UTMB’s Dr. Peter Cram comments on a recent report that found Canada scores poorly when it comes to opioid deaths and access to care.

Visits to the ER for children are on the rise as candy-like medications become more common, according to this report from KTRE. Mark Winter, a specialist for the Southeast Texas Poison Control Center and UTMB professor, told KTRE that poison centers have been dealing with medications that look like candy for years.

The cost savings from blood management programs go beyond blood acquisition costs, UTMB’s Dr. Justin Halls tells Healthcare Brew.

The American Association of Medical Assistants named UTMB’s Sherry Bogar, a certified patient navigator and medical assistant at UTMB’s Surgical Oncology and Breast Health Clinic in League City, as the 2023-2025 AAMA Speaker of the House.

Becker’s spoke to Dr. Jochen Reiser about the recent reorganization of UTMB’s executive leadership team to support four main pillars: research, education, clinical delivery and innovation.

Dr. Jochen Reiser also spoke with i45Now about the renovation of the 1933 US Customs House on Galveston’s historic Strand into the state-of-the-art incubator. The facility exemplifies what Reiser calls the “fourth pillar,” adding innovation to the institution’s existing foundation of research, education and clinical care.

“This facility will empower researchers and entrepreneurs to collaborate in a unique ecosystem, bringing advances in life sciences closer to practice,” UTMB’s Dr. Jochen Reiser said at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the 7,000 square foot Life Science Incubator.

UTMB was named among the top 107 hospitals and health systems preferred by patients for cardiology according to a WebMD poll. In order to receive the WebMD patient choice award, the hospital or health system must be in the top 30% of patient preferences, excluding Elite award recipients in that category, reported Becker’s ASC Review.

“Kids start to think about dating around sixth or seventh grade, and it’s extremely important to have an ongoing conversation about relationships,” says UTMB’s Dr. Jeff Temple in this story about relationship abuse. Temple talks about how parents can help their teens as they start to date.

UTMB’s Dr. Scott Weaver is quoted in this story about the first vaccine for chikungunya on it’s way to gaining FDA approval.