Our Bodies, Our Lives: Bone health should be a lifelong pursuit
Galveston County Daily NewsNovember 6, 2014
In the latest Our Bodies, Our Lives column by UTMB’s Dr. Tristi Muir: Building and maintaining the health of our 206 bones should be a lifelong... more »
MDN: Are we close to making artificial blood?
Galveston County Daily NewsNovember 6, 2014
In this week’s Medical Discovery News by UTMB’s David Niesel and Norbert Herzog: In the series “True Blood,” the invention of... more »
Inside UTMB: Health Policy Lunch and Learn Lecture set for Wednesday
Galveston County Daily NewsNovember 6, 2014
“Creating Value in Health Care Through Big Data” was the topic of the latest Healthy Health Policy Lunch and Learn Lecture; UTMB Health Ey... more »
Accolades: Selwyn O. Rogers Jr., M.D., MPH, FACS
Texas Medical Center NewsNovember 6, 2014
Dr. Selwyn O. Rogers Jr., a surgeon and public health expert with credentials from Harvard, Vanderbilt and Temple schools of medicine, is the new... more »
U.S. Ebola research priorities: training, training, training
MedscapeNovember 6, 2014
Research into proper training for healthcare workers to use personal protective equipment effectively is a top priority, as well as optimization of th... more »
Hospitals wrestle with extent of Ebola treatment
Wall Street Journal November 6, 2014
U.S. hospitals are grappling with whether to withhold aggressive treatments from Ebola patients to avoid further exposing doctors and nurses to the vi... more »
U.S. scientists say uncertainties loom about Ebola's transmission, other key facts
ReutersNovember 6, 2014
Even as government officials express confidence that researchers know the key facts about Ebola, many questions crucial to preventing an outbreak in... more »
New type of more problematic mosquito-borne illness detected in Brazil
Scientific AmericanNovember 6, 2014
When a mosquito-borne disease first arrived in the Western Hemisphere last year, humans were relatively lucky. The disease, which causes crippling... more »
Getting some sunlight is good for you
Galveston County Daily NewsNovember 4, 2014
by Victor Sierpina
As the days grow shorter, we become more aware of the role of light in our life.
Light has certain obvious benefits. It keeps us... more »
Medical Discovery News-Are we close to making artificial blood?
Galveston County Daily NewsNovember 4, 2014
By Norbert Herzong and David Niesel
In the series “True Blood,” the invention of artificial blood allows vampires to live among humans... more »