Health Blog

May is American Heart Association’s Stroke Awareness Month. Learn more about stroke, risk factors and prevention.

UTMB's own Dr. Cleavon Covington, an assistant professor who specializes in pediatric allergy and immunology, urges everyone to be vigilant of their surroundings when venturing outdoors. It's especially important to be mindful of insects that can cause harmful allergic reactions and infections including wasps, yellow jackets, bees and ticks.

The development of SARS-CoV-2 variants isn’t a surprise. The shocking thing, based on what we thought we knew about coronaviruses, is the speed at which variants developed and spread. The question remains: Should we be worried?

Diane Ugartechea is a believer in occupational therapy—and not just because it’s her chosen profession. She’s actually living proof that it works.

Annual well visits are an important check point for children of all ages.

Here are five tips for enjoying the season and avoiding those dreaded warm-weather allergies.

Learn more about Inflammatory Bowel Disease with Dr. Jose Aguirre.

Learn more about COVID-19 vaccine & pregnancy safety with Dr. Elizabeth Cloninger.

Learn more about Dr. Joyce Muruthi, an Obstetrics & Gynecology provider at UTMB Health Women's HealthCare clinic in Friendswood.

Three days before Rebecca Tipton’s scheduled surgery, she had a moment of worry, concerned that the meticulous plan her doctors developed to treat her urinary incontinence would not be successful. A longtime patient of UTMB Health, Tipton knew her case was more complicated than most.

Abdominal wall hernias, including groin hernias, can come in a wide array of shapes and forms. Some develop primarily from wear and tear of the abdominal wall, whereas others may develop at the incisions from prior surgeries. They do share one thing in common - they are all mechanical defects of the abdominal wall musculature with the tendency to progress with time.

Epilepsy is another term for “seizure disorders.” Seizures are caused by disruption of electronic communications between neurons. One in 26 people in the U.S. will develop epilepsy at some point in their lives. It is not contagious, is not a psychiatric illness and is not a developmental disability.

Learn more about fecal incontinence with Dr. Jerome Yaklic.

Learn more about the risk of colon and rectal cancer with Dr. Uma Phatak.

Learn more about mild traumatic brain injuries with Dr. Matthew Propst.

Learn some helpful tips to prevent sleep deprivation with Dr. Rizwana Sultana, MD.

Learn more about Multiple Sclerosis with Dr. Gregory Brusola.

Learn more about hernias in children with Dr. Ravi Radhakrishnan.

The medical community is ecstatic about the Food and Drug Administration approval of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, the third vaccine to be used for the prevention of COVID-19.