Publications

• Author, "Cogeneration can provide relief when power fails," opinion-editorial, Houston Chronicle, July 7, 2010. Accessible online.
• Co-author, "Policy Options for Clean Air and Sustainable Energy in Texas," white paper, commissioned by the Texas Business for Clean Air, Jan. 2009. Accessible online.

The following are links to a few of the press releases and articles I authored during my tenure at Baylor College of Medicine.

Press Releases

• Hypothermia more helpful than harmful in cases of stroke, cardiac arrest (09/09/2004)
• Getting reoriented about vertigo (10/05/2004)
• Online resources save teachers before the bell (11/08/04)
• Neuroscience breaks down soft drink ‘battle’ inside brain (10/13/2004)
• Toxic treatment could turn tide on Tourette's (12/17/2004)
• Surgery can relieve sleep apnea in children (04/18/2005)
• Stem cell center to advance regenerative medicine, cancer research (12/02/2005)
• Proposed autism network to improve lagging care (02/02/2005)
• Soy study may show link to lower blood pressure (02028/2005)
• Testosterone 'tune-up' can rev up sex drive (03/30/2005)
• Herbal 'remedy' may be hazardous during pregnancy (05/25/2005)
• Do your 'homework' early before traveling abroad (06/17/2005)
• Comprehensive prenatal test expands detection of genetic disorders (12/08/2005)
• Baylor liver center to advance prevention, treatment of liver disease (02/10/2006)
• Research aims at improving communication, compassion between doctor, patient (03/22/2006)
• New procedure could spell relief for asthmatics (05/17/2006)
• Parkinson's patients stomach new drug better than conventional meds (06/12/2006)
• New asthma center to investigate clues to disease's motives (08/03/2006)
• Portable brain scanner saves time, neurons in ICU (08/14/2006)
• Fewer cancer-care providers equals more lives saved (01/26/2007)
• Regulation of heart procedures falls short of expectations (03/02/2007)
• Less invasive liver surgery (03/29/2007)
• Minor strokes hardly harmless (05/01/2007)
• Cystic fibrosis patients find living longer mixed blessing (06/25/2007)
• Safety concern: Good drugs can go bad (06/27/2007)
• African-American women can win battle of the bulge (06/29/2007)

Newsletter Articles

• HIV researchers thwarted in attempts to treat widespread lipid disease (04/2004)
• Links found between brain enzyme, stress, neurological disorders (12/2004)
• 'Promiscuous' transporters linked to delayed effects of antidepressants (05/2005)
• Common virus may factor in tomorrow's cancer treatment (05/2005)
• Cosmetic program helps cancer patients 'look good, feel better' (08/2005)
• Timothy Thompson: Battling prostate cancer at all levels (08/2005)
• Cholesterol revelations spur new treatments (11/2005)
• Overdue tuberculosis test rushes to mixed reception (01/2006)
• HIV vaccine takes different tack to boosting immune response (02/2006)
• Biomarkers may predict risk of stroke (02/2006)
• Genetic marker may identify individuals susceptible to severe West Nile virus infection (02/2006)
• Hurricane damage poses no 'hazard' to record-breaking golf benefit (04/2006)
• Novel stem cell technology promotes recovery after spinal cord injury (05/2006)
• Increased antioxidant capacity reverses some effects of aging (06/2006)
• Surgical experience key to successful robotic prostatectomy (09/2006)
• The ethics of genetic testing (11/2006)
• Study unveils mystery of dilated cardiomyopathy (11/2006)
• Lights...camera...surgery! (01/2007)
• Congenital heart doctors play catch-up with patients (02/2007)
• The politics of Alzheimer's (03/2007)
• Shortage of internists leads to neglect (05/2007)
• Three-in-one virus killer prevents common, often fatal infections (06/2007)
• 'Viral' marketing spurs one-of-a-kind reunion (08/2007)
• Get on the (Environmental) Bus (08/2007)
• Winifred Hamilton profile (08/2007)

Solutions Magazine

• The Responsibilities of Residents (Summer 2005)
• The Sounds of Surgery (Summer 2005)
• How to Eat a Virus (Summer 2005)
• BCM: Wired! (Fall 2005)
• 50 Ways to Love Your Liver (Fall 2005)
• From Despair to Hope: BCM Responds to Hurricane Katrina (Fall 2005)
• The Bards of Baylor (Spring 2006)
• A Higher Calling (Spring 2006)
• Rx for Childhood Obesity (Fall 2007)
• Douglas Mann: Best of Both Worlds (Fall 2007)
• Health Living for a Thousand, Alex (Fall 2007)
• People, Protocols, and Promise (Summer 2007)
• BRASS Connections help Students Soar (Spring 2007)
• Physician Hall of Fame (Spring 2007)
• Rediscovering the Aging Brain (Summer 2007)
• Health Economics 101 (Summer 2007)

Video News Releases

• New Asthma Procedure (07/2006)
• Medication Safety (01/2007)
• Adult Congenital Heart Disease (02/2007)
• Epilepsy (02/2007)
• Shortage of Internists (03/2007)
• Portable CT Scanner (07/2007)
• Cystic fibrosis patients grow up (10/2007)