Riding at Risk

Austin's streets still a hazard for two-wheeled transportation

"...Six months and more than $45,000 in medical bills later, Miller is out of his wheelchair and..."

Nov. 10, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

A World of Their Own

Growing Population

"...all children with autism carry the Fragile X gene. Experts and parents continue to study and theorize about the..."

June 4, 1999 News Feature by Spike Gillespie

Opinion: How to Stop Drug Overdoses in Austin

An overdose prevention center could dramatically reduce overdose rates

"...is a local public health crisis, after the County Medical Examiner's Office issued a report indicating that drug overdose..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Column by Claire Zagorski

Legal Dangers Loom Large for Texas Abortion Care

Unless courts act, six-week ban takes effect Sept. 1

"...exceptions for rape or incest, only in cases of medical emergency...."

Aug. 23, 2021 News Post by Mary Tuma

Knowledge Is Power as Nursing Homes Combat COVID-19

There’s a lot we don’t know about the pandemics’s toll in care centers, but what we do know is bad

"...CMS, may remain spotty. Those residents generally need less medical care and assistance than those in nursing homes, although..."

May 22, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Round Three: Will Dems Break Quorum to Stall Abortion Regs Measures?

Dems say all legal options on table to halt bad bills

"...perform abortions; would mandate a specific protocol for drug-induced, medical abortions, eliminating a doctor's ability to use the drugs..."

July 1, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Spreading Ignorance

Lege abortion misinformation and "fetal pain."

"...error removed from what is supposed to be a medically factual pamphlet. It may be that the time to..."

April 19, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Jumping the Shark on Women's Health

For the sake of anti-abortion politics, the governor and the Legislature turned their backs on women's health care – with disastrous consequences. Is there any way to fix this mess?

"...available research, published in the Journal of the American Medical Assoc­i­ation, found that while a fetus may exhibit base..."

Jan. 18, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Weed Watch

FDA says idea that marijuana has any medicinal value is hoax

"...support the "safety or efficacy of marijuana for general medical use," reads the advisory. And any "effort" to trump..."

May 5, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...George McMahon is one of the patients who receive medical cannabis from the United States government's Investigational New Drug..."

Dec. 17, 2004 Column

Uncovered

An AISD teacher fights against cancer … and the insurance company that refuses to treat it

"...naturopaths. Nothing seemed to help, and none of the experts were able to diagnose her illness. In the summer..."

July 23, 2004 News Feature by Rita Radostitz

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...part in a members-only meeting today (Thursday) with invited experts "to move us forward toward building bipartisan support for..."

July 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Experts on several television programs about light rail last year..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Column

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...list of uses, including service stations, rehab centers, and medical offices. The City Council is set to hold its..."

May 7, 1999 News Feature

Money Worries

Austin's AIDS Funding Is Decent, For Now

"...life-saving drugs, which cost $1,000 per month, from Austin's Medical Assistance Program, through which the city helps low-income people..."

Sept. 27, 1996 News Feature by Geoff Mulvihill

SXSW Announces More Speakers for 2024 Digging Deeper Into AI and the Future of Work

Dylan Mulvaney, Chuck D, and Uber CEO all added as speakers

"...this fireside chat, neurosurgeon, professor, multiple Emmy Award-winning Chief Medical Correspondent for CNN and Host of the CNN podcast..."

Oct. 24, 2023 SXSW Post

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Sir Fibs-A-Lot: Medical and legal experts at Yale and the UT Southwestern..."

May 6, 2022 News Feature

Death Watch: A Mother Set to Die

Melissa Lucio says she didn't kill her daughter and half of the Texas House of Representatives agree

"...as a confession, two of the officers accompanied the medical examiner into the autopsy room and told her that..."

April 8, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...The medical symbol the caduceus (two snakes wrapped around a pole..."

June 9, 2017 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Irresponsible Allegation

"...made no attempt to 'call' or otherwise speak with Medical School or Central Health personnel, while widely disseminating his..."

Feb. 24, 2017 Postmarks

Hearing or Anti-Abortion Attack?

AG leads criminal and civil investigation of Planned Parenthood

"...of highly edited, misleading videos by the Center for Medical Progress – an extreme anti-abortion organization posing as staff..."

July 29, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

Unstable Element

Are Austin's water fluoridation policies dangerous? It depends who you ask.

"...the Texas Department of State Health Services, the American Medical Association, and the Amer­i­can Dental Association, to cite a..."

Nov. 27, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Ike's Lessons

Galveston's land-use decisions exposed by storm's wrath

"...fast eroding, despite various efforts to stem the retreat. Experts recommended withdrawing much of the west end from further..."

Dec. 26, 2008 News Feature by Tom Curtis

Bicycle Helmet Headbutting Resumes

Feud over whether city should require adult bicyclists to wear cranial protection resumed last week when proponents of a mandatory helmet ordinance announced that Brackenridge Hospital and St. David's HealthCare will soon undertake a Bicycle Data Collection Initiative studying head injury severity correlated with helmet usage on patients involved in bicycle-related accidents

"...helmet law would save millions of dollars in uncompensated medical care costs. Former Mayor Bruce Todd, having recently recovered..."

Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...number of options next week to reduce the county medical examiner office's autopsy caseload until additional permanent pathologists can..."

June 2, 2006 News Feature

Rolling Blackouts Almost Happened Last Night. What About Tonight?

Risk of outages "very real," mayor says

"...suggests the deficit took them by surprise, though energy experts are still in the dark about the reason. Several..."

Sept. 7, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Day Trips: Potty Breaks

Alternatives to public restrooms when traveling

"...leading to accidental consumption of virus particles, a route medically termed fecal-oral transmission."..."

July 17, 2020 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

In Lawrence Wright's Novel, an Imagined Pandemic That's Frighteningly Real

If disease-ravaged world of The End of October feels like our own, that’s because the author did his research rigorously

"...are based on the work of real-life scientists and medical personnel who have battled actual pandemics. If this book..."

May 1, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Right Wing Texas State Board of Education Braces Looks to the Left

Central Texas voters can help transform deep-red education panel

"...with a more "disciplined" public comment process; that subject-area "experts" appointed by the board have actual academic qualifications; and..."

Feb. 21, 2020 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Right Wing Texas State Board of Education Looks to the Left

Central Texas voters can help transform deep-red education panel

"...a more "disciplined" public comment process; that subject area "experts" appointed by the board have actual academic qualifications; and..."

Feb. 18, 2020 News Post by Mary Tuma

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