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Stay Hungry, Live Longer: The Science Behind the Calorie Restriction Dietnew
A Southern Methodist University biologist thinks the secret to the fountain of youth may be found by putting fruit flies on a diet.
Dallas Observer |
Elaine Liner |
02-23-2009 |
Science
Texas Woman Fights Abuse at the State's Schools for the Mentally Retardednew
Her son was beaten up by an angry caregiver at Denton State School.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
08-05-2008 |
Science
Dallas Has a Real-Life 'House' in Dr. Richard Buchnew
Some call Dr. Buch a troubled genius. His ex-patients and hospital bosses call him trouble.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
04-14-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Texas' Stem Cell Stance Could Have Economic Effectsnew
If Texas continues to essentially criminalize stem cell research, the state could lose out on billions of dollars and tens of thousands of jobs.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
04-24-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Docs in a Boxnew
These medicos make house calls, even when there's no house to call.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
01-17-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Out of Focusnew
A shift in AIDS funding from services to drugs threatens poor patients.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
08-22-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Health Classnew
A unique program run by Central Dallas Ministries documents diabetes among the undocumented.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
04-10-2006 |
Science
Dr. Disasternew
Dr. Paul Pepe -- described by a colleague as "a trailblazer with a machete" -- brought his expertise in emergency-room care to the post-Katrina medical crisis in New Orleans.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
11-28-2005 |
Science
Hydroponically Grown Marijuana Is Dallas's Other Farmers' Marketnew
The cultivation and sale of high-grade marijuana seems to be driving a shadow economy that supports some Dallas musicians while they wait for the Big Break.
Dallas Observer |
Anonymous |
10-17-2005 |
Science
Texas Pro-Lifers Hope State Won't Back Stem Cell Researchnew
By many accounts, Dr. Yong J. Geng's stem cell treatment is one of the biggest medical breakthroughs of the decade. But his cutting-edge research might be shut down and shipped out of Texas.
Dallas Observer |
Josh Harkinson |
06-02-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Generation RXnew
When 20-year-old Luke Stone died of an accidental drug overdose, his parents realized the landscape of substance abuse had changed. Young people today are adrift in a sea of psychotropic pharmacology.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
05-24-2005 |
Science
Woman Gets Slapped With Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy Labelnew
During a custody battle, Dr. Susan Diamond was labeled as having a psychiatric disorder in which a parent fabricates or aggravates a child's illness in order to get attention. But the diagnosis is a controversial one.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
03-08-2005 |
Science
Tags: psychiatry
Near-Death Study Searches for the Human Soulnew
Patients who have their hearts stopped to test an implanted device will be interviewed afterwards to see what recollection they have of the event and of a computer animation visible above the operating table.
Dallas Observer |
Mark Stuertz |
12-20-2004 |
Science
Tags: Illinois, a Portuguese organization research human psychology and spirituality, a professor of counseling at the University of North Texas and president of the International Association of Near Death Studies, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Virginia Health System, a singer-songwriter, Bial Foundation, Dr. Bruce Greyson, Jan Holden, Michael Shermer, Pam Reynolds, Park Ridge, publisher of Skeptic magazine
