Posted on · The FDA has approved expanding HPV vaccination to older adults, but a pair of Houston doctors explains the social factors that often prevent people from getting it.
Posted on · On Monday's Houston Matters: We learn about the arrest of a Border Patrol agent in connection with four murders. We learn about changes to social studies curriculum in Texas schools. We examine a recent study about liver cancer. Local veterinarian Dr. Lori Teller answers your questions. And Jeff Balke updates us on Houston sports.
Posted on · Researchers have noticed neighborhood design, even down to the sidewalks and billboards can affect rates of everything from cancer to diabetes
Posted on · The Houston Chronicle found that more than 90 percent of these claims are initially denied, despite a law designed to prevent that.
Posted on · For centuries, a TB diagnosis was often a death sentence, but since the 1940s doctors used antibiotics to treat the infection.
Posted on · Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee discusses his book, The Gene: An Intimate History.
Posted on · About half of oncologists recommend medical marijuana to patients, though most feel ignorant of its proper medical use
Posted on · Four congressional Democrats objected to the pamphlet this week, saying it includes "blatant lies about the safety of abortion"
Posted on · It's a simple formula that's attracted millions of fans — and Southern Methodist University professors
Posted on · Toxic stress in childhood can lead to a lifetime of health problems and, ultimately, a shorter life. Here's what schools can do to help
Posted on · CAVU Biotherapies researches personalized cancer treatments for dogs and other pets
Posted on · Doctors are telling families to refill prescriptions now. Other physicians are giving away drugs to make sure patients have enough if the Children's Health Insurance Program goes unfunded
Posted on · Abu Qader came to the U.S. from Afghanistan when he was a baby. He wants to use his technology know-how to help the women of his birthplace
Posted on · A blood test five years after breast cancer treatment helped identify some women who were more likely to relapse, long before a lump or other signs appeared, a preliminary study found.
Posted on · After decades of hope and disappointment, doctors have now been able to treat several different types of genetic conditions by giving each patient a healthy version of their defective gene