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t m c » p u l s e | m a y 2 0 1 6 1 TMC | PULSE//TABLE of CONTENTS m a y 2 0 1 6 6 10 14 16 Spotlight: Barbara J. Stoll, M.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The dean of McGovern Medical School talks about her nontraditional career, working abroad and what ultimately brought her to the Texas Medical Center. Destigmatizing Mental Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The month of May serves as a national campaign to support and raise public awareness of mental health, empower people to seek help and ultimately fight stigma associ- ated with mental illnesses. Conceiving After Cancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . How MD Anderson and Texas Children's work together to ensure a cancer diagnosis does not take away patients' ability to have children in the future. 24 The Painkiller Paradox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The CDC's new guidelines for prescrib- ing opioid medication could be the antidote the country needs to remedy the painkiller epidemic. 30 Liquid Gold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Through its donor milk program and on-site milk bank, Texas Children's Hospital is nursing low birth weight preemies back to health. 36 Accolades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Short Takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NCAA ALL-STARS // p. 22 More Than a Ride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SIRE Therapeutic Horsemanship provides a chance for disabled patients to break out of their molds and feel in control, even if for a little while. PATIENTS AT SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN – HOUSTON HAD A BALL WHEN MEMBERS OF THE NCAA ALL-STARS PAID THEM A VISIT. THE COLLEGE BASKETBALL PLAYERS SHOT HOOPS AND PLAYED ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE CHILDREN BEFORE THE 2016 REESE'S ALL-STAR GAME. on the cover: Khalied Kaskar, embryologist and laboratory manager at Texas Children's Hospital Family Fertility Center, demonstrates how eggs and embryos can be frozen via liquid nitrogen during the IVF process.