UTMB News Articles

“The present situation demands AI literacy to empower young people to understand, question and navigate the tools that show no signs of slowing down,” writes Dr. Jarrel De Matas in a guest column in the Daily News.

“It is the rural communities that are being disproportionately affected by the power outages,” UTMB’s Dr. Brian Downer tells The Daily Yonder. Recent research shows that the elderly and those in rural areas are at greater risk from adverse climate events and power outages, reports The Daily Yonder.

At the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting, UTMB’s Dr. Andrew G. Lee explained that El Nino and La Nina weather patterns — worsened by climate change — can worsen eye conditions such as dry eye, cataracts, infections and UV-related damage while also influencing disease outbreaks and access to care.

Exercise snacks are short bursts of intentional movement sprinkled throughout the day, writes Dr. Hasan Yasin. Rather than one long workout session, people strapped for time are finding ways to fit short exercise snacks into their schedule.

Every parent wants to keep their baby safe and a new vaccine is helping parents keep their babies safe from RSV, write Drs. Megan Berman and Richard Rupp in their latest Vaccine Smarts column. “Like installing a car seat or covering an outlet, it’s a simple step that can make all the difference,” they write.

“As this technology matures, predicting future health issues in embryos may become a standard part of in vitro fertilization,” write Drs. Norbert Herzog and David Niesel in their latest Medical Discovery News column.

UTMB’s Nellie Loewen was a speaker on a recent domestic violence panel discussion. Speaking about strangulation, Loewen highlighted the importance of following up with a victim of abuse. “Don’t think that you’re going to always see any issues, and don’t think that they’re going to remember it, because once they have lost consciousness, they won’t remember to tell you,” Loewen said.

The autopsy of a man who committed a deadly shooting in Manhattan earlier this year showed he suffered from CTE, a progressive brain disease caused by repeated head injuries, according to New York City’s chief medical examiner. But the diagnosis doesn’t mean CTE caused the tragedy, experts tell the New York Post. “It could be a factor. But did this happen strictly due to this gentleman having CTE? Probably not,” Dr. Brent Masel said.

Dr. Samuel Mathis dives into the health benefits of Vitamin B-9 in this column. The vitamin is naturally found in foods such as dark leafy greens, citrus fruits, legumes like beans and lentils, and animal liver and has been added to flour and grain products. “It is always recommended to get this vitamin through our diet rather than from supplements,” Mathis writes.

Drs. Norbert Herzog and David Niesel write about how HIV patients who were cured after receiving a stem cell transplant with a specific gene mutation.