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

While we think of vaccines as relatively modern, the concept of using modified infectious agents to “protect” us has been in practice for thousands of years, report UTMB’s Norbert Herzog and David Niesel in this week’s installment of Medical Discovery News. Records from China... more »

Galveston County Daily News, March 23, 2010

UTMB Dr. Michael Warren spoke recently with a friend who is battling breast cancer. “She fully understands what the disease is all about and has a good plan on how to deal with it,” he wrote. “She has a positive outlook, which I believe will help her in her fight.” Warren... more »

Galveston County Daily News, March 21, 2010

UTMB’s Dr. Patricia Beach lists her top five things parents can do to save obese children from a lifetime of health problems. Among her recommendations: Allow no more than one small sweet (sugary) drink a day, shop the edges of the supermarket and not the aisles, and limit screen time to one... more »

Galveston County Daily News, March 17, 2010

Almost every child goes through a stage where he or she is picky about food, wrote UTMB Drs. Sally Robinson and Keith Bly in their Keeping Kids Healthy column. “You can’t force a child to eat, but luckily picky eating usually improves as a child gets older. Children establish a certain... more »

Galveston County Daily News, March 16, 2010

Everyone needs a primary care physician, wrote UTMB Dr. Michael Warren in his It’s Your Health column. “A primary care physician is typically a family practitioner, general internal medicine physician, a pediatrician (for kids) or an ob/gyn physician. These doctors are specialists in all... more »

KUHF-FM (88.7, Houston), March 13, 2010

In this week’s installment of Medical Discovery News, UTMB’s Norbert Herzog and David Niesel report that Japanese researchers have discovered that hair turns grey as a defense mechanism against disease. Hair becomes gray when people age because melanin is no longer formed. The... more »

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 »