Topic: University Of Texas Medical Branch

Isle United Way raises $966,000 in 2011 campaign

The United Way of Galveston announced Thursday at its annual meeting it raised more than $966,000 during its 2011 campaign. Nearly half of the...

Groups focus on UTMB corridor

In one of the first meetings of its kind, downtown stakeholders and city officials met Wednesday to talk about coordinating plans for the island's...
Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) at Galveston simulated the impact of trauma on human neurons to identify key molecular...

Natural defense mechanism may fight C. difficile

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A natural defense mechanism used by cells in the gut to neutralize harmful toxins may lead to new ways to fight Clostridium difficile, the most common cause of hospital-acquired bacterial infections, researchers said on Sunday.Tests of an experimental compound ...
I don't know why this is all over the news, because I swear I just read about this not too long ago: A recent study shows that one in four...
Weight misperceptions are common among reproductive-age women, according to a study in the December issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology.. Mahbubur Rahman, Ph.D., and Abbey B. Berenson, M.D., of the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, reviewed medical charts and extracted ...
ly skewed .... A new study out this week from University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston finds that as many as 25 percent of overweight and obese women believe they are " normal" or even "underweight. "Overweight individuals who do not recognize that ...
Researchers from the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) at Galveston said that both body-size skews - people oblivious to their excess weight, and people who mistakenly think they're fat - are cause for concern. Berenson and UTMB colleague Mahbubur Rahman analyzed survey ...
Study: Treating prisoners in jail could stop diseases from spreading to rest of populationProviding prisoners with better health care could prevent outbreaks of HIV and tuberculosis from spilling over into the general population, experts say.Prisoners typically have higher rates of diseases ...

Volunteering your computer

The world of computer technology can be mind boggling but to make a change by volunteering your computer doesn't require any special knowledge of the intricate workings of how grid computing works. The worst case scenario might be that you see ...