Media Spotlight

During August 2006, 106 media placements about The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston reached a potential audience of nearly 30.7 million people. The following is a sample of those media placements.

In wake of the Landis doping scandal, Dr. Carlos Hamilton talks about drug testing in sports and use of testosterone cream, KPRCTV’s “Local 2 News at Five,” Aug. 8.

As the UT Regents okay more than $220 million for three construction projects, UT Health Science Center President James T. Willerson says: “In the coming years, we will be ranked among the best in the country – it’s time,” Houston Chronicle’s front page, Aug. 11, and KUHF-FM Radio.

Volunteers are needed for three studies of new addiction treatments at the Mental Sciences Institute, Houston Chronicle “Health/ Medicine” Page.

Because of her “partner” from International Hearing Dogs, Willie Moore can stay productively on the job at the UT Medical School – despite complete hearing loss 19 years ago, KHOU-TV’s “11 News at Five,” Aug. 17.

Dr. Stephen K. Tyring says that, although cleanliness is a good preventive, if you bathe obsessively, “you clear a path for more aggressive bacteria like M.R.S.A. to take hold,” New York Times, Aug. 22.

Dr. Run Wang and a patient tell how a new penile-implant device is helping prostate cancer survivors overcome impotency, KTRKTV’s “Live at Five,” Aug. 18, and “Eyewitness News Sunday At 8 AM,” Aug. 20.

As new treatments show promise fighting the crippling skin disease, Dr. Maureen Mayes says researchers at the Clinical Research Center are looking for more scleroderma patients to participate in clinical trial, KHOU-TV’s “11 News at Five,” Aug. 22, and “11 News at Noon,” Aug. 23.

On Hurricane Katrina’s anniversary, Drs. Mike McKinney and Carlos Moreno, along with nurse practitioner Elda Ramirez, recall the “life changing” experiences staffing the George R. Brown Convention Center medical clinic for evacuees, KTRK-TV’s “Eyewitness News At 6 PM,” Aug. 28, and “Eyewitness News Sunday At 8 AM,” Sept. 3.

As the Houston area records its first fatality from the disease this year, UT School of Nursing’s Dr. Stephanie Estala describes West Nile Virus symptoms and treatments, KTRK-TV’s “Live At Five” and “Eyewitness News At 6 PM,” Aug. 30.

For a report on catastrophic medical bills as a major cause of personal bankruptcy, UT School of Public Health expert Dr. Pauline Rosenau says U.S. health insurance will pay for minor health problems but not major ones, KHOU-TV’s “11 News At Ten,” Aug. 31.