October 2017 Archive

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Researchers Use a Pump-induced Disease to Define Underlying Molecular Mechanism

• By Suzanna Cisneros
• October 26, 2017

Researchers at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) investigated a pump-induced disease and defined the molecular mechanism that triggers it. The study, “On the effect of hyperaldosteronism-inducing mutations in Na/K pumps,” was published in the October issue of the Journal of General Physiology.

Farming Accident Patient Receives Life-Saving Trauma Care

• By Suzanna Cisneros
• October 19, 2017

You Are Never Too Old to Get Vaccinated

• By Suzanna Cisneros
• October 17, 2017

The Free Clinic will partner with the Lubbock Health Department to offer free vaccines from 3 to 5 p.m. every third Wednesday at Lubbock Impact 2707 34th St. Vaccines will include pneumococcal, hepatitis A and B, influenza, TdaP (for tetanus, diphtheria and adult whooping cough), Gardasil (for human papillomavirus), meningococcal (for meningitis) and Zostavax (for shingles).

More medicines, new screening tools gaining traction in breast cancer treatment

• By ELLYSA HARRIS A-J Media
• October 02, 2017

New treatments and screening tools are enabling patients with Breast Cancer to show improvements in survival by about 10 months. Texas Tech Physicians share these cutting edge tools and how it is changing care for their patients.