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Houstonist hasn't written much lately about the First Tuesdays at Methodist series, but it's an idea we love: skip rush hour by listening to a concert of classical music.

The Houston Medical Center is one of the largest employers in the city and attracts thousands of visitors daily. Either by car or light rail, getting around the medical center during rush hour is enough to send anyone's blood pressure through the roof. Ever concerned for our health and well being, the good doctors and medical professionals at Methodist have come up with a way to lessen the rush hour stress. Methodist Hospital's Center for Performing Arts Medicine program is hosting a series of "rush hour concerts," from 5:15 to 5:45 p.m. in the Crain Garden Lobby of The Methodist Hospital. This Wednesday, April 1, the Doctors Orchestra of Houston will join Russian pianist Zoya Shuhatovich and conductor Libi Lebel to perform Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto. Future concerts will feature traditional Indian music, solo guitar performances, and a concert chorale. Details for upcoming concerts can be found here.

Texans DT Cedric Killings, who was almost paralyzed during Sunday's game against the Colts, arrived at the Texans practice facility yesterday, not to work out with his teammates, but to show them something none of them had expected: he was walking. A full recovery from the fractured vertebrae he suffered while attempting a tackle is expected, and he wanted the team to join in his celebration. Surgeons at Methodist Hospital stabilized Killings soon after the...

A couple of University of Houston stories for your Friday, so listen up Coogs. First, back on August 13th, Cougar offensive lineman Jarrod Butler collapsed while lifting weights in an on-campus weight room. It was later determined that he had suffered a heart attack as a result of an electrical abnormality in his heart. After spending the past two weeks under observation and treatment at The Methodist Hospital, Butler is being released today to return...

Good morning, Houston. If you happened to be in the Medical Center yesterday afternoon, we're pretty sure you noticed the natural gas leak. Even if you didn't see it, chances are you got caught in the massive traffic snarls it created after Main Street was closed between University and Sunset. Officials with The Methodist Hospital said a construction crew accidentally broke the gas line around noon, and it took most of the day to...

You may remember that we talked last fall about the Texas Medical Center testing its buildings for the effects of stray current from the MetroRail line — electricity leaks that Metro says are inconsequential, but that observers worry could be weakening the foundations of nearby buildings, bridges, roads and other structures. Well, the preliminary results of those tests are back, and they show worrisome levels of current at three sites. Does that mean buildings are going to start crumbling? Well, no — not yet, anyway.

A little news in the story of the Baytown woman who was killed late Saturday while her car was being towed from the RV park where she lived: First of all, according to the Chronicle, her name was Cathy Deemer Soileau, not Cathy Regina Deemer as was originally reported. The Harris County Medical Examiner's office figured out her true name using DPS fingerprint records; according to medical examiner's office spokeswoman Jennifer Coston, Deemer was listed...

Police are still investigating a fatal shooting aboard a Metro bus yesterday that was apparently triggered by a passenger bumping into another passenger. It happened around 11:45 a.m. on the No. 82 bus as it was inbound on Westheimer near Royal Oaks Club Drive: "The suspect was on the bus making his way through the center aisle when he brushed up against the victim," HPD Capt. Dwayne Ready told KPRC. The two exchanged words, and...

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.

We talked the other day about MetroRail's ongoing problem with electricity leaking into the ground and claims that the stray current could be undermining the foundations of highways that cross the rail line. And now there's something else: According to KHOU, the Texas Medical Center is testing the foundations of several hospitals to make sure they haven't been affected. Stephen Swinson, president of Thermal Energy Corp., said tests of the foundations of a dozen buildings,...

If you can remember the beginning of this week — we say that because we're having a little trouble ourselves — you'll recall the implosion of Methodist Hospital's West Pavilion. Because Houstonist is such a fan of building implosions (and explosives in general), we were happy to see a variety of videos of the Methodist implosion show up online. But we have to say that this one, from YouTube user foxfaction, is our favorite. It has everything you'd want in an implosion video: realtime and half-speed shots of the act itself, footage of people running (which we haven't quite figured out), a shot of cleanup crews sweeping dust off the MetroRail tracks and a beat we can dance to. Now if you'll excuse us, we're going to go watch it again. And shake our moneymaker a little.

Our favorite, Cherry Demolition, blew up (err, down) the old at around 7:30 Sunday morning, while locals Watkins Hamilton Ross are the architects of the new Outpatient Center. Construction is expected to commence by the end of this year, and it is slated for grand opening in 2009, with a tab of about $275 million.

So if you're paranoid, here's something else you might want to worry about: Your car's heated seats could kill you. Yes, KHOU found a guy who suffered serious burns from his car's heated seats, which reached a scorching 165 degrees. Not to make light of his case, but is it sweeps week or what?