Medical Discovery News - It Came From the Ice
Abilene Reporter-NewsJuly 1, 2014
Medical Discovery News
By Drs. David Niesel and Norbert Herzog
From the ice, scientists hauled a monster of unimaginable size. It was... more »
Inside UTMB - McKinney earns Award for Excellence in Academic Medicine
Galveston County Daily NewsJuly 1, 2014
McKinney earns Award for Excellence in Academic Medicine
Dr. Kevin H. McKinney, associate professor in endocrinology in the Department of Internal... more »
Legal for medical research: Marijuana is beneficial for cancer patients
Galveston County Daily NewsJuly 1, 2014
In this week’s column by UTMB’s Dr. Victor S. Sierpina: As more states, now numbering around 15, approve marijuana as legal for medical,... more »
Developer eying Dickinson/Santa Fe tract
Galveston County Daily NewsJuly 1, 2014
Good prognosis: Officials with UTMB said the $90 million expansion of the UTMB Specialty Care Center at Victory Lakes still is on track to be... more »
Legal for medical research: Marijuana is beneficial for cancer patients
Galveston County Daily NewsJuly 1, 2014
By Dr. Victor S. Sierpina
Rocky Mountain high. Imagine my surprise when I returned to visit the tiny mountain hamlet in Colorado where I was in... more »
Could Ebola spread to the United States?
FoxNews.comJune 30, 2014
The current outbreak of Ebola in West Africa is now the largest in history, but how likely is it to spread to the United States or other countries... more »
Researchers develop experimental treatment for deadly Nipah virus
Voice of AmericaJune 30, 2014
Researchers are a step closer to developing a treatment for the deadly Nipah virus, a disease transmitted by fruit bats that has a high mortality... more »
An intern’s story: From Netflix to newspapers
Galveston County Daily NewsJune 30, 2014
In this guest column, Belle Pen writes about her decision to apply for the James Perry Kelly Memorial Science Writing Internship in UTMB’s... more »
An intern’s story: From Netflix to newspapers
Galveston County Daily NewsJune 30, 2014
Isabel Pen, an intern at the University of Texas Medical Branch Department of Marketing and Communications via the James Perry Kelly Memorial Summer... more »
Respiratory therapists help patients breathe easy
Houston ChronicleJune 30, 2014
Respiratory therapists are an important part of the team in hospitals, nursing care facilities, or in home health, as they keep patients alive when th... more »