• UTMB and Texas A&M to test safety of drugs during pregnancy

    UTMB and Texas A&M University are partnering to create tools that replicate female organs involved in pregnancy to allow medical drug testing for pregnant women. “If you go to Walgreens and look at their pharmacy aisle and pick up an over-the-counter drug, it may say ‘not tested in pregnancy,’” Dr. Ramkumar Menon told the Daily News. “We have developed a way to test both the mother and baby in a lab environment.”

  • An image of Jourdan Pea, editor in the Department of Surgery, in a room in the NICU area.

    Pediatric Surgery Division wins Hermes Award

    The Division of Pediatric Surgery at the University of Texas Medical Branch took home the gold in the 2024 Hermes Creative Awards for its video elucidating the intricacies of gastrostomy tubes for patients, accessible at their convenience.

  • Pot reclassification won't cut arrests but will boost research

    The reclassification of marijuana will change the way researchers will be able to study the drug, Dr. Kathryn Cunningham told the Daily News for a story on the U.S. Justice Department’s move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug. “By reducing it to Schedule III, we would facilitate the research and allow laboratories to gain much more information and knowledge about the impact of marijuana and its constituents on public health,” Cunningham said.

  • When West Nile virus turns deadly

    “Overall, the evidence points to higher temperatures resulting in more bird-mosquito transmission and more what we call spillover infections to people,” Dr. Scott Weaver tells Grist for this article on how a changing climate is contributing to the spread of West Nile Virus.

  • How Stress, Burnout and Labor Shortages Affect Anesthesia Care

    Growing demand for surgical procedures to treat chronic pain and other medical conditions is contributing to shortages of anesthesia care providers, according to an op/ed in Anesthesiology. UTMB’s Dr. Amr Abouleish was the lead author of the op/ed and told the Pain News Network that “the labor supply-demand imbalance for anesthesia clinicians has reached critical levels, with major implications for safe and effective patient care."

  • Exploring the many health benefits of sunlight

    Dr. Hasan Yasin’s latest column explores the various health benefits associated with sunlight exposure. From mood to production of vitamin D and other positive effects, sunlight has many benefits, Yasin writes.

  • Dr. Mansfield speaks about organ donation in front of the Tree of Life display

    Nourished by gratitude, UTMB’s Tree of Life blossoms

    Dr. Jerry Mansfield’s voice cracked as he talked about the death of his 15-year-old brother-in-law. It happened decades ago, but the emotion was fresh and the memory raw as Mansfield, new vice president and system chief nursing executive at the University of Texas Medical Branch, stood in front of a crowd gathered in the hallway of Jennie Sealy Hospital on the Galveston Campus.

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