Inside UTMB: West Nile research
Galveston County Daily NewsApril 15, 2014
News in this week’s Inside UTMB column: Scientists working in UTMB’s Sealy Center for Vaccine Development have received a two-year,... more »
UTMB first hospital in Texas to receive Gold American Heart Association Award
Bay Area CitizenApril 15, 2014
UTMB is the first hospital in Texas to receive the Get With The Guidelines — Resuscitation Gold Quality Achievement Award from the American... more »
Pregnancy effects of inflammatory bowel disease may vary
ReutersApril 15, 2014
Some forms of inflammatory bowel disease are a bigger threat to pregnancy than others, suggests a large new U.S. analysis. One of two major types of... more »
This week 67 years ago, tons of ammonium nitrate blew up in Texas City; two Galveston doctors cataloged 3,000 casualties
Dallas Morning NewsApril 15, 2014
On April 16, 1947, a French cargo ship carrying 2,300 tons of ammonium nitrate exploded in Texas City harbor, near Galveston. Another explosion... more »
Surge in narcotic prescriptions for pregnant women
New York TimesApril 15, 2014
Doctors are prescribing opioid painkillers to pregnant women in astonishing numbers, new research shows, even though risks to the developing fetus... more »
Medical Discovery News: Test may diagnose Down syndrome easier
Abilene Reporter-NewsApril 15, 2014
In this week’s Medical Discovery News by UTMB’s David Niesel and Norbert Herzog: Until recently, Down syndrome could only be confirmed by... more »
Medical Discovery News - A New Test for Down’s
Abilene Reporter-NewsApril 15, 2014
Medical Discovery News
By Drs. David Niesel and Norbert Herzog
When it comes to chromosomes, extra copies are not a good thing. Every cell... more »
Inside UTMB - West Nile research
Galveston County Daily NewsApril 15, 2014
Inside UTMB
West Nile research
Scientists working in UTMB’s Sealy Center for Vaccine Development have received a two-year, $500,000 grant f... more »
Fear of missing out on social media is ‘dangerous experiment’
Galveston County Daily NewsApril 15, 2014
By Drs. Victor S. Sierpina and Larry Dossey
If we told you there was a new disease that was shrinking the size of your kids’ brains, inc... more »
Deadly Ebola outbreak keeps growing
Minnesota Public RadioApril 14, 2014
The death toll from the outbreak of Ebola virus in West Africa has passed 100. Health officials are working to contain the outbreak, which is... more »