may help to avert lymph problem http://bit.ly/R0VJE
Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel has been lightning rod as administration makes push on medicine http://bit.ly/yCNiU
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
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
Study led by Kathryn Schmitz at the University of Pennsylvania: Weightlifting helps breast cancer survivors http://bit.ly/Ol7m2
RT @TexasSouthern: TSU Receives National Endowment for the Arts Big Read Grant...http://ping.fm/ldi3Q
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Thursday, August 6, 2009
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
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
Medical papers by ghostwriters for Wyeth, the pharmaceutical company, pushed therapy http://tr.im/vzpm
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
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
Thousands of families carry the gene that causes sickle cell disease and don't know it http://tr.im/vqQa
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
Dr. Richard Castriotta of the UT Med School talks about sleep in Woman’s Day magazine http://tr.im/vllQ
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