Houston Matters
Should Texas Have Stricter Blood Alcohol Laws?
Posted on · We discuss the pros and cons of imposing more stringent standards on impaired driving.
Tag: medicine
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1644: Hufeland on Infants
Posted on · Episode: 1644 An 18th-century doctor helps great-grandmother raise grandpa. Today, we raise a nineteenth-century child.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1628: The First Red Cross Ambulance
Posted on · Episode: 1628 The first red cross ambulance. Today, we care for wounded soldiers.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1627: The Medical Genius
Posted on · Episode: 1627 A shocking look at medications in 1892 shows us how far we’ve come. Today, we measure how far we’ve come.
Houston Matters
What Frankenstein Can Teach Us About Medical Ethics Today
Posted on · An upcoming discussion examines parallels between Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and issues in health care today.
In-Depth
Non-Toxic Time Travel: Why The Texas Renaissance Festival Is Safer Than The Real Thing
Posted on · Few would confuse the mock Renaissance village with a genuine slice of sixteenth century Europe. There’s running water, the food is safe, and there’s no danger of the plague.
Houston Matters
Biography Remembers Houston’s Beloved Cowboy Doctor, Red Duke
Posted on · Bryant Boutwell discusses his book, “I’m Dr. Red Duke.”
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1576: Christopher Wren, Physician
Posted on · Episode: 1576 Christopher Wren: a great architect first learns medicine. Today, an unexpected student of medicine.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1562: Guido da Vigevano
Posted on · Episode: 1562 Guido da Vigevano uses war as an excuse to invent. Today, a medieval inventor goes to war — almost.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3178: Samuel Kier
Posted on · Episode: 3178 Samuel Kier and Oil Refining. Today, distilling black gold.
Houston Matters
What Happens When Humans Start Reading — and Altering — Their Own User Manual?
Posted on · Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee discusses his book, The Gene: An Intimate History.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1527: Polio and Clean Water
Posted on · Episode: 1527 How Clean Water triggered the Great Polio Epidemics. Today, we wonder where polio came from.
News
Lawmakers To Address Neglect Of Medically Vulnerable Texans Following Dallas Morning News Report
Posted on · Following the newspaper's investigation into failings and cutbacks in the state's managed care program, three Texas House committees will meet this month to discuss ways to improve the program.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1522: Fifty Years in the Future
Posted on · Episode: 1522 A 1950 prediction of technology in the year 2000. Today, we go fifty years into the future.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1516: Saving the Lore
Posted on · Episode: 1516 In which we must save the lore as well as the plants. Today, we have to save more than the endangered plants.