Kids Health Annual

This Popular Technique Eases Newborns from Womb to World

A mother and doctor discuss the benefits of the growing post-birth practice of skin-to-skin for moms, dads, and babies alike.

08/03/2018 By Layne Lynch

Save the Ta-Tas

This Komen Grant Program Helps Houstonians Afford Breast Cancer Treatment

You can further support the cause at this year's Race for a Cure on October 6—early bird registration ends July 31.

07/31/2018 By Laura Gillespie

Naaaamaste 🐐

4 Things I Learned at Goat Yoga

Leave your Lululemon at home.

07/27/2018 By Abby Ledoux

News

As Methodist's Heart & Vascular Center Moves to a New Home, a Look Back at Dr. DeBakey's Legacy

DeBakey’s old stomping grounds were the scene of many historic firsts.

07/20/2018 By Jeff Balke

Fitness Friday

Are Dog Owners More Likely to Be Fit?

Generally, studies say, yes.

07/13/2018 By Abby Ledoux

Good Deeds

Altar'd State Hosts a Blood Drive for Store Manager Battling Leukemia

All donations from this Saturday's drive in Rice Village will be credited to Emily Tade.

07/11/2018 By Abby Ledoux

Medicine

Houston Has a Worryingly High Vaccination Opt-Out Rate

Of 15 U.S. counties who clocked in with large numbers of unvaccinated kindergarteners, Harris County ranked seventh.

07/04/2018 By Cicely Rubottom

The Essential Guide to Asiatown

3 Great Spots for Reflexology and Massage in Asiatown

Kick up your feet and relax.

06/22/2018 By Abby Ledoux

Good Deeds

Houston Cancer Patients Can Get Free Rides to Treatment Through Lyft

The rideshare company has partnered with the American Cancer Society's Road to Recovery program to offer the service.

06/20/2018 By Abby Ledoux

Fitness Friday

The Workout That Truly Makes You Work: SWEAT 1000

A training session at this Heights studio is 60 minutes long with no minute wasted.

06/01/2018 By Marianna Corcoran

Slideshow

Nora's Home Yoga On The Meadow

05/30/2018 With Laura Tracy

Fitness Friday

When It Comes to Group Fitness, There's Strength In Numbers

Life Time group fitness instructor Illiana Romero talks benefits of working out together.

05/25/2018 By Mia Davis

Fundraisers

Menninger Clinic Raises $350,000 for Mental Health Programs

Guests of the 2018 Annual Signature Luncheon heard compelling personal stories of mental health from former Menninger patient Debi Strong and actor Sean Astin.

05/21/2018 By Abby Ledoux

Fitness Friday

Local Spin Studio RYDEs Into Downtown

The new Rusk Street space is RYDE's second location and downtown's first indoor cycling studio.

05/18/2018 By Abby Ledoux

PSA

Baylor Is Investigating Whether an Austin Lab Improperly Screened Pap Smears

The review of diagnostics at Clinical Pathology Laboratories comes after hundreds of Irish women with cervical cancer were issued false negatives. Baylor Clinic sends patients' pap smears to the same facility.

05/04/2018 By Abby Ledoux