Learn more about The Methodist Hospital System (Houston Methodist) U.S.News & World Report ranks The Methodist Hospital among the nation’s top centers in the annual “Best Hospitals” issue in 14 specialties; Dr. Michael E. DeBakey was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal; Birmingham Hip Resurfacing procedure; a less invasive kidney procedure; Methodist Neurological Institute explore brain and its disorders; Research Institute recruits collaborate to shape the future of medicine; cancer clinical trials may give stage-IV patients more time; wife donates kidney to husband; living with dementia; diabetes; psychiatrists and neurologists collaborate to affect patient outcomes; how diabetes affects eyesight; chronic sinus infections treated with balloon sinuplasty; high-tech devices help physicians pinpoint causes of some digestive conditions; GPS-like device navigates the lungs to locate potentially cancerous lesions; and first-of-its-kind study zeros in on rheumatoid arthritis.