Inside UTMB: Teenage dating violence, bullying is topic of today’s Lunch Bunch
Galveston County Daily NewsAugust 12, 2014
News in this week’s Inside UTMB column: Jeff Temple will present “Healthy relationships don’t just happen: Preventing dating... more »
How brown fat benefits your health
CBS NewsAugust 8, 2014
Continuing coverage: While white fat is mainly used to store energy, brown fat keeps the body warm by burning calories once it is activated. Even... more »
Success story: From journalism to medicine
Kiplinger’s Personal FinanceAugust 8, 2014
James Lozada gave up his longtime career in broadcast journalism in 2006 to become a medical student and explore a new career path. Eight years... more »
EPA’s proposed emissions limits drawing debate
Texas Tribune August 8, 2014
After years of court battles with environmental groups over those exemptions, the EPA is now proposing stricter limits on when petrochemical and... more »
Judge told flesh-eating disease caught in time
Houston ChronicleAugust 8, 2014
Derry Dunn considers himself lucky. If the Orange County justice of the peace had waited a little longer to begin treatment, he could have been among... more »
Medical consultations for surgical patients examined amid payment changes
Medical News TodayAugust 8, 2014
The use of medical consultations for surgical patients varied widely across hospitals, especially among patients without complications. In a... more »
A solid foundation for biomedical research
Texas Medical Center NewsAugust 8, 2014
The Galveston National Laboratory provides research space and instrumentation to safely develop therapies, vaccines and diagnostic tests for... more »
Experts to discuss using experimental Ebola drugs
TimeAugust 8, 2014
Continuing coverage: The World Health Organization is convening a panel of medical ethicists next week to discuss whether experimental vaccines and dr... more »
MDN: Does grey matter?
Galveston County Daily NewsAugust 8, 2014
In this week’s Medical Discovery News by UTMB’s David Niesel and Norbert Herzog: Results from a recent study in the scientific journal... more »
Keeping Kids Healthy: Prepare child for going back to school with safety tips
Galveston County Daily NewsAugust 8, 2014
In this week’s Keeping Kids Healthy column by UTMB Drs. Sally Robinson and Keith Bly: A new school year is about to begin. As you prepare your... more »