Media Spotlight

During May 2004, 164 media placements about The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston reached a potential audience of more than 37 million people. The following is a sample of those media placements.

Dr. Jenny Lai tells KPRC-TV “HealthBeat” how the Botox-Dynasplint treatment helps spastic paralysis patients at the Memorial Hermann Sports Rehabilitation and Therapy Clinic, May 3.

On KHOU-TV, Dr. Andrei Alexandrov talks about how the strokes suffered by singer Luther Vandross and former Astros pitcher J.R. Richard point out the very high rate of stroke in African-Americans, May 6, and he describes how ultrasound treatment added to tPA improves the effectiveness of the drug for stroke victims, May 26.

The Dental Branch’s Dr. Robert Lee and his wife are parents of quadruplets, births attributed to the fertility drug Chlomid, KTRK-TV, May 7.

Dr. Ron Peters, one of the first doctors to study the new street drug craze, talks about “The Drank,” or “Purple stuff,” KPRC-TV, May 7.

The gift of $25 million by an anonymous donor to the New Frontiers Campaign underscores how researchers are finding ways to finance work on stem cell therapies without use of federal dollars, Time Magazine, May 17.

Dr. Erik Wilson discusses bariatric surgery revisions with patient Mary Jo Clements, KPRC-TV, May 24.

A new outpatient procedure can treat incontinence caused by childbirth, urologist Dr. John Hairston explains, KTRK-TV, May 25.

Urologist Dr. Lenaine Westney says many women suffering from stress incontinence can have the problem corrected through use of a new surgical tape, KPRC-TV “HealthBeat,” May 26.

The Houston Chronicle’s “Health” Page takes note of Dr. Carlos Hamilton’s election as president of the AACE endocrinology group, May 27.

A Front Page story in the Houston Chronicle describes a major new study by Dr. Deanna Hoelscher, which found far more obesity among Texas children than the U.S. average, May 28.

A Front Page story in the Houston Chronicle tells how graduating medical student Amie Osborn and her surgeon, Dr. John Teichgraeber, worked for improvement in her condition from Treacher Collins Syndrome, so that she not only survived – but also succeeded, May 31.

Dr. Randolph W. Evans says most post-intercourse headaches are harmless, but share the common signals of an aneurysm, June issue of Redbook Magazine.

If you are stressed out, says Dr. Gailen Marshall, something that usually doesn’t bother you can be an aggravating allergen, June issue of Marie Claire Magazine.