Make a Resolution for Good Health in 2021 – It’s Time to Catch Up on Well Checks and Preventive Care

FOCUS COVER STORY – The new year brings a fresh start, a renewed sense of hope, and if you’re like many people, a handful of resolutions. Even with the best intentions, some resolutions are tough to keep. But, one of the most important promises you can make to yourself is the promise to focus on...

8th Annual FOCUS FAVS Readers’ Choice of Fort Bend’s Favorites

This fall, we invited readers to our website to take an online survey to tell us who their Fort Bend Favs are in nine different categories: • FOOD • ENTERTAINMENT • PET SERVICES • AUTO SERVICES • SHOPPING • • SCHOOLS • HEALTHCARE SERVICES  • HOME IMPROVEMENT • PROFESSIONAL...

Don’t Let COVID-19 Fear Postpone Your Cancer Screening

FOCUS COVER STORY The hospital is safe, and coming in for a screening can save your life. Cancer has not stopped during the COVID-19 pandemic. But what has come to a stop – almost completely – is regular cancer screening. One study, from the electronic medical records system Epic, found that screening...

The Path To Aging Gracefully

FOCUS COVER STORY | Photos by Alisa Murray Photography – Do you look in the mirror somedays and wish you could turn back time? Do you want to have more energy? Do you want to look and feel better?  Would you like to age more gracefully? Allure Aesthetics Wellness and Anti-Aging Medical Spa offers an...

The Ultimate Learning Curve: Educating Children During COVID

COVER STORY | By Kassidi McKayla Kaminski – The “word” for 2020 has quite a few contenders: unprecedented, pandemic, quarantine, social distancing.  No one has been unaffected by COVID-19, and two populations that have garnered tremendous concerns are school-aged children and their parents or...

The Power of Preparation: Teamwork and Resiliency Drive Houston Methodist Sugar Land’s Response to COVID-19

FOCUS | Cover Story – Chris Siebenaler won’t forget the moment that COVID-19 became a reality in Fort Bend County. It was the first week of March, and the Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital regional senior vice president and CEO received a text on his phone alerting him that Fort Bend officials...

Your Health is Essential – Physicians Offer Tips on How to Live a Healthier, Happier Life

Focus | COVER STORY – The COVID-19 crisis has been a wake-up call, causing us to reexamine our lifestyles and to redefine what’s truly important. Many of us want our “new normal” to be better than our pre-COVID normal. And we’re resolving to take better care of ourselves and to live our lives...

Doctors Trust Houston Methodist Neuroscience & Spine Center at Sugar Land to Get Them Back on Their Feet

Cover Story | Photos by Joey Belleza – Where do physicians turn when they need medical care for their own aching backs or other injuries? Many of Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital’s top physicians have been treated at the hospital’s Neuroscience & Spine Center – trusting their own health...