M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Dr. Richard Patt, Healer and Mainstay of Houston Blues Scene, Passes Away at 58

Dr. Richard Patt, a former anaesthesiologist and longtime member of the Houston blues community, passed away early Sunday morning, according to a post by Houston Blues Society president Gail Singer on the HBS Facebook group. Rewind: Dr. Rick, Physician Turned Patient, Learns to Enjoy Every Sandwic ... More >>

The Draft Brings Philanthropy, Craft Beer and Fine Food to The East End

Houston Beer Week buzz has been kind of a slow burn this year. With no balls-to-the-wall epic beer dinners like last year's Petrol Station vs. Hay Merchant battle planned for this year, one big event -- The Draft -- is promising to be Beer Week's heavy hitter. The Draft is this year's revamped and ... More >>

Dr. Khaled Jabboury: Incredible Story of a Proven Cancer Doctor Getting Steamrolled by the Insurance Giants

It's a Thursday afternoon and Dr. Khaled Jabboury greets a patient in the waiting room of his office at the West Houston Medical Center. The woman, though it's not immediately noticeable, is facing the toughest challenge of her life. As Dr. Jabboury has proven, she has come to the right place. For ... More >>

Orange Show Eyeopener Tour: Art and Science

Eat Spaghetti, Help Houston Gay Leader Tim Brookover Fight Cancer

Tim Brookover: Eat some spaghetti and help​Tim Brookover has been the editor of OutSmart magazine, a key staffer for city councilmember Sue Lovell, and is currently president of the Houston GLBT Community Center. He's also fighting cancer at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, and racking up some di ... More >>

And Boom Goes the Prudential Building (Implosion VIDEO)

It lasted almost 50 years, but that's too damn long for a Houston building. The Prudential Buidling, which a while back was imaginatively renamed the Houston Main Building, returned to dust Sunday through a planned implosion. It had been falling apart -- sinking one side at a time -- the M.D. Ande ... More >>

Iron Men: Five Rock 'n' Roll Cancer Survivors

Sad news emerged today that heavy metal godfather Tony Iommi has been diagnosed with the early stages of lymphoma. It was a big shock for Black Sabbath fans, as the group's original lineup have a new album and a world tour planned for 2012. Though already counted among rock and roll's ultimate sur ... More >>

Surprise Beyonce Appearance Sends UH Into "Pandemonium"

The University of Houston went into pandemonium this afternoon when a pregnant Beyoncé showed up to surprise her mother Tina Knowles during the latter's interview for the Living Archives of the school women's studies collection. Even U of H's administration had no idea Beyonce was going to show up ... More >>

An Offender List Offends

Kata Robata Chefs Take Inaugural Kiss My Grits Throwdown Title

Jason BargasLeft, Kata Robata. Right, Ouisie's.​Grits have been an integral part of my life since I could gum food. Naturally, I was eager to get my gums (and teef) on the grits concoctions at Thursday evening's Kiss My Grits Gulf Coast Throwdown. Young Texans Against Cancer cobbled together H ... More >>

Imran Mynuddin: He's Not Stalking His Former Psychiatrist, He's Just Trying to Help

Paris Hilton: Another overriding interest of this dude​It's only April, but thanks to KHOU, we became aware of a top contender for the Alleged Creep of the Year Award: Imran Mynuddin has been charged in Harris County on suspicion of stalking his former psychiatrist, who's now on the faculty of ... More >>

Is All Hospital Food Bad?

A meal from Vall Hebron Hospital in Barcelona, Spain: consomme, vol-au-vent of shellfish with prawns and a filet with mushrooms and potatoes.​That's the question posed by a Tumblr page called merely "Hospital Food," where patients are invited to submit photos of their hospital meals from acros ... More >>

Tyagaraja, Elephant Aid Cancer Patient's "Obstacle" Removal

Earlier this year, we covered a video by Deborah Thomas showing the music therapy program at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Thomas was kind enough to pass along her latest video; a simultaneously inspiring and heartbreaking work called "All Obstacles Removed." The subject of "Obstacles" is a 10-ye ... More >>

Project Grimm, Clouded

M.D. Anderson Making Mice Babies WITHOUT MOTHERS. That's Gotta Be Gay, Right?

Who needs Mommy?​Researchers at M.D. Anderson have created mice from two fathers, the Wall Street Journal reports. That has to be the gayest thing we've heard since sing-along Project Runway. Which we actually haven't heard of, but we can dream, right? The scientists "first engineered a fema ... More >>

Trevisio Touts a Texas-Sized Happy Hour

Photo by bhamsandwichAll this and more can be yours...​A common complaint of Medical Center denizens -- whether they're in the area to work, to receive treatment or to visit someone in one of the maze-like hospitals -- is that there are very few decent places to eat and drink. (You thought we ... More >>

U.S. News & World Report Again Ranks Houston Hospitals Highly, But How Serious A Study Is It?

Rankings based only on "reputation"?​Anyone familiar with U.S. News & World Report's annual hospital rankings knows that Houston facilities are repeat performers. The magazine's just-out 2010 list of the top 50 ranks M.D. Anderson as number one for cancer care; the Texas Heart Institute came i ... More >>

Can Music Fight Cancer? MD Anderson's Celebration Singers Think So

Earlier this year, we lost God himself Ronnie James Dio to cancer. Dio had been valiantly fighting the disease at Houston's own MD Anderson Cancer Center. Approximately 1,500 people in America die every day of cancer, but MD Anderson continues to find new avenues to help heal those afflicted, incl ... More >>

Upcoming Events

​The 6th annual Empty Bowls Houston event is tomorrow, Saturday, May 22. Wondering what this creative charity event is all about? It's simple: For a $25 donation, you'll get a straightforward lunch of soup, bread and water, but you'll also get to select a one-of-a-kind, handmade bowl donated b ... More >>

Aftermath: The Black Eyed Peas Smell Like Entertainment At RodeoHouston

Photos by Dave Rosales​ 7:56 p.m.: After puttering back and forth for 30 minutes, we're finally on a service elevator to get up to the press box. The elevator attendant says she just saw Fergie. She says she was "short and skinny." That's slightly different than how we would've described her. We p ... More >>

Upcoming Events

Jenny Wang and a bag of miracle berries ​The Berry Fairy is back in town! After taking her popular Miracle Berry Parties on the road, Jenny Wang is back in Houston for another series of the popular "flavor tripping" events. The term "flavor tripping" refers to the manner in which your tasteb ... More >>

Cover Me

Kathern Cathey thought she had an insurance policy that would save her life. Not exactly.

Pot Battles Cancer On Yet Another Front

Marvin Zindler, One Year Later

“Picture This!”

Houston Center for Photography works with the Children’s Cancer Hospital at M.D. Anderson to produce an art exhibit that’s full of life

“The Kid Collection: Selected Images from John Cleary’s Personal Collection”

The Houston Center for Photography honors a friend with a look at some of his favorite photographs

Tax Break for the Rich II

No Highway in the Sky

MFAH hosts the Movies Houstonians Love series with guest speaker Dr. John Lienhard

Prine Time

A folk-country legend returns to the city that saved his life

Fit or Fat, Houston?

Westward Whoa!

Stem cell restrictions could send Texas Medical Center researchers fleeing to California

Ill Will

A parolee fights leukemia -- and the constraints of ankle monitors

Pa Rum Pum Pum Pum

Christmas is the weirdest time of the year. Who better to musically document the season than John Waters?

Live Through This

Where were you when Kennedy was shot? Nellie Connally was in the car with him

Do You Know the Way to Balmorhea?

Jesse Dayton and Lew Temple do. And now so does Hollywood.

Sexed Up

Are women concocting harassment stories to avoid being fired for cause?

Critical Condition

Expect the Iraq war to worsen the Medical Center's reduction in Arab patients

John Prine with Iris DeMent

Friday, December 6

Bayou City Body Snatchers

How cold war fears fueled a hot market for Houston's human parts business.

In Plane Sight

Alex MacLean's aerial photography puts our development-happy city in its proper perspective

Bye-bye, Baby, Bye-bye

Another day care plans to close in the Texas Medical Center

Family Unfriendly

How Hermann Hospital and the Texas Medical Center left employees' kids high and dry

Night & Day

September 17 - 23, 1998

Ill Treatment

Dr. Carlos Fernandez is battling malpractice charges and his business associates at the Bellaire Cancer Treatment Center

Static

Press Picks

The Case for Gulf War Gate

Letters

Letters

Hard Habit to Break

M.D. Anderson just can't say no to research funding from the tobacco industry