UT Southwestern Moncrief Cancer Center is first in Texas to treat patients with TomoTherapy
FORT WORTH Nov. 10, 2004 UT Southwestern Moncrief Cancer Center this week began treating patients with a TomoTherapy system utilizing image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT). Moncrief is the first cancer center in Texas to offer radiation treatment delivered by the TomoTherapy Hi-Art System. ..."TomoTherapy is a revolutionary improvement in radiation oncology, providing additional reassurance fo...GSA bestows Robert W. Kleemeier Award to University of Texas Health Science Center's Smith
he Gerontological Society of America has chosen Dr. James R. Smith of the University of Texas Health Science Center as the 2004 recipient of the Robert W. Kleemeier Award. This distinction is given annually to a GSA member in recognition for outstanding research in the field of gerontology.... ...The award presentation will take place at GSA's 57th Annual Scientific Meeting, which will be held fr...Texas Children's Hospital specialists say proactive approach best defense against flu season
Also available: ... FACT SHEET: Texas Children's Hospital specialists saw severe flu season in 2003, expect same in 2004... ... ... ...HOUSTON As Texas Children's Hospital braces for the upcoming flu season, parents are urged to schedule immunizations for at-...Texas Children's Hospital jumps up in list of 'America's Best'
HOUSTON Texas Children's Hospital, the nation's largest pediatric hospital, rose to the No. 4...spot in the ranking of the top 10 pediatric hospitals in the nation, according to the U.S.News & World Report "America's Best Hospitals" list released today. The hospital also was ranked the best pediatric hospital in the South and Southwest by the magazine. ...In addition, Texas Children's reputatio...NIH awards Baylor, Texas Children's No. 1 spot in pediatric-research funding
HOUSTON For two consecutive years, the pediatric-research collaboration between Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital in Houston has taken the No. 1 spot in grant funding from the National Institutes of Health. ...... The NIH, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has granted Baylor College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics faculty members working...Texas Children's Hospital implants first MicroMed/DeBakey child ventricular assist device
HOUSTON A six-year-old Texas Children's Hospital patient is the first pediatric patient in the world to receive a MicroMed/DeBakey child ventricular assist device (VAD), recently approved by the FDA for use in children. The new, scaled-down heart pump improves blood flow for patients awaiting heart transplants....... "The new procedure is a medical breakthrough in pediatric cardiac care," said...Texas nonprofit corporation launches vaccine information service
Galveston, TX.--Immunization for Public Health (I4PH), a new Texas-based nonprofit corporation, has been created to provide information about vaccines to those who need it. ... . Recently, I4PH redesigned NNii's Web site and incorporated new content for parents, health professionals and the...Texas A&M scientists clone world's first deer
COLLEGE STATION -- In what is believed to be the first success of its kind, researchers at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M University have cloned a white-tailed deer. A fawn, named "Dewey," after Duane Kraemer, one of the researchers, was born to a surrogate mother several months ago. ...The fawn is believed to be the first successfully cloned deer and Texas A&M is the first ac...Outbreak of foodborne botulism traced from food sold at Texas salvage store
Although salvage stores offer discounted prices on household goods, salvage food shoppers may be getting more than they bargained for in the long run. An article published in the December 1 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, now available online, reports that an outbreak of foodborne botulism in Texas in 2001, involving 16 cases, was traced back to storing conditions at a salvage store. ... ....Texas A&M, ECOR sign deal to produce health-related proteins
WESLACO -- Texas A&M University System officials have signed a license agreement with proCANE LLC, a subsidiary of ECOR Corporation of Sedona, Ariz., to produce pharmaceutical-grade proteins in sugarcane plants. ...... Called recombinant proteins, they are used extensively in the pharmaceutical, food and paper-processing industries. But until now, the vast majority of these proteins were derived....DALLAS -- September 28, 1998 -- When Richard Segars was growing up, kids would.call him "Coke Bottle" -- a cruel reference to the thickness of his eyeglasses..As a teen-ager, he tried contact lenses, but an allergic reaction made them.impossible to wear. Although Segars, now a 37-year-old sheriff's deputy,.accepted the fact that glasses might always be a part of his permanent uniform,.he never...DALLAS -- September 23, 1998 -- Darren Pollock, a third-year surgery resident,.frowns with concentration as he tries to keep his eyes on the video screen.and off his hands while suturing a foam sponge; finally, all of those.youthful hours spent clutching the Nintendo joystick are paying off.. .UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas is making a revolutionary change in.its surgery-education techn...