Facing down Hurricane Ike
April 8, 2009
Environment of Care News, April 2009
UTMB's Mike Megna is quoted extensively in this narrative about how UTMB prepared for and responded to Hurricane... more »
County lines: UTMB burn center taking patients from scenes
April 8, 2009
Galveston County Daily News, April 8, 2009
The burns center at UTMB began Tuesday accepting patients directly from accident scenes for the first... more »
Islanders help beat deadly viruses
April 8, 2009
Galveston County Daily News, April 8, 2009
UTMB's Thomas G. Ksiazek writes in this guest column how UTMB researchers helped a scientist in Germany... more »
Affordable insurance pilot programs could help keep Houstonians covered
April 8, 2009
KHOU-TV (Ch. 11, Houston), April 7, 2009
A benefits program similar to UTMB's 3-Share Plan in Galveston County is about to get started in Harris... more »
Muscle loss normal with aging, but exercise will slow it down
April 8, 2009
Newsday.com, April 7, 2009
Some researchers are investigating whether proper nutrition can stave off muscle loss. Insufficient protein, especially... more »
Tips to prevent child abduction
April 8, 2009
Galveston County Daily News, April 8, 2009
UTMB Drs. Sally Robinson and Keith Bly, in their Keeping Kids Healthy column, offer advice to prevent a... more »
Quach named interim chief medical officer
April 7, 2009
Dr. Steve Q. Quach has been named interim chief medical officer UTMB’s Health System. He will serve as a member of the health system executive... more »
Support Eiland's plan for UTMB
April 7, 2009
Galveston County Daily News, April 7, 2009
Michael Smith, associate editor of the Galveston paper, urges people to go to Austin to show support for... more »
County lines: Water supply restored to hospital
April 7, 2009
Galveston County Daily News, April 7, 2009
The city's water system supplying the Texas Department of Criminal Justice hospital at the UTMB failed... more »
Don’t let tiny visitors become a bugaboo
April 7, 2009
Galveston County Daily News, April 7, 2009
UTMB's Dr. Michael Warren, in his weekly column, writes that bugs can invade hospitals but that doesn't... more »