• Texas Heart Institute recruiting students for heart study aimed at preventing sudden death
• Inducing labor may be tied to autism, study says
• NFL safety rules trickle down to keep young athletes safer
• Experts detail symptoms of cyclospora
• Which Houston hospitals do best in surgery?
• Doctor: Juvenile arthritis hard to diagnose in children
• FDA defining what "gluten free" means on packages
• Cancer treatment can cause early menopause, painful sex and flat-lined libido in women
• Faulty diabetes test strips being recalled
• Breast-feeding rates up; 77 percent of moms try
• Universities modifying ADD prescription policies
• Experts: Popularity of tea exploding in United States
• Laundry detergent pods posing safety risk for kids
• 200 in 4 states had unidentified stomach bug
• FDA: Menthol cigarettes likely pose health risk
• FDA cracks down on illegal diabetes remedies
• Experts: Too much protein can be unhealthy
• Skipping breakfast may increase heart attack risk
• Mom saves pediatrician's life with kidney transplant
• Cupcake challenge tests child's milk allergy severity
• Cancer drug effective treatment for epilepsy?
• Fight against childhood obesity no small feat
• FDA clears brain scan to diagnose ADHD in children
• Guilt-free summertime drink and treat recipes
• Doctor: Everyone, including dark-skinned people, gets sunburned
• Study to determine benefits of heart surgery to prevent stroke
• Affordable Care Act forcing doctors to close practice?
• Hospitals seek high-tech help for hand hygiene
• Breast cancer patient symbol of hope for others
• MD Anderson's call center helping new patients
• FDA: Drug used to stop early labor can pose serious risks to babies
• Birth control shots could alter life in poor areas
• HPV vaccine cut infection by half in teen girls
• Doctor cuts, reshapes infant's skull
• Report: US adult smoking rate dips to 18 percent
• Food companies work to make it look natural
• Son donates kidney in six-way swap to save father's life
• UTMB studies seeks link between testosterone users, illness
• New techniques at UTMB saving burn patients
• FDA considers lifting safety limits on Avandia
• Gene flaws common in blacks with breast cancer
• First grader who pierced heart with pencil graduates high school
• McDonald's CEO: I lost weight by being more active
• Houstonians needed for Cancer Prevention Study-3
• Texas Medical Center may soon be hiring more nurse practitioners
• Scientists step closer to stopping organ failure?
• Cancer drugs for children remain scarce in U.S.
• Houston doctor wants tougher laws on dog maulings
• Healthcheck reporter Christi Myers recognized by medical groups for reporting
• Health department pinpoints cause of College Station's E. coli cases to restaurant
• Laser procedure new option for cancer treatment?
• In utero spinal surgery proves successful for toddler
• New type of facelift garners attention from women, doctors alike
• Tiny preemies get a boost from live music therapy
• Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy: Q&A
• Women have new options for breast cancer surgery
• Varicose vein laser procedure promises fast, pain-free results
• Teaching your children water survival skills could save a life
• Fainting could be sign of dangerous condition
• Affordable Care Act's effects begin showing in Texas health care system
• Wrigley takes new caffeinated gum off market
• Fish consumption advisory for Texas coastal waters: Some fish unsafe to consume due to mercury levels, officials say
• Scientists in Houston will work to find genetic fingerprints of different cancers in order to better prevent, treat them
• Experimental shot may help people with genetically high cholesterol
• Big changes will make it easier on young M.D. Anderson Cancer Center patients
• UTMB uses 3-D brain simulator teach neurosurgery students
• FDA will investigate added caffeine in foods
• Reflux ring offers a ray of hope for heartburn, acid reflux sufferers
• Perkins sextuplets of Pearland turn one year old
• Doctors: Rap, heavy metal music can calm crying babies
• Doctors: Worm glue may be key to successful fetal surgeries
• What does sale of St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital System mean for you?
• New drug curbs intensity of morning sickness
• What to do during emergency situations
• New device called MelaFind uses camera to detect melanoma
• Dermatologists push for ban on teen tanning in Texas
• Singer Amy Grant shares her emotional struggle as a caregiver of parents with dementia
• Researchers use cold virus to treat brain cancer
• Memorial Hermann to open hospital in Pearland
• Tips to make sure you're safe at dentist office
• Brain injury survivor graduates medical school, hopes to specialize in treating brain injuries
• FDA says longer use of nicotine gum is OK
• FDA issues heart warning for Azithromycin, aka Zithromax or Z-Pak
• Report: Prices for generic prescription drugs can vary dramatically
• Dentist claims new zirconia crowns are unbreakable
• Heart repair breakthroughs replace surgeon's knife
• Doctors explain difference between allergy, cold symptoms
• HPD officer shot at work 20 years ago returns to substation
• FDA to scrap graphic cigarette warning labels
• FDA probes new pancreas risks with diabetes drugs
• Physicians split on benefits, safety of IV hydration treatments
• Study shows morning lethargy in teenagers may be biological problem
• Doctor: Blood critical to saving lives but challenging to keep fully stocked at hospitals
• Baby born with heart outside body doing great, her mom says
• Blue light disrupts ability to sleep, research shows
• Doctors hoping surgery can cure diabetes
• Scientists say baby born with HIV apparently cured
• Study shows declining life span for some US women
• Hard-to-diagnose type of dementia can be curable
• Red wagons at Texas Children's Hospital help ease anxiety for young patients, parents