Posted on · The FDA has approved expanding HPV vaccination to older adults, but a pair of Houston doctors explains the social factors that often prevent people from getting it.
Posted on · Alcohol isn't the only way you can damage your liver -- a bad diet can too.
Posted on · For centuries, a TB diagnosis was often a death sentence, but since the 1940s doctors used antibiotics to treat the infection.
Posted on · Episode: 1490 Germs, John Snow, and the Broad Street Well. Today, we talk about germs.
Posted on · In experimental embryos, scientists were able to repair the gene that causes a serious heart disorder. But more research is needed to confirm the method would produce healthy babies, they say.
Posted on · A bat disease is spreading across the U.S., and a team of researchers at Texas A&M University is trying to monitor it in case it comes to Texas.
Posted on · Baylor College of Medicine’s Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy wants to engage Houstonians in learning how to “face disease and frailty before you get there.” Let’s face it: while we know we’re all mortal, and that as we age, we decline physically and sometimes mentally. It’s an inevitability we don’t really want to […]
Posted on · With a new administration headed to the White House, it’s an uncertain time for researchers in medicine, genetics, disease and many other disciplines that rely on government grants for funding. For instance, President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget, Rep. Mick Mulvaney, suggested in a since-deleted Sept. 9, 2016 Facebook post […]
Posted on · Things you were exposed to as child in the womb – or even things your parents were exposed to before you were even conceived – could play a role in your likelihood to develop certain diseases later in life. Studying those causes is the focus of a new center just opened last week (Aug. 29, […]
Posted on · Episode: 1212 Human history in terms of macroparasites and microparasites Today, we wonder who feasts upon whom.
Posted on · Episode: 1194 A scientifically illiterate people goes bankrupt on health care Today, thoughts on medicine, self-deception, and scientific literacy.
Posted on · They’re asking patients about their travel history, and whether they’re experiencing any symptoms of the virus.
Posted on · Episode: 1103 How We Die: A surgeon comes to terms with death Today, a doctor reflects on death and the machinery of sustaining life.
Posted on · Germophobes of the world unite! Now, technically, “germophobia” is not a real word. The actual word is mysophobia. It’s an abnormal fear of or distaste for uncleanliness or contamination. If germs give you the creepy-crawlies, well, then, either this is the absolute best or worst conversation for you. We talk about why some of us are so […]
Posted on · A man near Austin was recently diagnosed with the state’s first case of a mosquito-borne illness called chikungunya. We learn more about the illness, as Houston Public Media health and science reporter Carrie Feibel talks with Scott Weaver, Director of the Institute for Human Infections and Immunity at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. He’s been studying chikungunya for the […]