October 2011 Issue
Last year, Chestelle Samford was training for a rowing marathon to take place on the Cain River in Louisiana. But her training was interrupted. On November 3, Dr. Ellen Blair Smith, a gynecologic oncologist, with Dr. Karen Swenson assisting, operated on Chestelle Samford to debulk a malignant, stage III ovarian tumor. A completely different type of marathon lay before her.

This year, August 12 – 14, Samford, who just turned 70, won a gold medal and two silvers at the US Rowing Masters...
October 2011 Issue
Dr. Brown recommends the American Academy of Pediatrics web site as a resource for parents (<a href="http://www.aap.org/">...
October 2011 Issue
Austin triathlete and obstetrician/gynecologist Dr. Bradley Price recently completed a study comparing the safety and effi...
October 2011 Issue
<i>NOCC Spreads the Word on Early Warning Signs</i> Often referred to as the “silent killer” because symptoms don...
October 2011 Issue
We know how important estrogen is for women, but did you know it’s an important hormone for men? Yup, you guys have it,...
October 2011 Issue
Breast Cancer affects all of us. We all know someone that has battled breast cancer, and hopefully we all know someone who...
September 2009 Issue
Finding information on a subject like autism has always proved difficult. When Bob and Suzanne Wright’s five-year-old gr...