Best in Care

Houston’s Top Doctors

In need of a medical specialist? Here are Houston's best cardiologists, pediatricians, gynecologists, and more, as chosen by their peers.

09/24/2025 By Houstonia Staff

Sneezing Through It

Why Some People Are Safe from This Awful Allergy Season

Not everyone gets seasonal allergies. And, yeah, it’s not fair.

04/14/2025 By Uvie Bikomo

#ToothTok

Local Dentists Are Finding Their Calling on TikTok

Marketing their practice is easier on the app.

03/11/2025 By Mellanie Perez

Vitamin M

Texas Medical Center Orchestra Prescribes Music for the Heart and Mind

Houston is both a medical city and a music city, and since 2000 this organization has proven that it’s possible to hold both careers simultaneously.

02/07/2025 By Jef Rouner

Top Doctors

Houston's Top Doctors

Here are the city’s best doctors, according to their peers.

05/09/2022 By Houstonia Staff

More money more scrubs

Houston Based Medical Uniform Retailer Wins $25,000 Grant at Pitch Competition

The award was presented by the National Urban League and Courvoisier Cognac.

10/11/2021 By Craig Hayes Edited by Shelby Stewart

City of Dreams

Finding Home a World Away: South America

Four South American immigrants share their stories.

03/02/2020 By Gwendolyn Knapp and Erica Hernandez

Top Doctors

5 Incredible Medical Breakthroughs That Happened Right Here in Houston

At the Texas Medical Center, near-miracles happen every day.

07/22/2019 Edited by Dianna Wray

Ace of Hearts

This World-Renowned Heart Surgeon Has a Few Tricks Up His Sleeve

Magic tricks, that is.

06/25/2019 By Jeff Balke

Top Doctors

These Houston Doctors Seek to Diagnose the Previously Un-Diagnosable

A network of Houston hospitals forms one of the world's seven clinical sites in the international Undiagnosed Diseases Network.

07/18/2017 By Alice Levitt

The Struggle Is Real

How to Shop for a Doctor

Why do we painstakingly shop around for the perfect jeans and but not to take care of our bodies?

06/22/2016 By Beth Levine

Big Business

In the City with the World's Largest Medical Center, There's Still No Biotech—Yet

Houston has everything it needs to create thriving biotech and pharmaceutical industries. Now, if only its research and business communities can learn to work together.

05/01/2016 By Roxanna Asgarian

Ice House

April’s Perfect Party

Time to bring out a table for the tough and the brave.

03/31/2016 By Catherine Matusow

television

Ken Burns's New Cancer Documentary Features Five MD Anderson Docs

The three-part film, which begins airing tonight on Channel 8, tells the history of cancer from its first description in 1550 BCE to the latest treatments.

03/30/2015 By Michael Hardy