• AI generated image of a woman with curly hair holding her hands in front of her in a heart shape

    What Women Need to Know About Heart Disease

    The UTMB Cardiology team is committed to combating heart disease, which remains the number-one killer in women ahead of all cancers combined – including breast and ovarian cancers. To increase awareness, Cardiology lead Dr. Hani Jneid and three female clinicians shared their insights on the matter.

  • Calcineurin inhibitors and reduced incidence of dementia

    A neuroscientist and transplant surgeon at UTMB stumbled upon the realization that transplant patients exhibited a low frequency of dementia, write Drs. Norbert Herzog and David Niesel in their latest Medical Discovery News column. The discovery could have huge implications for the treatment of Alzheimer’s and dementia, they write.

  • Should the CDC cut the 5-day COVID-19 isolation guidelines? Experts weigh in.

    UTMB’s Dr. Janak Patel spoke to CBS News about the CDC’s potential elimination of isolation requirements after testing positive for COVID-19. "We have to be very cautious that perhaps another variant that escapes our immunity completely may emerge and may require different precautions," Patel says. "Once we make policy in this forward manner, if we had to have a situation where we would need more caution, it will be very hard to go back to more prolonged isolation."

  • Acupuncture has areas of great benefit

    Research has shown that acupuncture may be beneficial for a number of pain conditions, writes Dr. Hasan Yasin in a column for the GCDN. Yasin suggested patients speak to their doctor about alternative or complementary treatments.

  • Groups of faculty, staff and students posing with Dr. Reiser and members of the President's Cabinet

    UTMB President’s Cabinet announces 2023 award recipients

    Ten projects that address pressing health needs received a University of Texas Medical Branch President’s Cabinet award. The awards totaled more than $220,000 and will go to 26 UTMB faculty, staff and students working on the winning projects.

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    How UTMB Health is combating the rising cardiovascular maternal mortality rate

    As the rate of heart-disease related deaths continues to rise for pregnant and postpartum mothers and women during childbirth, cardiologist Dr. Danielle El Haddad is laying the foundation for a cardio-obstetrics program to care for at-risk patients.

  • Using science to fend off the world’s deadliest animal

    What’s the world’s deadliest animal? It’s not lions, tigers or bears but instead tiny mosquitoes, write Drs. Megan Berman and Richard Rupp in their latest Vaccine Smarts column. With luck, vaccines can help take away the mosquito’s title of the world’s deadliest animal, they write.

  • 25 best online master's in nursing programs, per US News

    UTMB’s School of Nursing is in the top 25. Becker’s shared the news that the SoN’s online master’s program was ranked 12th in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. UTMB’s School of Nursing was the top ranked program in the state of Texas.

  • Chocolate and its health benefits

    Chocolate has some amazing health benefits when used appropriately, writes Dr. Samuel Mathis in his latest column. But there is a catch, Mathis writes. The benefits come from the cacao seed itself not from everything else added to make modern chocolate.

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