Galveston County Daily News, June 29, 2010

In his It’s Your Health column, UTMB Dr. Michael Warren discusses the tensions a physician faces between a patient and family over sharing information, particularly when a disease is serious.   more »

KUHF-FM (88.7, Houston), June 26, 2010

CAT scans have revolutionized medical imaging by giving doctors a 3-dimensional image of the internal structures of the body. That popularity leads to concern about overuse because of the level of radiation patients are exposed to.   more »

Galveston County Daily News, June 25, 2010

As its title suggests, this is a new column, which takes note of what’s happening on campus.   more »

Galveston County Daily News, June 23, 2010

In their Keeping Kids Healthy column, UTMB Drs. Sally Robinson and Keith Bly offer tips to parents on what to do if their child is stung or bitten. “Venomous insects inject painful, toxic venom through their stingers. The stings are painful, red and can swell up to 12 inches from the site of... more »

Galveston County Daily News, June 22, 2010

In his It’s Your Health column, UTMB Dr. Michael Warren notes that some of the current diagnostic procedures, surgery and treatment include medicines and methodologies that might have seemed like science fiction a mere 30 years ago. Computers, lasers, magnets and other developments mean... more »

Medical Journal – Houston, June 1, 2010 - (Link unavailable)

In this article, UTMB Dr. Victor Sierpina notes that cancer ranks second to heart disease for mortality. However, it’s estimated that nearly 12 million people in the U.S. have been successfully treated. From 1996 to 2003, the overall five-year survival rate for adults diagnosed with cancer was... more »

KUHF-FM (88.7, Houston), June 19, 2010

A mummy who died 3,500 years ago was one of 22 from the museum of Egyptian Antiquities that underwent CAT scans to assess them for cardiovascular disease. The results show more than half the mummies had calcifications in their artery walls. They also had vascular disease, the very same type of... more »

Galveston County Daily News, June 16, 2010

In their Keeping Kids Healthy column, UTMB Drs. Sally Robinson and Keith Bly urge parents to ensure that correct safety measures are in place to protect children against entering the pool without proper supervision. “The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission states 77 percent of the children... more »

Galveston County Daily News, June 15, 2010

The first step toward better health care is to create a satisfactory patient-doctor relationship with a general or primary care physician, wrote UTMB’s Dr. Michael Warren in his It’s Your Health column. “You will not reach even this stage if you ‘shop around,’ forever... more »

KUHF-FM (88.7, Houston), June 12, 2010

First introduced in 1960, the birth control pill turns 50 this year thanks to a few tenacious individuals, report UTMB’s Norbert Herzog and David Niesel in this week’s installment of Medical Discovery News. “The driving force was a nurse named Margaret Sanger. In 1916, she founded... more »