Texas cancer doctor, accused of poisoning lover, placed on leave

By Lisa Maria Garza DALLAS (Reuters) – A Texas hospital placed an oncologist on leave after she was charged with spiking her lover’s coffee with a sweet-tasting chemical poison, a hospital spokeswoman said on Tuesday. Ana Maria Gonzalez-Angulo, a breast cancer doctor at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, was charged May 29 with aggravated assault of Dr. George Blumenschein, another cancer specialist at the institution. The two were in “a casual sexual relationship,” according to a criminal complaint. …