Increasing testosterone use raises safety concerns
Scientific AmericanSeptember 16, 2014
The most recent research suggests that between 25 and 40 percent of patients receiving testosterone replacement therapy never had a blood test to... more »
7 steps to improving empathy
Galveston County Daily NewsSeptember 16, 2014
Last week, UTMB’s Dr. Victor S. Sierpina wrote about empathy, how it is different from compassion and how essential empathy is to human... more »
MDN: There’s hope for sickle cell
Galveston County Daily NewsSeptember 16, 2014
In this week’s Medical Discovery News by UTMB’s David Niesel and Norbert Herzog: While sickle cell disease has long been studied, a... more »
Eye care over 45: What to look for, what can be done
Galveston County Daily NewsSeptember 16, 2014
Given Galveston’s baby boomer demographics, the care of aging eyes is an expanding part of every ophthalmology practice in Galveston County.... more »
Galveston Arts Center launches new art program at UTMB Children's Hospital
Galveston.comSeptember 16, 2014
Galveston Arts Center new Director of Education Reyna Collura has teamed up with Child Life Services at UTMB. Since July, Collura has been spending Th... more »
U.S. scientists see long fight against Ebola
New York TimesSeptember 16, 2014
Questions have been raised about whether there could be something different about this strain of Ebola that makes it more contagious than previous... more »
Fact or fiction?: The Ebola virus will go airborne
Scientific AmericanSeptember 16, 2014
As the virus continues to circulate through west Africa, it may like any other pathogen continue to acquire genetic mutations. So far, however, there... more »
Inside UTMB: Cruisin‘ 2 Recovery free festival to be at Garten Verein
Galveston County Daily NewsSeptember 16, 2014
News in this week’s Inside UTMB column: The Gulf Coast Center, UTMB Center for Addiction Research and UTMB Family Medicine are hosting the... more »
UTMB’s eye clinic focuses on customer service, patient satisfaction, training and research
Galveston County Daily NewsSeptember 16, 2014
As customer service and patient satisfaction moved to the forefront at the eye clinic, Dr. Bernard Godley said training and research, the other two... more »
A virus hunter faces the big one: Ebola
Washington PostSeptember 16, 2014
Joseph Fair hunts viruses. That’s his thing. The 37-year-old American loves chasing dangerous pathogens, studying them in secure labs or... more »