Physicians have joined the conversation about medical gaslighting on TikTok to raise awareness that dismissing a patient's healthcare concerns is not only short-sighted, but it's bad medicine. Shannon Clark, MD, an OB-GYN and maternal-fetal medicine specialist at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, was one. "I want to say something that just might blow your mind," Dr. Clark said. "It is possible for someone to have a medical condition or complaints or symptoms that are not related to any mental health condition they might have. It's true. So automatically attributing any complaint a patient might have to their mental health condition is just plain bad medicine."

Dr. Leila Wood, a researcher and social worker at UTMB’s Center for Sexual Violence Prevention, spoke about healing from sexual trauma on Dan Savage’s podcast.

The likelihood of developing dementia increases with age in the general U.S. population, as well as in people living with HIV in the US. However, a new study suggests that people with HIV who are over 75 may experience a higher prevalence of dementia compared to the general population—with the largest gap seen in women. A study authored by Dr Xiaoying Yu of the University of Texas Medical Branch analyzed data from Medicare.

On KPRC’s hurricane special program, Dr. Gulshan Sharma and Russell Rodecap spoke to KPRC’s Frank Billingsley about how UTMB improved infrastructure after Hurricane Ike and is better prepared for future hurricanes.

Ryan Labbe spoke to the newspaper about his liver-transplant experience. The article also quotes his wife, Dr. Trine Engebretsen, a transplant surgeon at the University of Texas Medical Branch.

Dr. Samuel Mathis, assistant professor of Family Medicine at UTMB Health, discussed a possible resurgence of mpox this summer and the effectiveness rates of the mpox vaccine. He also talked about how to tell the difference between cold, flu, and COVID-19, the record low hospitalization rates for COVID and if people should get COVID boosters in coming months.

"Healthcare professionals need to make engaging content to post on social media platforms like YouTube and especially TikTok, to reach wider audiences and combat misinformation about (dissociative identity disorder)," fourth-year UTMB student Isreal Bladimir Munoz tells Medscape.

What to do when 7 to 11ish year olds are moody, angsty and mean? UTMB’s Dr. Jeff Temple spoke to Scary Momy about how to help with the mood swings of the post-toddler and pre-pre-teen stage.