Asking for help can be scary but studies show being aware of our limitations can boost mental health and resilience writes Dr. Samuel Mathis.
U.S. News & World Report named the University of Texas Medical Branch a 2025 High Performing Hospital for Maternity Care. The award is the highest a hospital can earn as part of U.S. News’ Best Hospitals for Maternity Care annual study.
Research from a large study in Finland has shown that some mental illnesses may be transmissible among adolescents, write Drs. Norbert Herzog and David Niesel in their weekly Medical Discovery News column.
“They take care of people. If you’re poor, you still get health care. And you don’t have to have a job to get health insurance,” UTMB’s Dr. Kyriakos S. Markides tells STAT about Portugal’s health care system. STAT reports that Portugal has a life expectancy nearly four years longer than the U.S. despite spending 20% of what the U.S. does on health care per person.
Will McWhorter, senior practice manager for TDCJ’s Beauford H. Jester III and Carol S. Vance units in Richmond, has been named to the University of Texas System Employee Advisory Council.
UTMB aerospace medicine resident Dr. Ethan Stephens was profiled by the West Virginia Daily News. “I knew I wanted to get training in family medicine, but I also had an interest in engineering and spaceflight. I found out about aerospace medicine late in medical school and was able to observe some online lectures about the specialty. I have been hooked ever since,” Stephens said.
A recent study has found flaws in the blue zone hypothesis. “I think the paper nicely showed that where we see high levels of supercentenarians, these are also places where we haven't had good reporting on ages,” said UTMB’s Dr. Neil Mehta.
UTMB’s Dr. Hani Jneid helped explain the role saturated fat plays in heart health. "Additionally, saturated fats are calorie-dense, and consuming too many can lead to weight gain and obesity, which further increases the risk of health issues like heart disease and diabetes," Jneid tells Yahoo!Life.
Children facing extended hospital stays can design and create ceiling tiles that are later placed throughout the hallways of the unit, creating a comforting environment for past, current, and future patients.
UTMB’s Department of Pathology is the first academic healthcare center in Texas to add an artificial-intelligence based tool to help in the diagnosis of prostate cancer, reports the Daily News.
The University of Texas Medical Branch Department of Pathology is the first academic healthcare center in Texas to add an artificial intelligence-based-tool to its routine workflow for the diagnosis of prostate cancer.
A new study finds that that Black octogenarians in the United States have significantly better odds of living to 100 than their white counterparts. UTMB’s Dr. Kyriakos Markides tells the Globe that the study confirms and adds to the research he’s done on Hispanic aging.
Research supports that gratefulness offers extensive health benefits, writes Dr. Victor S. Sierpina in the Daily News. Benefits of gratefulness include improved mood, better socialization, stress reduction, quality sleep, reduced pain and inflammation, stronger immunity, and lowered risk of cardiovascular and neurocognitive problems.
UTMB’s Dr. Gulshan Sharma was named one of the chief medical officers to know by Becker’s Hospital Review. “The health system went from earning 3-star to 5-star rankings on Vizient's quality and accountability study under Dr. Sharma's leadership,” Becker’s reports.
In the last half of 2024 alone, E. coli has been found in ground beef, carrots, onions, walnuts and cheese, causing at least 186 illnesses, one death and several recalls, reports Sentient Health. UTMB’s Dr. Alfredo Torres tells Sentient Health that E. coli lives in many places, but the “Big Six” subtypes that sicken humans are all found primarily in the bodies of cattle. “So when [the cows defecate], the fecal matter is contaminated with this organism, and anything that gets in contact with the manure, or water contaminated with the fecal matter, can get contaminated with the bacteria,” Torres said. This story was also published in The Good Men Project.
“Short of a big vaccine program in the cattle, I just don't see how we're going to control it,” Dr. Gregory Gray tells NPR of the ongoing spread of a new strain of bird flu. There are at least 50 known human infections in the U.S. NPR reports but Gray said “it’s pretty clear, we’re missing probably a lot of cases of H5N1 infections.” Gray was also quoted in bird flu stories in outlets such a Web MD, the Associated Press, and Slate, among others.
The latest guidelines now recommend that all adults over 50 receive pneumococcal vaccination, as well as adults 19-49 who have a chronic health condition or are immunocompromised, write Drs. Megan Berman and Richard Rupp in their latest Vaccine Smarts column.
Scientists have recently established that following a vegan diet, even for a short time, reduces your biological age, write Drs. Norbert Herzog and David Niesel in their weekly Medical Discovery News column.
University of Texas Medical Branch's Yolanda Leyva has been named one of 10 NICU nurses selected as a finalist in the second annual Nominate a NICU Nurse program.
COPD is a progressive lung disease often linked to smoking, though it may also be tied to genetics or environmental exposure to smoke or other pollutants. Many patients experience symptoms long before seeking medical attention.