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Learn how to treat seven summer medical situations and other common misconceptions July 22, 2024 • 11:14 a.m. by Sierra Rozen, Senior Multiplatform Journalist with Community Impact Dr. Urvashi Barua-Nath, medical director with the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Department at the UTMB Health Clear Lake Campus, busts myths and shares advice for how to handle summer-related medical incidents.
Serious artery blockages kept active 88-year-old from enjoying life July 25, 2024 • 11:38 a.m. “We went to see Dr. Hani Jneid at UTMB and it was the best thing we could have possibly done,” said 88-year-old Wanda Stovall who went from an active life to not being able to get off the couch after she started having an abnormal heart rhythm. Jneid and the team at UTMB were able to get her back on her feet.