HOUSTON (KHOU)- Roman Shen is a happy 2-year-old. You wouldn’t know it, but he suffers from Shwachman Diamond Syndrome, or SDS. That means his bone marrow doesn’t work properly and doesn’t make its own white blood cells. The right bone marrow donor match has been hard to find. “Mostly because he is mixed race, Chinese-Italian, […]
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Memorial Hermann Hospital Sugar Land Wins National Quality Award
SUGAR LAND (Covering Fort Bend) – Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital has been named a recipient of the 2016 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest Presidential honor for performance excellence. Since the healthcare category was introduced in 1999, only 21 healthcare organizations nationwide have been awarded the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Memorial […]
The University of Houston School of Nursing Receives National Award for Diversity and Inclusion
SUGAR LAND (Covering Fort Bend) – The University of Houston School of Nursing received the 2016 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award from INSIGHT into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. The national honor recognizes U.S. colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion. “There is […]
Eugenia Blomstrom, ‘The Best of Nursing,’ Retires from UH Sugar Land School of Nursing
SUGAR LAND (Covering Fort Bend) – Full circle. That’s how Eugenia “Ginger” Blomstrom described the occasion of her retirement from the University of Houston – Sugar Land after 45 years as a nurse clinician and educator. She began as an undergraduate at University of Houston in 1964 with a Social Sciences degree and now retires […]
T.E. Harman Center Seeks Vendors for Senior Pink Walk, Health Fair
SUGAR LAND (Covering Fort Bend) – Staff at the T.E. Harman Senior Center in Sugar Land invite all medical centers, Medicare services, group homes, elderly care services, cancer centers and other health and wellness related groups to participate as a vendor in Sugar Land’s annual Senior Pink Walk and Health Fair on Oct. 12, from […]
Elder Abuse is a Crime, and So Is Not Reporting It; Watch for the Signs
When Mickey Rooney testified before the Senate Special Committee on Aging in March 2011, he became one of the first celebrities to put a face on elder abuse. Rooney made his fame in the 1930s and 1940s as a child star for MGM; however, at the time of his death in 2014 at the age […]