Largest study to date shows teens’ rates of complications from IUDs no higher than for adults   Intrauterine devices (IUDs) are as safe for teenagers – including those who have never given birth – as they are for adults, according to research from the University of Texas... more »

Performing surgery on a pregnant patient is a delicate matter. Risks to both mother and baby must be carefully weighed in every decision a surgeon makes. Recently, at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, a surgeon performed a groundbreaking robotic laparoscopic procedure on a... more »

For years, scientists have been concerned about chemicals in the environment that mimic the estrogens found in the body. In study after study, researchers have found links between these “xenoestrogens” and such problems as decreased sperm viability, ovarian dysfunction,... more »

Galveston County Daily News, March 13, 2013

More than 200 aspiring physicians at UTMB soon will learn where they will continue their medical training. Friday is Match Day, the day that fourth-year medical students across America learn where they will be residents. The news also appears in Guidry News.   more »

Staggeringly low uptake rates among females and males across range of ages, socio-economic conditions Completion rates for the human papillomavirus vaccine series across both genders continue to remain alarmingly low nearly seven years after its introduction, suggesting that better patient... more »

More than 200 aspiring physicians at the University of Texas Medical Branch soon will learn where they will continue their medical training. Friday, March 15 is Match Day, the day that fourth-year medical students across America learn where they will be residents. At UTMB, the life-changing news... more »

A new study has found a link between the activity levels of elderly people who have just been released from the hospital and the risk that they will require readmission within 30 days. The investigation draws on data collected from 111 patients aged 65 and older, each of whom was fitted with a... more »

Colonoscopy is one of the most effective cancer screening procedures available. Colon cancer grows very slowly and can be treated if caught early through screening. But, perhaps because of this success, older Americans are undergoing screening colonoscopies despite recommendations against screening... more »

UTMB Causeway Fund Run to cause traffic closures Scheduled for tomorrow, event will close Teichman Road feeder and inbound exit lane of causeway The Causeway Fund Run, benefitting the School of Health Professions at the University of Texas Medical Branch, set for Saturday, March 2, will close... more »

What will the sequester mean for Texas?   It means that nearly 10,000 children in Texas will not receive preventative vaccines.     Dr. Richard E. Rupp,  a professor of pediatrics at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston  and Director of Clinical... more »