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  • headshot image of utmb pediatric surgeon dr. Maria Carmen mora alongside a headshot of meagan clanahan from houston moms, both featured in round frames above a standard play button on a dark teal background

    Advances in pediatric robotic surgery

    During this chat with Houston Moms, learn how Dr. Maria Carmen Mora is helping grow the pediatric robotic surgery program at UTMB Health and why the practice is so beneficial to patients.

  • black female care provider wearing a yellow shirt is using a stethoscope on a young, male pediatric patient wearing a black shirt. She is listening to his heart in a clinic room with open windows behind them. Trees are visible through the windows

    Pediatric kidney care drives Katy family to Clear Lake

    March is national kidney month and UTMB has a team of expertly trained clinicians ready to help keep these vital organs healthy and strong in patients just like five-year-old Olin Lewis.

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    UTMB police seeks public feedback on accreditation

    As part of its dedication to enhanced professionalism and law enforcement excellence in public safety and community relations, the University of Texas Medical Branch Police Department voluntarily became a Nationally Accredited Law Enforcement Agency through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) in 2012.

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    Five ways to keep your kidneys healthy

    Did you know your kidneys filter all of your blood up to 25 times a day? UTMB Health kidney specialist Dr. Ann Kathleen Gamilla-Crudo shares five tips to keep these important organs healthy.

  • Breakthrough Research Offers New Hope in the Fight Against Ebola

    A groundbreaking study by researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch is shedding light on a promising development in the battle against highly fatal hemorrhagic diseases caused by orthoebolaviruses, including the notorious Ebola virus.

  • image of "I Matched" Celebratory yard signs in green grass in front of "red" historical building and palm trees on the GAlveston Campus

    From masks to Match Day

    The medical school class that started during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic are preparing for the next chapter - and a big celebration - with this year's Match Day.

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    Meet UTMB Health's newest pediatric surgeon, Dr. Carmen Mora

    When a child undergoes surgery, what happens in the OR can potentially influence the trajectory of the child’s entire future. UTMB Health pediatric surgeon Dr. Maria Carmen Mora does not take for granted the weight of that privilege and responsibility.

  • Diet soda is not a replacement for water

    While the marketing departments of big soda companies would like us to think diet soda is healthy, the research seems to indicate otherwise. Dr. Samuel Mathis reviews the health benefits and risks of drinking diet soda in this column.

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    UTMB debuts new heart ablation technology

    UTMB Health’s Clear Lake Campus Hospital is one of 10 locations in the United States to launch a new heart ablation procedure that provides a host of advantages over existing techniques used to treat atrial fibrillation and other electrophysiological issues.

  • Detecting Breast Cancer Early Can Save Lives. A New Biotech Lab Test May Help

    In the mid-2000s, Dr. Suszanne Klimberg, currently Chief of Surgical Oncology at the University of Texas Medical Branch, noticed that many of her patients from rural areas came in with late-stage breast cancer. It turned out that they have had no access to breast screening, where they lived. This motivated Dr. Klimberg to search for a simple screening method to be used at primary care level to detect the disease at an early stage, and this is how the idea of development of an easily deployed lab test to screen for breast cancer was born.

  • Civil War Iodine

    Today, iodine is on the World Health Organization list of essential medicines. Iodine is still added to common table salt to prevent goiters. In this episode of Medical Discovery News, Dr. Norbert Herzog and Dr. David Niesel trace back the origins of iodine treatment, from a Civil War battlefield.

  • A closer look at memory in children

    A three-year-old will ask many “why” questions about their surroundings. While the questions might be difficult such as why the sky is blue the answers can be as simple as “I’m not sure. Let’s look it up?” Dr. Sally Robinson discusses how to strengthen memory abilities with children in this week’s column.

  • Equitable Breakthroughs in Medicine Development Reaches Next Phase Driving Diversity in Clinical Trials in Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas

    University of Texas Medical Branch and Texas Southern University are partners in a national effort to increase diversity and inclusion of underserved communities in clinic trials. Equitable Breakthroughs in Medicine Development (EQBMED), led by Yale School of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, the Research Centers in Minority Institutions Coordinating Center (RCMI) at Morehouse School of Medicine, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center, is a partnership bringing clinical trial sites closer to the community to further equity and access for diverse populations.

  • headshot image of utmb cardiologist dr. danielle el haddad alongside a headshot of meagan clanahan from houston moms, both featured in round frames above a standard play button on a dark teal background

    Heart health during & after pregnancy: What women need to know

    Cardiologist Dr. Danielle El Haddad is at the helm of UTMB Health's new cardio-obstetrics program. In this interview she shares more about the program's history, who may qualify for this care and why it's important.

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