Purchase age-appropriate toys and gifts for your children this Christmas
Galveston County Daily NewsDecember 19, 2012
Keeping Kids Healthy
By Sally Robinson and Keith Bly
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission was created in 1973 to develop safety... more »
Shorter hospital stays don't mean readmissions
Yahoo! NewsDecember 19, 2012
Hospitals are releasing patients faster and faster these days, but little is known about whether people are being sent home too soon. “There is... more »
Simple toys help children's imagination grow
Galveston County Daily NewsDecember 19, 2012
In this guest column by UTMB’s Dr. Skip Brown: Wonderfully simple toys have been around for years for a reason. They are, in many cases, safer... more »
Lessen holiday risks with decorating tips
Galveston County Daily NewsDecember 19, 2012
In this week’s Keeping Kids Healthy column with UTMB Drs. Sally Robinson and Keith Bly: Every year without fail, the joy of this holiday season... more »
Lessen holiday risks with decorating tips
Galveston County Daily NewsDecember 19, 2012
Keeping Kids Healthy
By Sally Robinson and Keith Bly
Every year without fail, the joy of this holiday season is tempered by news that a handful... more »
Simple toys help children's imagination grow
Galveston County Daily NewsDecember 19, 2012
By Dr. Oscar W. "Skip" Brown
Being all grown up, we adults are not very good toy evaluators.
In fact, many of us will stand for hours... more »
Inside UTMB: UTMB announces holiday closings, volunteer opportunities
Galveston County Daily NewsDecember 18, 2012
UTMB schools, business areas and administrative offices will close for the holidays; Dr. Richard T. Jennings has been selected as one of 10... more »
Gene doping could be next problem for athletes
Galveston County Daily NewsDecember 18, 2012
In this week’s Medical Discovery News with UTMB’s David Niesel and Norbert Herzog: Though no athlete has been found guilty of gene... more »
Whooping cough on the rise in Texas
Galveston County Daily NewsDecember 18, 2012
Reported cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, are at the highest level in 50 years nationwide. Texas is among the states seeing an... more »
The lowdown on low testosterone
Galveston County Daily NewsDecember 18, 2012
In this week’s column by UTMB’s Dr. Victor S. Sierpina: Many factors reduce testosterone: obesity, brain tumors in the pituitary gland,... more »