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A new study coming out of the Baylor College of Medicine suggests that the Texas Public School Nutrition Policy has led to real improvements in the way that the state’s middle school students eat.
Good morning, Houston. We're sure you're as excited as we are to get right into this year's news, so without further ado ...
Well, this is unpleasant: A Nacogdoches man remains in critical condition after being infected with a flesh-eating bacteria during a swim off the Galveston County coast. The man, 58-year-old Steve Gilpatrick, is diabetic and had an ulcer on his leg when he went swimming during a fishing trip at Crystal Beach on July 8. Three days later, his leg became infected and he began running a high fever; it turns out he had been infected by Vibrio vulnificus, a bacteria that can cause vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain in healthy people and far more severe problems — septic shock and blistering skin — in people with health problems. According to the CDC, people whose bloodstreams are infected by Vibrio vulnificus, like Gilpatrick, have a 50 percent mortality rate from the infection.
Good morning, Houston. The Internet has become such a part of our lives that it's hard sometimes to step back and see just how pervasive it really is — but the folks at Domain Name Wire came up with an interesting way to do that: They counted the number of URLs advertised along Highway 71 and I-10 between Austin and Houston. The grand total? More than 68, including the whopper qualityconcreteandswimmingpools.com (which doesn't seem...
The Chronicle reports today that the University of Houston is taking the first steps toward starting a medical school, a move that would help address physician shortages in Texas and across the country — but could be an uphill struggle politically.
The Internet has changed everything: Now, your friends and family can receive e-mails from you even after you die. We can't decide whether that's really interesting or really disturbing — or, you know, both. The service is provided by David Eagleman, an assistant professor of neuroscience and psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine. It's called Deathswitch, and the Chronicle tells us all about it today. Here's the skinny: While you're alive, you subscribe to Deathswitch...
There was some short-lived hope for the survival of the warehouse back in 2004, when Ameriton, Inc. was considering implementing the building in its apartment plans. Unfortunately, that fell through, like many of the hopeful restoration projects in Houston.
If we made a list of movies that lend themselves to psychoanalyis, Stanley Kubrick's Lolita would be on it. Fortunately, though, we don't have to make that list — the Museum of Fine Arts already has. And you can catch Lolita this evening as part of the MFAH's series "Close-ups: Psychoanalysts Look at Film." Lolita, of course, is the screen adaptation of Nabokov's story of a middle-aged professor's lust for a teen "nymphet," starring...
Houstonist doesn’t want you to miss your chance to tour Houston’s third Pink Ribbon House, a show house benefiting breast cancer research at Baylor College of Medicine. It is a part of “Build for a Cure 2006”. The house, located at 410 Pine Shadows in the Tanglewood area, is opening for tours tomorrow, and will be open Wednesday through Sunday until May 28. The $15 tickets can be purchased at the door.
Local health officials are keeping an eye on the outbreak of mumps that's hit six Midwestern states. It began in Iowa and spread to Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota and Oklahoma, affecting more than 1,150 people — and the CDC says it expects the mumps to spread.
on eBay: The online auction site has pulled an ad that originated in Houston offering the friendship of a 16-year-old girl. It seems one of the teen's parents placed the ad, which included a detailed description of the girl and the chance to be friends with her on MySpace — uh, is that really such a big deal? You can be freakin' Coldplay's friend on MySpace, and you don't have to pay a cent.
Forbes has released its 2006 list of the world's richest people, and alas, Houstonist didn't make it. Again. But one more Houstonian did, bringing the total number of locals on the list to seven. The newest local addition is Tracy Krohn, founder and president of W&T Offshore, who is worth $1.5 billion. That means he could spent about $40,000 a day for the next 100 years — and with $40 million left over, he still...
We were happy to hear yesterday that $100 million was being donated to the Baylor College of Medicine – a new record for the Texas Medical Center. The gift will be used on research and recruiting cancer specialists.
State education officials and parents want middle schoolers to continue taking arts classes — but it looks like the kids may be too fat to do so. Under a new state law, middle school students are required to have a certain amount of PE, but that's left the State Board of Education wondering how to balance that requirement with already struggling art and music classes.