Texas Physicians Reflect on Two Years of Battling COVID-19
March 17, 2022 Two years ago this week, normal life in Texas stopped. Uncertainty, fear, and anxiety loomed as the new coronavirus, SARS CoV-2, arrived in Texas. Looking back, physicians reflect on the ongoing impact of March 13, 2020, when Gov. Greg Abbott declared a state of emergency due to COVID-19, the disease the virus […]
Tropical Cyclone-Related Deaths; Tablet Devices for Primary Care Screening
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 deaths related to tropical […]
New treatment to combat obesity and heart disease
An interdisciplinary research team at The University of Texas at San Antonio has successfully developed an innovative inhibitor that shows promise in fighting obesity and potentially preventing heart disease. Francis Yoshimoto, an assistant professor in the UTSA College of Sciences’ Department of Chemistry, is leading a team that developed an anti-obesity drug that blocks the […]
TMA Moves for Victory in Challenge to Unfair Arbitration Rule
Feb. 23, 2022 Court Agrees with Physicians’ Arguments in Federal No Surprises Act Rule Case Statement by Diana L. Fite, MD, Texas Medical Association (TMA) immediate past president, in response to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas’ ruling on TMA’s motion for summary judgment in its lawsuit opposing federal regulatory agencies’ unlawful […]
Initial COVID-19 infection on the single-cell level, revealed
What is going on at the single-cell level in the first days of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the lungs? Researchers at Texas Biomedical Research Institute and Southwest National Primate Research Center (SNPRC), in collaboration with Washington University in St. Louis, have clarified what immune cells are present in the lungs in the first days of SARS-CoV-2 […]
David L. Lakey, MD, Presented Health Education Award
Jan. 29, 2022 The American Medical Association Foundation (AMAF) honored David L. Lakey, MD, with the 2021 AMA Foundation Award for Health Education, made possible through the generous support of the John P. McGovern Foundation. This award recognizes the professional or public health education activities of practicing physicians. Dr. Lakey served as commissioner of the […]
AMA Honors Houston Physician with Scientific Achievement Award
Jan. 29, 2022 CHICAGO – The American Medical Association (AMA) honored Houston scientist and physician Peter J. Hotez, MD, with the Scientific Achievement Award for his work on promoting vaccines and combating vaccine misinformation. “As a celebrated champion of vaccines, Dr. Hotez is a deserving recipient of this honor,” said AMA President Gerald E. Harmon, […]
Houston Doctor Presented with Award for Leadership in Medical Ethics and Professionalism
Jan. 29, 2022 The American Medical Association Foundation (AMAF) honored Ellen M. Friedman, MD, FACS, FAAP, with the 2021 AMA Foundation Award for Leadership in Medical Ethics and Professionalism. This award recognizes physicians who are dedicated to the principles of medical ethics and highest standards of medical practice, and who have made an outstanding contribution […]
AMA Honors Texas Physician with Medal of Valor
Jan. 29, 2022 CHICAGO – The American Medical Association (AMA) honored Lubbock, Texas, critical care specialist Victor J. Test, MD, with the AMA Medal of Valor for his work on behalf of patients and his community in the COVID-19 epidemic. The award recognizes physicians who demonstrate courage under extraordinary circumstances in non-wartime situations. “It is […]
Explainer: COVID-19 Testing Options
Jan. 26, 2022 You think you might have COVID-19. What testing options exist to help you verify that? Texas Medical Association (TMA) physicians have answers, as the ongoing surge in Texas COVID-19 tallied 35,572 new confirmed cases reported Wednesday, largely due to the highly contagious omicron variant. “This wave of omicron COVID-19 infection is causing […]