Medical Discovery News: Latest dangerous fad is drinking raw water

Abilene Reporter NewsMay 29, 2018

This week’s column encourages people to avoid drinking “raw water” that has not been filtered or treated. The practice is a new fad... more »

UTMB Santa Fe school shooting media response

May 23, 2018

 Following the school shooting at Santa Fe High School UTMB’s media relations team immediately began answering calls from reporters... more »

Brain health inextricably linked to heart health

Galveston County Daily NewsMay 23, 2018

UTMB family medicine resident, Pradeep Pramanik encourages readers to speak with their doctor about brain health. In particular, he encourages people... more »

New data changes the way scientists explain how cancer tumors develop

Health Medicine Network May 22, 2018

UTMB scientists found that losing a section of messenger RNA that was previously thought to transform normal cells into cancerous ones actually acts... more »

An Ebola vaccine gets its first real-world test

WiredMay 21, 2018

The current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is giving health care workers an opportunity to test a new vaccine, rVSV-ZEBOV. It... more »

More patients are taking home recording of their doctor visits. But who else could listen?

STATMay 18, 2018

It is becoming more common for a patient’s visit with their physician to be recorded. The practice can help a patient understand and recall... more »

Trouble breathing while pregnant is common – especially when pregnant with multiples

SELFMay 15, 2018

Reports that a reality television star, pregnant with twins, has been experiencing trouble breathing has been in the news. Physicians explain that... more »

Psychiatric disorders worsen bladder cancer survival

In the JournalsMay 15, 2018

 A UTMB analysis of patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer showed about half were diagnosed with a post treatment psychiatric disorder.... more »

Medical Discovery News: Are scientists making mice too human

Abilene Reporter NewsMay 14, 2018

In this week’s column, David Niesel and Norbert Herzog discuss advancements in biomedical research involving stem cells and the human brain.... more »

The scary postpartum condition that caught me completely off guard – and what I did about it

MBG relationshipsMay 10, 2018

UTMB’s Shannon Clark contributes to this column on unwanted intrusive thoughts parents may have in the early postpartum period. According to... more »

Hypnosis: It’s not just for entertainment anymore

Galveston County Daily NewsMay 9, 2018

Robert Rakowczyk, a UTMB family medicine resident explains how hypnotherapy may be helpful with a variety of issues that are tough to treat with medic... more »

UTMB neonatal intensive care unit attains top designation

Galveston County Daily NewsMay 8, 2018

UTMB’s neonatal intensive care unit has achieved a Level IV designation, the highest ranking, from the Texas Department of State Health... more »

Q&A: Dr. George Saade

Texas Health Journal: The Maternal & Infant Health IssueMay 8, 2018

A Journal interview with UTMB’s George Saade, chair of the Texas Collaborative for Healthy Mothers and Babies, about his career in maternal and... more »

UTMB neonatal intensive care unit attains top designation

Texas Medical Center NewsMay 8, 2018

UTMB’s neonatal intensive care unit has achieved a Level IV designation, the highest ranking, from the Texas Department of State Health... more »

Ebola virus returns: Latest outbreak in Congo kills 17

NewsweekMay 8, 2018

UTMB’s Alex Bukreyev, contributes to this report on an outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo which has... more »

New breakthrough paving the way for universal Ebola therapeutic

EurekAlert!May 7, 2018

Alex Bukreyev’s work on a new collaborative study has identified and studied Ebola antibodies that could be used to design universal... more »

Medical Discovery News: Robots speed up neurosurgery

Abilene Reporter NewsMay 7, 2018

In this week’s column, David Niesel and Norbert Herzog discuss the continued growth of using robotics for surgical procedures, particularly... more »

How you can become an antidote to chaos

Galveston County Daily NewsMay 2, 2018

In this week’s column, Victor Sierpina reviews Jordan Peterson’s life rules, which have been the subject of his last 12 columns.... more »

Medical Discovery News: Skin may help regulate blood pressure

Abilene Reporter NewsApril 30, 2018

In this week’s column, the newly discovered role that skin plays in regulating a person’s blood pressure and heart rate is explained.... more »

UTMB observes National Donate Life Month

Fox 26 HoustonApril 25, 2018

UTMB observed National Donate Life Month with a celebration in the Moody Medical Library plaza on Wednesday, May 25. In this local news report,... more »

UTMB scores another A for safety and quality

Guidry NewsApril 24, 2018

UTMB’s health care system received a second consecutive A grade in the most recent Hospital Safety Grade report. The Leapfrog Group assigns... more »

Medical Discovery News: While Chopin’s body was decomposing, his preserved heart tells how he died

Abilene Reporter NewsApril 23, 2018

When famed Polish composer, Frédéric Chopin died in 1849, his heart was removed and preserved in a jar. In 2014, scientists studied... more »

Study offers sobering warning for casual drinkers

Galveston County Daily NewsApril 22, 2018

A recent international study published in the medical journal, The Lancet, found that people who consume more than seven drinks a week can expect to... more »

Aging care network breakfast program focuses on quality of life

Galveston County Daily NewsMarch 27, 2018

The Galveston Aging Care Network, a group of aging care professionals working to improve the quality of life for aging individuals through awareness... more »