The humble maggot may be advance in biosurgery
Abilene Reporter-NewsMay 14, 2013
In this week’s Medical Discovery News with UTMB professor David Niesel and UTMB Professor Emeritus Norbert Herzog: Maggots are ideal for wounds... more »
Nonsurgical prostate cancer treatment a first of kind in Texas
Galveston County Daily NewsMay 14, 2013
By Molly Dannenmaier
A new nonsurgical prostate cancer treatment offered at the University of Texas Medical Branch virtually eliminates the side e... more »
Maggots heal: an advance in biosurgery?
Galveston County Daily NewsMay 14, 2013
Medical Discovery News
By Drs. David Niesel and Norbert Herzog
Maggots are slimy, squirmy little creatures that make their home in dead and... more »
Our Bodies, Our Lives: Raging hormones or just raging?
Galveston County Daily NewsMay 14, 2013
Our Bodies, Our Lives
By Drs. Tristi Muir and Catherine Hansen
Our Bodies, Our Lives focuses on issues surrounding women's sexual, gynecological... more »
Get in more fruits and veggies by juicing them
Galveston County Daily NewsMay 14, 2013
By Dr. Victor S. Sierpina
Nutrition and health specialists have long recommended that to have optimal well-being, we should eat five to... more »
Inside UTMB
Galveston County Daily NewsMay 10, 2013
Community Health Fair
UTMB will host a community health fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday in League City. This family event will feature refres... more »
AAMC members brief congressional staffers on importance of trauma care
AAMCMay 10, 2013
UTMB’s Dr. Bill Mileski and Sandy Murdock recently briefed congressional staffers on the critical role teaching hospitals play in operating the... more »
Triumph over tragedy: Academic medicine’s vital role in providing and advancing trauma care
AAMCMay 10, 2013
From car accidents to large-scale disasters, access to trauma care can mean the difference between life and death. Major teaching hospitals operate ov... more »
Tour historic Galveston homes this weekend
KTRK-TV (Ch. 13, Houston)May 10, 2013
UTMB’s Open Gates Conference Center is one of 10 homes on the Galveston Historic Homes Tour this weekend. Usually the home is not open to the... more »
Colonization with S. aureus declines with age as gram-negative pathogens increase
HealioMay 10, 2013
As an infant’s nasopharynx is colonized with gram-negative pathogens, the colonization with Staphylococcus aureus declines. S. aureus... more »