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Pediatrics

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2009

    Protests Over The Proposed Shutting Of Ben Taub's Pediatrics Unit

    Photo by John Nova LomaxA few years ago, Carla Sageth was in high school, and she was dying. Her lungs were wasting away. Doctor after doctor at clinic after clinic diagnosed asthma and sent her on her way. She became unable to walk, and still her mom, who had no insurance, kept trying to find a doc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2008

    Gloom And Doom For Uninsured Texas Children

    Photo by John Nova LomaxA few years ago, Carla Sageth was in high school, and she was dying. Her lungs were wasting away. Doctor after doctor at clinic after clinic diagnosed asthma and sent her on her way. She became unable to walk, and still her mom, who had no insurance, kept trying to find a doc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2008

    Get Off The Bus, Fat Kids

    Photo by John Nova LomaxA few years ago, Carla Sageth was in high school, and she was dying. Her lungs were wasting away. Doctor after doctor at clinic after clinic diagnosed asthma and sent her on her way. She became unable to walk, and still her mom, who had no insurance, kept trying to find a doc ... More >>

  • News

    June 26, 2008

    What Happens When Chronically Ill Kids Grow Up

    Physically disabled young adults who weren't supposed to live this long find themselves hemmed in by an unprepared heath care system

  • News

    December 6, 2007

    Toxic Town: Sick and Dying in Somerville

    Physically disabled young adults who weren't supposed to live this long find themselves hemmed in by an unprepared heath care system

  • News

    December 6, 2007

    Toxic Town: Birth Defects

    Critics say contamination from the tie plant caused severe problems for these babies

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2007

    When Mom Pops

    Critics say contamination from the tie plant caused severe problems for these babies

  • News

    September 14, 2006

    Baby Blues

    Lisa Collins took the Paxil her doctor prescribed. There was supposed to be no problem with her continuing it during her pregnancy. Now, it seems, there was.

  • Culture

    February 16, 2006

    Baby Steps

    Two actors bring a sorrowful script to painful, moving life

  • Best of Houston

    September 23, 2004

    Best Charity

    Two actors bring a sorrowful script to painful, moving life

  • Music

    December 18, 2003

    A Bevy of Benefits

    Saturday, December 20

  • Best of Houston

    September 25, 2003
  • News

    May 2, 2002

    Child Support

    The same extreme measures that saved Sidney Miller at birth also severely disabled her 11 years ago. Texas courts are still trying to determine who should pay for it -- and could set a legal precedent in the process.

  • News

    February 8, 2001

    Hot Shots

    There's a bull market on the meningitis vaccine. Are some doctors cashing in?

  • News

    January 4, 2001

    Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

    Why does it bother people when toddlers still breast-feed? Could it be about sex?

  • News

    February 5, 1998

    A Question of Life

    Doctors told Mark and Karla Miller their unborn daughter would face a life of pain and illness. Then, against the Millers' wishes, Woman's Hospital did everything it could to keep the newborn alive. Last month, after an extraordinary trial in a Houston co

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