Impact of PEPFAR Funding Freeze; Gun Injuries During Hunting Season
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 a way to avoid […]
TMA Foundation Elects Officers for 2025-26
May 20, 2025 Five new officers were elected to lead the Texas Medical Association Foundation (TMAF) board for the upcoming two years. TMAF elected the officers on May 8 during TexMed, the annual conference of the Texas Medical Association (TMA), which took place in San Antonio. The foundation supports the philanthropic vision of TMA, and […]
San Antonio Physician Installed as TMA President
May 10, 2025 The Texas Medical Association (TMA) installed on Saturday Jayesh “Jay” Shah, MD, as its 160th president during TexMed, the association’s annual conference, held in San Antonio this year. Dr. Shah is an internist, hyperbaric medicine, and wound care specialist in San Antonio. He is the first Indian American to serve as president in the association’s 172-year […]
Cervical Artery Dissection and Stroke; Preventing Clotting in Cancer Patients
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 stroke after cervical artery […]
Aspirin for Fatty Liver; Meds for Self-Managed Abortion
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 differences in donor heart […]
Texas Medical Board Doesn’t Specify Abortion Ban Exceptions in Proposed Rules
The Texas Medical Board has issued proposed rules for when emergency abortions can legally be performed under the state’s 6-week abortion ban — but it won’t specifically enumerate those exceptions. The proposed rules come in response to a law that took effect in September 2021, which banned abortions after 6 weeks’ gestation except to save […]
Advances in Breast Cancer Treatment; Stroke After COVID Vaccination
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 advances in treating early […]
Delta-8 THC Use Common in Teens; New Drug-Coated Balloon for Blocked Stents
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 new screening methods for […]
‘We Call This Scope-a-Dope’: What We Heard This Week
“We call this ‘scope-a-dope.’” — Ray Callas, MD, a Texas Medical Association delegate at the American Medical Association’s annual meeting, discussing the American Academy of PAs announcement that it’s changing the name of the profession from physician assistant to physician associate. “Get vaccinated. Good for your health. Good for your sex life.” — Bradley Anawalt, […]
Deaths Due to Alcohol Use; Steps for the Sedentary
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 microplastics in arteries, deaths […]