In memoriam: Retired professor Valerie Lawrence, M.D.
September 6, 2016
Valerie A. Lawrence, M.D., professor emeritus, died July 16 in Vancouver, Canada.
Aaron’s books
July 20, 2016
Young Aaron Gonzalez had a birthday coming up, but he didn’t want a big party with gifts. No, the boy with a rare genetic disorder called Neurofibromatosis type II who is also a “Wish Kid,” wanted to start a GoFundMe account to raise money for books for hospitalized kids.
Faculty member receives Tow humanism award
July 18, 2016
Greg D. Bowling, M.D., assistant professor, hospitalist, section chief, Division of General and Hospital Medicine, has been awarded the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation.
Faculty members honored by Texas Diabetes Institute
June 29, 2016
Carlos A. Rosende, M.D., FACS, and Eugenio Cersosimo, M.D., Ph.D., both long associated with the Texas Diabetes Institute, will be inducted in the University Health System Texas Diabetes Institute’s Wall of Honor on July 20.
Five misconceptions about fertility treatment
June 28, 2016
As a nation, we are starting our families later in life, and most reproductive specialists agree that a woman’s fertility begins to decline by age 30. It is no surprise that our reliance on reproductive health specialists has increased.
Are you (or your parents) taking too many pills?
June 28, 2016
More health problems are a common part of the aging process. This means more visits to more doctors. It also means we tend to take more medications to deal with these problems as we get older.
