Texas Medical Center

Drugs, Sex & the Rockets: 5 Reasons Why a Hospital Stay Sucks

No one likes a hospital stay. That's pretty much a given. But why don't they like it? We need research! Luckily (sorta), I've had some experience lately -- a six-week stay that ended in January, and a surprise return visit last week. So let me offer my five reasons why staying in a hospital sucks. ... More >>

Dr. Rick, Physician Turned Patient, Learns to Enjoy Every Sandwich

Rewind: RIP Leo Aston: Local Guitarist, Leo Trio Leader Passes Away There's an old saying about what happens when a doctor becomes a patient. Dr. Richard Patt, once a high-placed anaesthesiologist at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, became a musician first. Patt, who musically goes by "Dr. Rick," left ... More >>

If the Addicks and Barker Dams Fail

They've already been labeled "high risk." Experts say the resulting damage could be bigger than Katrina in New Orleans.

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 >>

Mother's Day 2012: Where to Eat on the Mother of All Dining Holidays

She changed diapers, bandaged scraped knees, drove to and from a million extra-curricular activities, cooked, cleaned and still managed to love you as a teenager -- taking your mom out for a nice meal is the least you can do on Mother's Day. Luckily there is no shortage of restaurants in town willin ... More >>

A Month of Chocolate: 29 Ways to Indulge

In January, we brought you a Month of Oatmeal in honor of National Oatmeal Month. That was nice and all, but February's here. And in February, it's all about the chocolate baby. From complimentary s'mores at a poolside bar to a Snickers beignet (is this real life?), here are 29 ways to indulge: Wed ... More >>

Gelareh Bagherzadeh: $5,000 Reward for Information About Her Murder

The younger brother of a Texas Medical Center student who was slain outside her parents' Galleria-area townhome Monday issued a tearful plea for anyone with information about the incident to come forward. "I can't see my parents -- and I don't want to see any parents -- in this situation, and we ne ... More >>

Salem Saif Al Mazrouei, 28, Bayou Body Count No. 118

Foreign military officer killed in carjacking​A man was killed in a robbery near Reliant Park as he was taking his father home from treatments at the Texas Medical Center. Salem Saif Al Mazrouei, 28, is an officer in the army of the United Arab Emirates, reports UAE publication The National. ... More >>

Metro Prepares for Final Four Onslaught

Metro clearly wants to avoid this during the Final Four weekend.​Beginning next Thursday, college basketball fans will begin descending on Houston for the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, held at Reliant Stadium. In addition to the games, there is a fan festival at George R. Brown Convention ... More >>

Gabrielle Giffords: Docs Say Progress Amazing, Though Shuttle Launch Trip No Done Deal

John Nova LomaxThe doctors face the press for an upbeat update​U.S. Rep Gabrielle Giffords has her personality back, is speaking in full sentences and has made continuous neurological improvement, her team of TIRR Memorial Hermann doctors said at a news conference at the Texas Medical Center t ... More >>

Gabrielle Giffords to Attend Shuttle Launch?

Gabrielle Giffords: Making strides​There's a press conference tomorrow at the Texas Medical Center to discuss the "strong progress" being made by Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords as she recovers from her shooting. There may be a more dramatic announcement: Fox News is reportingthat th ... More >>

Gabrielle Giffords's Set List: A Critical Appraisal

Gabrielle Giffords: An eclectic, but marred, set list​It's difficult to imagine anyone not happy with the progress being made at the Texas Medical Center by Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. She's walking, talking and, according to an e-mail from her mother obtained by the Houston Chronicle, ... More >>

Let's Get Spooky

Here's our guide to what's happening this Halloween.

Let's Get Spooky

Our guide to Houston's best Halloween haunts.

Head Out

Our guide to Halloween's best haunts

BrewsterMcCloud: Your Chance To See 1970s Houston Through Robert Altman's Eyes

Roger Ebert is a happy man: "Altman's "Brewster McCloud" is *finally* on DVD!" he's just tweeted.You should be happy, too, if you have any interest in seeing old Houston.The 1970 film -- which, frankly, we haven't heard great things about -- was filmed in Houston. It's known for the semi-iconic scen ... More >>

Little Joe Washington Awake, Talking Following Second Surgery

Mark Britain​ After undergoing a second surgery Tuesday to clear an obstructed bowel, Little Joe Washington is now awake and reasonably alert, his friend Reg Burns told Rocks Off this afternoon. Burns said he talked to one of the nurses attending the 71-year-old in the surgical intensive care unit ... More >>

Houston: From Moron Metropolis to Genius City In Two Short Months

​Two months ago, the Daily Beast ranked all American cities according to their estimation of each place's municipal IQ.They measured how many residents had bachelor's and graduate degrees, nonfiction book sales, the ration of institutions of higher education, and political engagement, as measured ... More >>

Get All Dressed Up

There's plenty of places to go this Halloween.

Get All Dressed Up

There's plenty of places to go this Halloween. Check out our updated listings.

Get All Dressed Up

There's plenty of places to go this Halloween.

Get All Dressed Up

There's plenty of places to go this Halloween.

Get All Dressed Up

There's plenty of places to go this Halloween.

Metro Making Several Changes In Wake Of Light-Rail Derailment

"Human error" caused a Metro train to derail just after midnight on June 16, according to Metro officials, but engineers from Arup, a firm hired to assist in the investigation, say that Metro needs to implement a safer lubrication system on the rails. Pictures from the investigation, released by Met ... More >>

Carl Landry Shot in Leg, Not by Own Gun

Photo by dubswede Carl Landry, the second year Rockets forward, was shot in the leg while driving home early this morning. And, no, he did not Plaxico Burress himself in the leg, somebody else shot him. The shooting happened at about 2:30 this morning. Landry was heading home after getting back int ... More >>

Carl Landry Shot in Leg, Not by Own Gun

Photo by dubswede Carl Landry, the second year Rockets forward, was shot in the leg while driving home early this morning. And, no, he did not Plaxico Burress himself in the leg, somebody else shot him. The shooting happened at about 2:30 this morning. Landry was heading home after getting back int ... More >>

The Houston Zoo's Got More Herpes Than A Motley Crue Groupies' Convention, PETA Says

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals protested at the Houston Zoo Saturday, demanding that the zoo stop breeding elephants after the death of two-year-old Mac from the elephant herpesvirus.Hair Balls caught up with PETA spokeswoman Lindsay Rajt at the protest. "PETA is appalled that yet anoth ... More >>

Catholic Priests, Child Protective Services, Crooked Contractors and Crowded Kasra

Mail Call

Harris County librarians and UT Longhorn football players' arrests

Send in the librarians!!

These Kids Go to the Best Public High School in Houston

This week: Our first- through fifth-place finishers

One Dead Guinea Pig

A bad reaction to a drug trial sparks an investigation into Houston's Fabre Clinic and its founder

Psyched Out

VA nurses say a new rule that they be able to physically subdue unruly mental patients was just an excuse to get rid of them

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Putting on Airs

Modern dance master Paul Taylor brings a program of classics old and new to Jones Hall

Paige Boy Returns

HISD's most aggressive marketer comes back to help

If You See Them, Say Hello!

Defeated candidates face different lifestyles

Born-Again Beauty

Two years of toil took their toll on the trial lawyers -- but their historic church is finally back in business

The Perfect Political Storm

In this flood, Lee Brown has stayed high and dry (so far)

Leaning on Caduceus

When your baby's sick, you don't want a mere doctor, you want the magic wand of Hermes

How Green Is My Building?

UT's "environmentally sustainable" project just kept outgrowing its budget

Letters

Night & Day

July 2 - 8, 1998

Adams Family Values

Why do we hate Bud so? Maybe we never understood him, or those... Adams Family Values

Poor, Proud, But Independent

Houston's indie record entrepreneurs do it for the love of the music. Of course, they don't mind moving a few units, either.

Station Break

Beset by budget problems, bereft of substantive local programming, Channel 8 finds itself at a crossroads. Perhaps it's time to put the "public" back into Houston Public Television.

The Insider

The Insider

Too JA-ded?

Letters

Tea at the di Portanovas'

What excess comes with riches? A tea party reveals all -- almost

Hermann Park or Parking?

City and Harris County hospital officials play let's make a deal