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top storiesTexans plan to visit 722 Whataburgers The couple plan to make the last of their just less than 500 remaining stops a special one. Government advisers: Cover birth control for free Millions of women may soon gain free access to a broad menu of birth control methods, thanks to a recommendation issued Tuesday by health experts advising the government.  Health care's massive death toll — Experts estimate that a staggering 98,000 people die from preventable medical errors each year. Learn more in our special section, Dead By Mistake. Carolyn Thomas' new normal — The determined Waco gunshot victim turned her devastating injury into an inspirational journey of recovery with the help of Houston doctors. A three-part series and a follow-up story. The great silicosis hoax — To attorneys who had earned millions from asbestos settlements, silicosis represented the next potential windfall. But it all came undone in a haze of dust and deception. A two-part series. BLOGS MedBlog: Cindy George & Todd AckermanPrescribing issues still getting Houston-area docs in trouble with Texas Medical Board Prescribing issues dominated the most serious Houston-area sanctions the Texas Medical Board handed down this month. The agency disciplined 92 physicians statewide during its June 2-3 meeting, including more than a dozen doctors in the Houston area. Physicians and other medical professionals can be disciplined for inadequate quality of care, unprofessional conduct, drug-prescribing indiscretions, violating [...]
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 multimedia reports Keeping the Promise — Doctors led by Baylor College of Medicine fight AIDS in Africa. Houston doctor fosters hope in Africa — Baylor physician Mark Kline is pioneering efforts to help children with HIV in Africa. The Chronicle's Leigh Hopper and Carlos Antonio Rios traveled with Kline. |
