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The National Institutes of Health awarded University of Texas Medical Branch researchers more than $4.1 million over the next five years to test an anti-inflammatory drug capable of reaching and treating a fetus during pregnancy to prevent preterm birth.
“Right now those guys are feeling very vulnerable, and very, very few are willing to cooperate,” UTMB’s Dr. Gregory Gray tells the New York Times about farm workers dealing with the spread of bird flu. There is a chance the virus will burn through and disappear but that could take months or years the Times reports.
Vaccine Smarts columnists Drs. Megan Berman and Richard Rupp share the latest CDC recommendations for adults interested in the RSV vaccine. “Currently, all adults aged 75 and older, as well as adults aged 60-74 who are at increased risk for severe RSV disease, should receive a single dose of an RSV vaccine,” they write.
Learning is a vital part of life and health writes Dr. Samuel Mathis.
Getting pregnant can make you older write Drs. Norbert Herzog and David Niesel in their Medical Discovery News column. New reports find that pregnancy can accelerate biological aging in women.
UTMB’s Dr. Samuel Mathis spoke to The Healthy about the connection between stress and UTIs. “Stress does not directly cause UTIs, but it can make you more susceptible to an infection through its effect on our immune system,” Mathis said.
To help increase access to much needed mental health support services, a free statewide initiative called Texas Child Health Access Through Telemedicine (TCHATT) has been implemented in school districts across the state.
Houston TV station KPRC visited Dr. Rakez Kayed in Galveston to learn more about the groundbreaking nasal spray treatment for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other similar diseases.
New research out of the University of Texas Medial Branch holds promise for helping people maintain strength and mobility as they age.
“Stress does not directly cause swollen lymph nodes,” UTMB’s Dr. Samuel Mathis tells They Healthy for this article on swollen lymph nodes and what to do about them. “However, stress can lead to swollen lymph nodes by affecting the immune system.”
Reporter Melissa Wilson with Fox 26 met with the family of Olin Lewis, a 5-year-old diagnosed with a rare kidney condition. Olin and his family travel from Katy to the UTMB Clear Lake Campus regularly to see a team specialized in kidney care. It was UTMB Family Nurse Practitioner Ashley Moses who suggested the family come to Clear Lake to get the specialist care their child needed.
Lower back pain is one of the most common pain complaints Dr. Hassan Yasin hears in his clinic. In his column, Yasin provides some natural ways reduce the risk and severity of back pain.
In the video, Dr. Ramkumar Menon discusses the technology that allows scientists to study gestational disease using miniature organ models made up of human cells embedded onto silicon surfaces.
While it is no longer a death sentence, there is still no cure for HIV write Drs. Norbert Herzog and David Niesel in their latest Medical Discovery News column. But the development of gene editing may offer a way of removing or inactivating HIV in the body.
During the 2024 American Academy of Family Physicians National Conference held in Kansas City, Missouri, the University of Texas Medical Branch earned two honors—one for professor and clinician Dr. Jennifer Raley’s efforts to support the institution’s Family Medicine Interest Group and another for the group itself.
A value-based care initiative at the University of Texas Medical Branch made significant progress toward goals in blood management, antimicrobial treatment, laboratory services, imaging services and opioid stewardship, according to a study published in the Journal of Healthcare Management.
UTMB’s Dr. Misha Syed coauthored this essay on the gender disparity in ophthalmology. While things are improving, barriers still exist that prevent women from reaching senior ranks and leadership positions, she writes. “To help our peers in academia advance in their careers and grow in a way that is more structured and organized, we founded Women Professors of Ophthalmology (WPO), a faculty development initiative within the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology,” write Syed and co-author Dr. Rukhsana Mirza of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
UTMB nurse Vanessa Abacan writes about becoming a Clinical Nurse Specialist, entrepreneur, and author in an essay for The Nursing Beat. “It's a tale of grit, a dash of delusion (or as I lovingly call it, 'delu-lu'), and the undeniable power of passion,” Abacan writes.
Wayne Keathley, executive vice president and chief operating officer at UTMB, joined a group of local health care experts this week for a conference on the state of the industry in Galveston County.
Mental health conditions are one of the leading causes of pregnancy-related deaths in Texas, The Daily News reported. UTMB’s Dr. Kimberly Grayson spoke to the newspaper about “the baby blues” and postpartum depression. “It’s a lot more common than I think a lot of people realize, because most people think of it as a very positive time, especially in those first couple weeks postpartum,” Grayson said.