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Houston gospel singer transitions from heart failure to heart pump to heart transplant
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There are complementary victories in medical challenges and health innovation
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People | By Britni R. McAshanSarah Jessica Parker hosts Houston warehouse shoe sale to benefit MD Anderson
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Health Policy | By Alexandra BeckerMaternal ICU opens at Texas Children’s Hospital
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People | By Britni R. McAshanLifeGift celebrates Donate Life Month with transplant recipient testimonies
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Harris Health's Stroke of Hope Support Group is free and open to all stroke survivors, caregivers and families of stroke patients. Support group meets first Wednesday of each month. https://t.co/sDOqlBkBWR https://t.co/YUorfPKRBp
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Events
- APRIL 24, 2019
Clinical Supervision Certification Series
- APRIL 24, 2019
Ju-Seog Lee, PhD-Genomic Subtypes of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Associated with Clinical Outcomes
- APRIL 24, 2019
Innovation Engine: How MD Anderson’s unrelenting mission to cure cancer creates a virtuous cycle of investment and growth
- APRIL 25, 2019
Prairie View A&M University College of Nursing Open House
- APRIL 25, 2019
Prairie View A&M University College of Nursing “Open House”
- APRIL 25, 2019
Baylor College of Medicine 6th Annual Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference
- APRIL 25, 2019
Guy Stout Wine Dinner
Spotlights
Houston Zoo CEO Lee Ehmke explains how to create “sensitive and imaginative” habitats
- Lisa M. Hollier, M.D.: Spotlight on maternal mortality
- Cardiothoracic surgeon Todd Rosengart, M.D., discusses his career as a medical problem-solver
- Health economist Vivian Ho, Ph.D., on her career and her vision for the perfect health care system
- Echocardiography Pioneer William Zoghbi, M.D.
- Geriatrician Carmel Bitondo Dyer, M.D.
Vitals
FDA approves Spravato, a fast-acting antidepressant nasal spray
- Does a new Alzheimer’s study hold the secret to early diagnosis?
- Ask the Experts: Predictions for 2019
- Zibrio CEO and neuroscientist Katharine Forth aims to improve patient balance with technology
- Odds of dying: For the first time, opioid overdoses exceed car crashes
- UTHealth School of Biomedical Informatics Dean Jiajie Zhang, Ph.D., talks about the future
Curated
Purple Songs Can Fly helps pediatric cancer patients express personal melodies
- The MFAH brings van Gogh paintings to Houston for a once-in-a-lifetime exhibit
- Citizen scientist and artist explores the cultural significance of the heartbeat
- Houston Methodist’s mosaic of medicine
- Inaugural exhibit at the Menil Drawing Institute explores what it means to be human
- Smiles are Contagious: Portraits of Cleft Lip and Palate Patients
Innovation
Physician-engineers poised to transform health care
- Houston Methodist CIO Roberta Schwartz talks about the hospital system’s new Center for Innovation and surviving breast cancer
- Prosthetic with active ankle joint mimics movement of a real foot
- Texas Medical Center taps Thomas Luby, Ph.D., to lead TMC Innovation Institute
- “Breakthrough” documentary about Nobel laureate Jim Allison, Ph.D., debuts at SXSW
- Astronauts could bring their kids to Mars through virtual reality
