Galveston County Daily News, March 10, 2010

In their Keeping Kids Healthy column, UTMB Drs. Sally Robinson and Keith Bly address how to care for a baby’s skin. The baby has been bathed in amniotic fluid for months - without soap. Water makes up a great part of this fluid, and it follows that moisture, or water, is an important quality... more »

Galveston County Daily News, March 10, 2010

UTMB’s Dr. Howard Brody argues that physicians and their professional organizations could exercise more leadership toward cost containment in health care and that each medical specialty should take a hard look at the scientific evidence on which of their current big-ticket items fail to... more »

KUHF-FM (88.7, Houston), March 6, 2010

UTMB’s Norbert Herzog and David Niesel report on last year’s winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in this week’s installment of Medical Discovery News. The honors went to a trio of Americans who answered a fundamental biological question: How do cells reliably... more »

Galveston County Daily News, March 9, 2010

Primary care physicians should work closely and consult with other specialists for a patient’s problems, wrote UTMB Dr. Michael Warren in his It’s Your Health column. This close communication between physicians is entirely dependent on patients informing all physicians who the other... more »

Galveston County Daily News, March 3, 2010

Backpacks are great for children to carry items back and forth from school to home, but backpacks that weigh more than 15 percent of a child’s body weight may cause health problems. In their Keeping Kids Healthy column, UTMB Drs. Sally Robinson and Keith Bly warn that neck, shoulder and back... more »

KUHF-FM (88.7, Houston), February 27, 2010

Every year more than 450,000 women die from breast cancer. Fortunately, physicians have an arsenal of treatment options against this disease and a new one may have just been developed, report Norbert Herzog and David Niesel in this week’s installment of UTMB’s Medical Discovery News. A... more »

Galveston County Daily News, March 2, 2010

UTMB Dr. Michael Warren wrote about the “Patients Bill of Rights” in his It’s Your Health column. His list included a dozen items, ranging from respectful care to the right of confidentiality regarding medical records. “Please notice that several of these rights also are... more »

Galveston County Daily News, February 24, 2010

In their Keeping Kids Healthy column, UTMB Drs. Sally Robinson and Keith Bly explain “normal” body temperature and provide guidelines for taking temperatures and treating fever in children. With so many diseases incorporating the word “fever” in their names, it is no wonder... more »

Galveston County Daily News, February 23, 2010

One of the best ways to overcome your fear of hospitals is to spend some time in one, wrote UTMB Dr. Michael Warren in his It’s Your Health column. Don’t wait until you are sick; join the ranks of volunteers or ask for a tour, if one is available. It should make you feel better. The... more »

KUHF-FM (88.7, Houston), February 20, 2010

UTMB is among several universities looking to find better treatments for diabetes, report Norbert Herzog and David Niesel in this week’s installment of UTMB’s Medical Discovery News. One innovative approach involves islet cell transplantation. Islet cells make insulin in the pancreas,... more »