Inside UTMB: Items sought for geriatric care packages
Galveston County Daily NewsDecember 10, 2013
By UTMB communications department
UTMB is accepting new, unused items for older patients. Requested items include robes, socks, blankets, jackets, p... more »
Medical Discovery News: What’s lurking in your tube of lipstick?
Galveston County Daily NewsDecember 10, 2013
By NORBERT HERZOG and DAVID NIESEL
A New York woman has filed a lawsuit against a cosmetics firm claiming that a sample of lipstick applied by an... more »
Our Bodies, Our Lives: A simple solution to menopausal weight gain?
Galveston County Daily NewsDecember 10, 2013
By DR. TRISTI MUIR
The weight gain around the middle that accompanies midlife can creep up on you and then hang on for dear life.
Loss of muscle... more »
Is aging healthy?
Galveston County Daily NewsDecember 10, 2013
By DR. VICTOR S. SIERPINA
One of my favorite positive thinkers was Norman Vincent Peale. He said something about aging that I have shared with... more »
Texas Monthly names UTMB ‘Super Docs’
Texas MonthlyDecember 10, 2013
In a survey of Texas medical professionals, 40 doctors from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have been named Texas Super Doctors.
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UTMB creates program in Kelly’s memory
Galveston County Daily NewsDecember 10, 2013
By RAUL REYES
Jim Kelly was a storyteller. Whether he was explaining the importance of a scientific study or his latest effort to determine the... more »
Expert outlines BioWatch at UTMB symposium
Galveston County Daily NewsDecember 10, 2013
By Maureen Balleza
On Oct. 5, 2001, shortly after the confirmation of the first fatality from inhalation anthrax, a team from the Lawrence Livermore... more »
Expert outlines BioWatch at UTMB symposium
Galveston County Daily NewsDecember 7, 2013
As the latest guest lecturer in the Topics in Biosecurity Symposia, Tom Slezak recounted his efforts in developing the national Biological Aerosol... more »
UTMB partners with Rwanda to train future doctors
Galveston County Daily NewsDecember 5, 2013
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has partnered with the Rwandan government’s Human Resources for Health Program to bring... more »
Couple’s routine doctor visit saves wife’s life
Galveston County Daily NewsDecember 5, 2013
When J.C. Wall and his wife Mary made the trip from Angleton to Galveston for a routine doctor visit, UTMB staff determined Mary was having a... more »