Physicians urged to ask elderly patients about guns
MedscapeJuly 16, 2013
Physicians should inquire about guns in the homes of geriatric patients who may be at a higher risk for a gun-related fatality — particularly su... more »
Inside UTMB: OLLI summer oncology lecture series
Galveston County Daily NewsJuly 16, 2013
News in this week’s Inside UTMB: UTMB is offering $25 physicals this Saturday; the 2013 Dr. and Mrs. Seymour Fisher Academic Excellence Awards... more »
Easing restrictions on NPs helps primary care shortage
Nurse.comJuly 16, 2013
Continuing coverage: States with the fewest restrictions on nurse practitioners’ scope of practice had 2.5 times more patients receiving... more »
Astronauts face greater risk of cancer, Alzheimer's
Abilene Reporter-NewsJuly 16, 2013
In this week’s Medical Discovery News with UTMB’s David Niesel and Norbert Herzog: Researchers have learned that the high levels of ... more »
Calendar
Texas Medical Center NewsJuly 16, 2013
July 17: “Breast Surgery and Reconstruction,” presented by UTMB Drs. Colleen Silva and Karen Powers. July 24: “New and Improved... more »
A bad recipe for humanized medicine
Galveston County Daily NewsJuly 16, 2013
By Dr. Howard Brody
Danielle Ofri, a New York general internist and noted physician-author, recently told Time.com how she had been tempted... more »
Home cooking and family time
Galveston County Daily NewsJuly 16, 2013
By Dr. Victor S. Sierpina and Michelle Sierpina, Ph.D.
In his recent book, “Cooked,” food author Michael Pollan laments the... more »
Inside UTMB: OLLI summer oncology lecture series
Galveston County Daily NewsJuly 16, 2013
OLLI summer oncology lecture series
UTMB faculty physicians who are experts in cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment and survivorship have been pr... more »
Medical Discovery News: Astronauts with Alzheimer’s
Abilene Reporter-NewsJuly 16, 2013
Medical Discovery News
By Drs. David Niesel and Norbert Herzog
“That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for... more »
UT Regents names six UTMB ‘Outstanding Teachers’
July 15, 2013
The University of Texas System Board of Regents has awarded six faculty members at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston with the... more »