Surgery

Miss MASH: Dr. Michael E. DeBakey Awarded Congressional Gold Medal

Web Extra: The TSU Toronadoes

Emo Poems About Adult Every Day Life

Astros-Giants: Bad Calls from Cecil Cooper and Richard Justice

Nature of the Beast

Plastic surgeon Billy Ringer has been sued ten times for malpractice. He's on probation for sexual misconduct. He sewed a needle into Colleen Guidy. But he's still in business -- cutting, vacuuming, rearranging and, it seems, injuring patients.

A Figure to Die For

Community Health Systems cashed in big on the stomach stapling rage. It almost cost Kaye Parsley her life.

Cut & Run

He made millions sculpting the figures of Houston women while dodging one of the largest malpractice judgments in Texas history. But after botching another surgery, can Dr. Gerald Johnson continue to operate?

Malpractice

Dan Morales' showboating witch-hunt against "bogus" doctors is indeed an "incredible story." Incredibly lame.

Tracking "Eric the Red"

A lot of people have wanted Dr. Eric Scheffey banned from operating rooms. Noe Santana swears he'll succeed where others have failed.

Best Billboard

Tony's signage on the Southwest Freeway at Kirby

Doctors vs. Parents: Who Decides Right to Life?

Following surgery, Sabrina Martin's condition went south. And then, her family says, Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital set about arranging for her demise.

Julie Andrews

Acting royalty Dame Julie is the latest to appear in the Brilliant Lecture series

Mail Call

Coin Flipping

Rock-Hard Abs

Coin Flipping

All's Mel

Coin Flipping

Road Less Traveled

Coin Flipping

The Fantastic Foreskin: Under the Knife

Surgeons not rushing to put back what they took away

The Fantastic Foreskin

Circumcised men are employing weights and pulleys to cover themselves back up

Brown, Proud and Sayin' It Loud?

Circumcised men are employing weights and pulleys to cover themselves back up

In the Pink

Surgeons are sculpting labia, reconnecting hymens and inventing a new standard of beauty in female genitalia

Exposed Nerve

Cyberonics has implanted its pacemaker in thousands of epileptics. It wants to expand to the depression market. Still needed: an accounting of those who died or were injured after receiving its implant.

Ground Zero

Houston's been the No. 1 city in America in the obesity crisis. But hype doesn't mean help.

Best Charity

Houston's been the No. 1 city in America in the obesity crisis. But hype doesn't mean help.

Hard to Stomach

A penalized doctor blames a medical giant for botched weight-loss surgeries

Astro Author

Larry Dierker remembers the decades he spent with the home team

Les Savy Fav, with 764-HERO and Swearing at Motorists

Thursday, May 2

Benefit for Pete Mayes and Hamp Simmons

A concert for under-the-weather bluesmen

Image Augmentation

Plastic surgeon Franklin Rose saves his best makeover for himself

Carlos Chaves, Mall Surgeon

Sure, an unlicensed doctor was performing liposuction at a hair salon. Stranger still: Clients kept showing up.

News of the Weird

Sure, an unlicensed doctor was performing liposuction at a hair salon. Stranger still: Clients kept showing up.

Trial by Video

AG Dan Morales may not have won in court, but he won where it matters -- on TV

Bullet Proof

The D.A.'s office gets under the skin of an accused robber

Great Lengths

If you answer those ads on the sports pages, maybe what you really need is a shrink

ACL 2009 Day Two: Levon Helm, Muted but Masterful

Levon Helm's doctor must have the patience of a saint. The former Band drummer underwent surgery to remove polyps in his throat barely a week ago, but instead of canceling Saturday's ACL appearance, he ceded vocal duties to several members of his plus-size band, including leader Larry Campbell, keyb ... More >>

Little Joe Washington Hospitalized In Ben Taub ICU

[Updated at 2:33 p.m. with information from Reg Burns, who saw Joe at the hospital Monday and has more information on his condition.] Mark Britain Little Joe Washington at House of Blues, May 8, 2010​Little Joe Washington is in the intensive care unit of Ben Taub Hospital after undergoing e ... More >>

"Little by Little"

This time it's personal

Houston Is A Global City, Foreign Policy Magazine Declares

Photo courtesy GHCVBA global city....with a disappointing football team​Foreign Policy magazine, desperate to hike pageviews now that their "Hottest Women of Diplomacy" issue is a thing of the past (or of our imagination) has ranked the 65 "Global Cities" of the world.The magazine looked at 65 cit ... More >>

Gabrielle Giffords Coming to Houston

Gabrielle Giffords with her astronaut husband, Mark Kelly​CNN is reporting that family members say Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will be coming to Houston Friday to begin her long rehab process. The victim of the Tucson shootings will move to an unnamed facility here, but one with "military surgeon ... More >>

More Semen Means Less Depression for Women, Surgeon Writes

Help a woman out.....​Want to make a woman less depressed? Pump some semen into her. Apparently any orifice will do. Of course, that means having unprotected sex, so the above advice, given in a recent issue of Surgery News, the journal of the American College of Surgeons, is causing some pro ... More >>

Johnson & Johnson Hip Replacement Lawsuit Spearheaded by Houston Attorney

​A "medical disaster" has occurred and a Texas attorney is, in his opinion, working to clean up the mess. Ed Blizzard is a heavy-hitting, Houston-based pharmaceutical injury lawyer and mass tort litigation expert. As a chief negotiator in a 1990s case against Dow Corning -- which was found to ... More >>

Doctor Doctor

Billy Cohn wanted to be a rock star, and he is — as a trombone-toting heart surgeon and medical inventor.

Steven Christopher Willis: Goes to Help Girlfriend with Car, Somehow Gets Stabbed in Chest

An ER visit for a strange stabbing.​Here's a story that raises some questions: Houston police say Steven Christopher Willis, 23, got a call from his girlfriend Friday night saying her car had broken down. He went to the site in the 6400 block of West Airport about 9:30 p.m. After that, things ... More >>

Red Hot Chili Peppers Reschedule Houston Date Due To Anthony Kiedis Injury

​And just like that, to anyone who was fretting about missing the Red Hot Chili Peppers at the Toyota Center to see ZZ Top on March 8 at RodeoHouston, your problems have been solved. And mine too, since I wanted to see both bands. RHCP have announced a new date for their show, this next Octobe ... More >>

Chef Chat, Part 2: Roberto Castre of Latin Bites Cafe, On Opening His Restaurant After Kidney Donation Surgery

Photos by Mai PhamExecutive Chef Roberto Castre of Latin Bites Cafe​Yesterday, we talked to Latin Bites' Executive Chef and Owner Roberto Castre about his long and winding road to settling in Houston. Today, he tells us the story of how Latin Bites came into being. EOW: You, your sister Rita ... More >>