To test the viability of a sponsored news outlet for Seton Healthcare, HealthNewsTexas was established to produced Seton content; and combined it with content curated from the web. The pilot assisted Seton staff in understanding goals for their newsroom. Ultimately, budget constraints prevented Seton from pursuing sponsorship of website but it was continued by Newsroom Ink as a community service.
Spinal Cord Injury Patients Conquer Fear One Step at a Time at Seton Recovery Center
For spinal cord injury patients fear is a part of everyday life, especially the fear that they may never have the life they once enjoyed. As a quadriperetic, Daniel Curtis faces fear daily from his wheelchair, but trust in a recently installed rehabilitation system at the Seton Brain & Spine Recovery Center has displaced the fear and drives him on a mission to walk once again.
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A Mother’s Illness Brings Her Closer to Daughter and Family
In April, 65 year-old Anna Guajardo was preparing for a family cruise with her brothers and sisters. Instead of sailing off on holiday in the calm waters of the Caribbean, Guajardo sailed into stormy seas in a struggling for her life affecting not only her, but also her entire family.
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Organ Transplant Patients Find Comfort at Houston’s Nora’s Home
Nora’s Home is the first ever long-term facility offering extended stay and support programs for organ transplant patients in Houston. It is an affordable housing alternative for transplant patients, as well as their families, before, during and after transplant surgery.
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E-Bra, A Life Saving Two Cup Recipe for Radiation Exposure
When the Chernobyl nuclear power plant ruptured in Ukraine in 1986, Dr. Elena Bodnar was brought in to treat victims of radiation poisoning and to study the consequences of radiation exposure. Convinced that gas masks could have saved lives, she decided to create a simple, inexpensive device that would always be close at hand –The RAD Emergency Bra.
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Bite Down, Low-Fat Alligator Meat Is Healthy for You to Eat
Depending on taste, alligator meat is a delicacy, a novelty dish or downhome good eatin’. At the Vermilion Gator Farm, it’s a valuable by-product of a bigger operation. The meat from farm raised and wild alligators are “both great.”