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Media Spotlight
During October 2005, 88 media placements about The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston reached a potential audience of nearly 22 million people. The following is a sample of those media placements.
A Houston Endowment grant will put the CATCH program in HISD schools, and Dr. Steve Kelder talks about the benefits to kids, Houston Chronicle, Oct. 2.
Dr. Richard Yee’s new presbyopia study at Hermann Eye Center is seeking 30 adults ages 50-60 as volunteer patients, Houston Chronicle “Health/Medicine” Page, Oct. 6.
In his UT research lab at Texas Heart Institute, Dr. Mohammad Madjid talks about the reasoning behind testing cardio-protective drugs for use against avian flu and others, “Live at Five,” “Eyewitness News at 6 PM,” and “Saturday Eyewitness News at 6 AM,” KTRK-TV, Oct. 7-8.
In a “Health Check Answers” segment, Dr. Samer Fakhri says that Benadryl and Claritin are best at relieving symptoms of ragweed allergies, KTRK-TV, Oct. 12.
Dr. Steve Kelder is a guest expert on strategies for healthy weight loss during the one-hour special, “Obese at 16: A Life in the Balance,” which aired nationwide on the Discovery Health Channel, Oct. 26, 29 and 31.
Dr. Erik B.Wilson explains how the high-tech Da Vinci Robot bypasses some bariatric surgery complications, “11 News at Five,” Oct. 26, and “11 News at Noon,” KHOU-TV, Oct. 27.
In the UT Health Services clinic, nurse practitioner Julie Lindenberg talks about use and misuse of Tamiflu during a vaccine shortage, KPRC-TV, Oct. 28.
Chronobiologist Dr. Michael Smolensky advises, for a performance edge, do an afternoon or early evening workout, Fitness Magazine, October 2005.
UT Medical School’s Dr. Jerry Wolinsky says multiple sclerosis may be caused by “combination of a genetic predisposition and a secondary factor, such as a virus” Ladies’ Home Journal, November 2005.