Britney Spears Describes Painful Nerve Damage She Sustained During Conservatorship
Spears, who has said she was held at a mental health facility against her will in 2019, blamed “that place” for her nerve damage on Instagram. Nov 7, 2022, 02:45 PM EST|Updated 7 hours ago
Psilocybin for Depression; What’s the Best Direct Oral Anticoagulant?
TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, look at the top medical stories of the week. This week’s topics include the best direct oral […]
Surveying Sewage for Polio; Physical Activity and COVID Vaccines
TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, look at the top medical stories of the week. This week’s topics include surveying London sewage for […]
Physicians Urge Texans to Safely Return Unused Prescription Medication
Saturday is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Have unused, unneeded prescription drugs at home? Turn them in now, physicians say. Texas doctors recommend people with unused or expired prescription drugs at home dispose of them safely this weekend, so they are not accidently consumed. As the state grapples with a sharp increase in […]
Walk With a Doc Texas Celebrates 10 Years of Exercise, Good Health
Susan Pike, MD, in white shirt, leads Georgetown Walk With a Doc Texas participants at one of the state’s first walks, in 2012 A decade ago, two Texas physicians laced up their walking shoes to become the first in the state to adopt a new program to build healthier communities. Today that program, Walk With […]
Childhood Obesity and a Mother’s Diet; Neurodegenerative Disease in Rugby Players
TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, look at the top medical stories of the week. This week’s topics include mom’s diet and childhood […]
Can Eyes Predict CVD Mortality?; ICUs in the ED
TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, look at the top medical stories of the week. This week’s topics include eye scans to predict […]
Nurse Protests Her Firing Over Refusal to Take Implicit Bias Training
A Texas nurse said she was fired for refusing to take implicit bias training, claiming that states across the U.S. are forcing healthcare professionals to “make false confessions of racism,” and that she “refused to go along.” Laura Morgan, RN, said that she was let go from Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health in February, […]
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease progression: New study shows role of adenosine kinase in fat deposition, liver inflammation
A study led by Texas A&M AgriLife Research provides compelling evidence of the important role of hepatocyte adenosine kinase in the progression of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, NAFLD. The study, “Hepatocyte Adenosine Kinase Promotes Excessive Fat Deposition and Liver Inflammation,” appeared in September in the scientific journal Gastroenterology. Hepatocytes are cells that play pivotal roles […]
TMA Foundation Board Adds New Trustees
September 21, 2022 Two physicians and a medical student have joined the Texas Medical Association Foundation (TMAF) Board of Trustees. Each began serving on the board leading the philanthropic arm of the Texas Medical Association (TMA) at last week’s TMA Fall Conference meetings. The foundation board members support TMAF’s budget, fundraising, and goal-setting efforts, and ensure the […]