Sports
January 20, 2013
The Race of His Life
When a world-class athlete like Austin’s Lance Armstrong gets cancer, it’s a shock—for him, and for every man who has ever considered himself invincible.
129 Articles
Health
January 20, 2013
Health: Lance Armstrong
The ride of his life.
The Culture
January 20, 2013
Who’s Next?
San Antonio's Marshevet Hooker is not just any old high school sprinter; she's an Olympic gold medalist in the making. Meet her and nine other women we're betting will lead the new Texas—and the world.
Health
January 20, 2013
Playing for Keeps
The truth—what we can discern, anyway—about Tom Landry’s leukemia.
Health
January 20, 2013
Sober
More than a decade ago I wrote about the virtues of the drinking life and the comforts of what I called a “bar bar.” Then I hit rock bottom. It’s been eight years now since I took my last drink—and I’m finally ready to tell the rest of the story.
Green Guinea Pig
January 20, 2013
This Is for Wheel
The hybrid of my dreams.
Health
January 20, 2013
State of the Heart
Bypass surgery with almost no pain, and you get to go home three days later? Don’t have a coronary: It’s happening right now, in Texas.
Green Guinea Pig
September 30, 2008
Socket to Me
A plug for new appliances.
Green Guinea Pig
July 31, 2008
Trash Talk
Talking trash (and compost).
Green Guinea Pig
May 31, 2008
So Lawn, Farewell
Lawn of a new day.
Energy
March 31, 2008
This Old House
Jim Atkinson changes out his insulation.
Green Guinea Pig
February 1, 2008
The New Conservative
Can Jim Atkinson change the world?
Health
December 1, 2007
GI Woe
The esophagus explained.
Health
September 30, 2007
Take Heart
Let’s have a heart-to-heart.
Health
July 31, 2007
Do Sweat It
Sweat 101.
Health
May 31, 2007
Getting Antsy
Fire ants forever. (sigh.)
Health
March 31, 2007
Hot Shot
The ABCs of HPV.
Health
February 1, 2007
Eating Myself Alive
Ten foods to gorge on in 2007.
Health
December 1, 2006
The Big D
The unsweetened truth about diabetes.
Health
September 30, 2006
Under My Skin
The newest nightmare disease.
Health
July 31, 2006
The Mosquito Diaries
The buzz on mosquitoes.
Health
May 31, 2006
Welcome To the 03
Why ozone is indeed a menace.
Health
April 1, 2006
Bleeding Edge
Blood will tell.
Health
February 1, 2006
The Eyes of Texas
Oh, say, can you see?
Health
November 1, 2005
Oh, Lardy
Fat versus Fit.
Health
August 31, 2005
The Doctor Will Mistreat You Now
What to do if your doctor is a quack.
Health
June 30, 2005
See Spot. See Spot Grow.
Here comes the sun.
Health
April 30, 2005
Nothing to Sneeze At
Sneeze play.
Health
March 1, 2005
Relief Pitchers
Pain, pain, go away
Health
March 1, 2005
Pick Your Poison
It turns out that the toxin that’s changed a million faces has a social conscience after all. The wonders of Botox, a concentrated form of botulinum toxin, have been touted ad nauseam: By paralyzing facial muscles, it was smoothing out Hollywood’s wrinkles long before the FDA approved it, in 2002.
Reporter
January 1, 2005
Funny, You Don’t Look Fluish
Minister of Health Jim Atkinson cures what ails us.
Reporter
September 30, 2004
State of Emergency
As more and more children fall off the health-insurance rolls, chaos reigns at Children's Medical Center Dallas, which used to have the best pediatric ER in Texas, and the quality of care for everyone suffers.
Feature
March 1, 2004
The Pedophile Next Door
How do you know when a child molester is cured? Are you willing to take his word for it? David Wayne Jones hopes so. Thirteen years ago he was convicted of preying on little boys at the East Dallas YMCA, but he could soon be out of jail and back
Health
December 1, 2003
The Infirmation Age
Many Texans are woefully unprepared for what has become our fastest-growing health care problem: taking care of Mom and Dad.
Reporter
August 31, 2003
Brave New ‘Burbs
Why Collin County is the new Dallas.
Health
July 31, 2003
Bad Air Days
Historically, Southeast Texas and cancer have gone together like, well, pollution and disease. I wish I could say things were different today.
Health
April 1, 2003
Mold Age
Are the toxic fungi that launched a thousand lawsuits really as dangerous as everyone says? Don't believe the hype.
Health
December 1, 2002
Wrongful Life?
A Houston couple says a hospital is responsible for their daughter's severe disabilities. Should Texas' highest court agree, the case will change health care as we know it.
Reporter
August 31, 2002
Miracle Workers
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center is put under the microscope.
Health
July 31, 2002
Burning Questions
What is the safest way to dispose of a diseased cow carcassand what does it have to do with the Ames strain of anthrax?
Food & Drink
April 1, 2002
Perilously Plump
Texans love to say that everything’s bigger here, but when it comes to the waistlines in one in four of our largest cities, that’s nothing to brag about.
Health
February 1, 2002
Bioterrified?
If you think your flulike symptoms could be anthrax, don't call your HMOcall your doctor. And other advice the television "experts" should have told you.
Health
January 1, 2002
Death and Texas
Why does Potter County have the state's highest mortality rate? Poverty is only one answer.
Health
November 1, 2001
My Grief, and Ours
When I lost my father to cancer this summer, the greatest comfort I found was in understanding how to grieve. That came in handy on September 11.
Health
June 30, 2001
Battle Plan
A Dallas epidemiologist has made it his mission to learn the truth about Gulf War Syndrome, even if he has to fight the government.
Health
May 31, 2001
Killer Bugs
I learned a shocking lesson when I visited San Antonio's "hot lab," where some of the world's deadliest microbes are studied. The germs are winning.
Health
April 1, 2001
Curing the Colonias
The prescription to treat the sickest areas in Texas isn't what you think.
Feature
August 31, 2000
Medicine: Wayne Isom
He's all hearts.
Health
June 30, 2000
Vocal Heroes
The doctors at Abilene’s Voice Institute of West Texas can treat all manner of problems with the way you talk? Speech, speech!
Health
March 1, 2000
Saving Face
When a dog chewed off a toddler's nose, cheeks, and lips, the doctors at Dallas' Children's Medical Center sprang into action.