UTMB News

  • When patients feel gaslighted, it's time to find another physician

    Physicians have joined the conversation about medical gaslighting on TikTok to raise awareness that dismissing a patient's healthcare concerns is not only short-sighted, but it's bad medicine. Shannon Clark, MD, an OB-GYN and maternal-fetal medicine specialist at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, was one. "I want to say something that just might blow your mind," Dr. Clark said. "It is possible for someone to have a medical condition or complaints or symptoms that are not related to any mental health condition they might have. It's true. So automatically attributing any complaint a patient might have to their mental health condition is just plain bad medicine."

  • Healing from sexual trauma

    Dr. Leila Wood, a researcher and social worker at UTMB’s Center for Sexual Violence Prevention, spoke about healing from sexual trauma on Dan Savage’s podcast.

  • People with HIV, especially women, may have a higher prevalence of dementia as they age

    The likelihood of developing dementia increases with age in the general U.S. population, as well as in people living with HIV in the US. However, a new study suggests that people with HIV who are over 75 may experience a higher prevalence of dementia compared to the general population—with the largest gap seen in women. A study authored by Dr Xiaoying Yu of the University of Texas Medical Branch analyzed data from Medicare.

  • Hurricane and flood special airs on KPRC

    On KPRC’s hurricane special program, Dr. Gulshan Sharma and Russell Rodecap spoke to KPRC’s Frank Billingsley about how UTMB improved infrastructure after Hurricane Ike and is better prepared for future hurricanes.

  • Texas City man celebrates life and organ donors

    Ryan Labbe spoke to the newspaper about his liver-transplant experience. The article also quotes his wife, Dr. Trine Engebretsen, a transplant surgeon at the University of Texas Medical Branch.

  • Ask the Doctor: Latest on COVID and possible summer mpox resurgence

    Dr. Samuel Mathis, assistant professor of Family Medicine at UTMB Health, discussed a possible resurgence of mpox this summer and the effectiveness rates of the mpox vaccine. He also talked about how to tell the difference between cold, flu, and COVID-19, the record low hospitalization rates for COVID and if people should get COVID boosters in coming months.

  • Call for Docs to Combat False TikTok Misinformation on Rare Psych Disorder

    "Healthcare professionals need to make engaging content to post on social media platforms like YouTube and especially TikTok, to reach wider audiences and combat misinformation about (dissociative identity disorder)," fourth-year UTMB student Isreal Bladimir Munoz tells Medscape.

  • What To Do When Your Pre-Pre-Teen Turns... Mean

    What to do when 7 to 11ish year olds are moody, angsty and mean? UTMB’s Dr. Jeff Temple spoke to Scary Momy about how to help with the mood swings of the post-toddler and pre-pre-teen stage.

  • Brain has natural weapon to fight Alzheimer's, UTMB scientists find

    People with Alzheimer’s disease who don’t also have dementia are protected by autophagy, a natural physiological process that removes toxic proteins from living cells, according to new UTMB research. “Those fortunate individuals are telling us there is a natural way for the human brain to protect itself against dementia,” UTMB’s Dr. Giulio Taglialatela told the Daily News.

  • COVID Shots Are Still One Giant Experiment

    Unlike the last round of bivalent vaccines, the next Covid booster may only have main ingredient, reports The Atlantic. UTMB’s Dr. Vineet Menachery spoke to the magazine about his latest research on the efficacy of the vaccine.

  • visual of a uterus, ovaries and fallopian tube made out of pink, red and white paper on a teal background

    PCOS—a complicated but common, treatable condition

    Affecting 6% to 12% (as many as 5 million) of U.S. women of reproductive age, polycystic ovarian syndrome is one of the most common hormonal endocrine disorders.

  • three moms sitting on a jewel tone turquoise-colored couch holding their children who all appear to be 18 months old or younger

    Mental health and moms - a candid discussion

    In honor of Women's Health Month and Mother's Day two UTMB experts, who happen to also be moms, participated in a panel discussion with our partners with Houston Moms to discuss perceived stress, finding balance and mental health.