Dr. Sally Robinson writes about how parents can understand what educational choices are available and what is best for their child in her column.

Drs. Norbert Herzog and David Niesel write about the fallout from the first nuclear bomb test in New Mexico in 1945.

Dr. Hasan Yasin helps explain what cholesterol is and what the acronyms LDL and HDL stand for in this week’s column for the Daily News.

UTMB’s Dr. Ramkumar Menon, spoke to TJ Aulds of i45Now about research that recreates the organs involved in a pregnancy on a chip. The research should improve preclinical drug testing, among other

“Patients’ out-of-pocket expenses for medications, especially specialty medications, have been on the rise for the last decade or so,” UTMB’s Vinay Eapen told Pharmacy Practice News. But thanks to a digital patient assistance platform, UTMB has been able to enroll patients faster into financial assistance programs for specialty medications and increase the amount of financial aid awarded.

Trusting your gut means making decisions based mainly, or solely, on an instinctive feeling you have, says UTMB’s Dr. Jeff Temple. “When you have external data to inform your decisions, always go with the data. But for personal decisions, trust your instinct—science shows that it’s right more often than not,” Temple told Reader’s Digest.

UTMB researchers will be able to expand their work into gun-related violence thanks to a $2 million grant from the CDC. UTMB’s Jeff Temple told the Chronicle that the study would be nonpartisan—focused exclusively on finding ways to reduce injuries and deaths from firearms—and focused on southeast Texas.

Current research suggests the inflammatory response may provoke or exacerbate anxiety and depression in many individuals write Dr. Samuel Mathis and Dr. Hasan Yasin. The inflammatory process leads to inflammation in brain tissues via immune-mediated pathways, which may give rise to increasingly disordered thoughts and feelings, they write.

KTRH published the news release on UTMB’s latest research on teen violence. UTMB’s Dr. Elizabeth Baumler and Dr. Jeff Temple are quoted.

The city of Houston is developing a firearm dashboard in an effort to make the city safer and is partnering with UTMB’s Dr. Bindi J. Naik-Mathuria—who will lead coordination efforts with area trauma centers.