The Houston Wellness Association (HWA) is proud to announce a Salute to Black History Month Luncheon on February 28th, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm at The Power Center (12401 South Post Oak Road). The luncheon is hosted by the HWA’s African American Wellness Committee and will honor six African American doctors who have made medical contributions to the community for over 50 years.
Grants Are Available to Combat Teen Smoking
AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Susan Combs invites local law enforcement agencies and schools to apply for block grants to help enforce the state laws prohibiting the sale or distribution of tobacco products to minors. The application deadline for schools is May 1. The deadline for police departments, sheriffs, constables and district attorneys to [...]
Houston Texans To Present $50,000 Check to the Methodist Debakey Heart and Vascular Center Saturday
HOUSTON – The Houston Texans will present a check for $50,000 to The Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center on Saturday morning prior to the start of the 2008 Houston Texans Cheerleaders tryouts. The presentation will take place at 11 a.m. inside the bubble at the Methodist Training Center.
The check is the result of [...]
Magic Johnson Invites African Americans To Sign Up Online To Help Fight HIV
(BlackNews.com) – Since its 2006 launch, the “I Stand With Magic” program, a part of the “Campaign to End Black AIDS,” has provided free HIV/AIDS testing to more than 21,000 Americans in 16 major cities with large African-American populations as part of the”I Stand With Magic” tour.
Cancer survivor and now patient hopes sharing her story will inspire others to help save lives
After battling and surviving breast cancer Pamela Alexander-Davis thought she would never have to worry about cancer again, but earlier this year that all changed. Pamela, a City of Houston employee, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, a cancer of the blood and bone marrow.
Houston VA Receives Grant to Develop Vaccines to Fight Addiction
The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a research grant to Frank Orson, M.D., Medical Care Line staff physician and principal investigator, Therese Kosten, Ph.D., Research Service Line co-investigator, and Thomas Kosten, M.D., senior advisor on Substance Abuse based in the Mental Health Care Line at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC) to develop an improved cocaine vaccine.
WHOLISTIC IRIDOLOGY CERTIFICATION SPRING 2008 – ATLANTA
t is said, the eyes are the windows to the soul and the soul manifests that which is physical. Take a look in the mirror, peer into your soul’s windows to reveal what lurks within your temple. What do you see?
Women Leaders in Medicine Honored at Houston Gala
The first annual American Medical Student Association (AMSA) Raising Our Voices Award and Gala was held Thursday, March 13, 2008 at 8 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Houston in Houston, Texas. The event, held in conjunction with AMSA’s 58th annual convention, honored distinguished women who have demonstrated leadership and commitment to the field of medicine.
AMSA Annual Convention: Largest Gathering of Medical Students Celebrates 58 Years of Student Activism
Future physicians attended the American Medical Student Association’s (AMSA) 58th annual convention, that was held on March 12-16, 2008 at the Hyatt Regency Houston in Houston, Texas.
