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Vitamin Exposures on the Rise in Texas

  • By Meaghan Collier
  • July 29, 2020

Vitamin exposure calls are on in the increase in Texas. Texas Poison Centers have seen a 55% increase in exposures to pediatric vitamins, a 35 percent increase in human exposure calls to vitamins overall and a more than 24 percent increase in exposure to melatonin calls from March through June of this year.

Face Masks and Face Coverings: Do They Work in the Fight Against COVID-19?

  • By TTUHSC
  • July 16, 2020

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, much debate has surrounded the use of masks and face coverings. Let’s put this debate to an end.

Amarillo Physician Advises Heat Safety Awareness

  • By Meaghan Collier
  • July 02, 2020

As the temperatures continue to rise, Rodney Young, M.D., FAAFP, advises people to lookout for signs and symptoms of heat-related stress when working or playing outside.

Snake Bites on the Increase in Texas

  • By Meaghan Collier
  • June 19, 2020

Reports of snake bites are on in the increase in Texas. Texas Poison Centers have seen a more than 40 percent increase in snake bite calls this year over last year. To date, there have been 372 in 2020.

TTUHSC Earns High Marks in Global Higher Education Ranking

  • By Mark Hendricks
  • June 10, 2020

The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) has ranked TTUHSC among the top 7.1% of 20,000 universities worldwide for 2020-2021.

New Texas Tech Physicians Headache Clinic Offers Hope to Headache and Migraine Sufferers in the Panhandle

  • By Meaghan Collier
  • June 09, 2020

The newly-established Texas Tech Physicians Headache Clinic is providing a multidisciplinary approach to treatment by ushering patients to make lifestyle changes and encouraging natural and homeopathic remedies, nutritional counseling, physical therapy, medications, injection therapy and acute rescue therapy for adults.

Texas Tech Physicians Doctors Make "Top Docs" Lists

  • By Kelly Podzemny
  • May 29, 2020

This year, more than 100 Texas Tech Physicians doctors were recognized by fellow area physicians as being among the best in their field and included in Amarillo Magazine’s and Lubbock Magazine's "Top Docs" lists.

TTUHSC Recognizes School of Pharmacy Faculty, Staff

  • By Kelly Podzemny
  • May 19, 2020

The TTUHSC Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy conducted its annual Celebration of Achievement May 8 to recognize faculty and staff who have helped make the 2019-2020 school year a special one for students.

TTUHSC Responds to Call from Gov. Greg Abbott to Increase VTM Capacity for Texas Through Production and Education

  • By Meaghan Collier
  • May 06, 2020

In an April 27 press conference, Gov. Greg Abbott spoke of increasing testing availability in Texas—saying the state would aim to test 30,000 people a day in the coming term. His OpenTexas report recognized TTUHSC as a producer of Viral Transport Medium (VTM), a critical component to expanding access to COVID-19 testing across the state.

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Teams Bring Convalescent Plasma Treatments to West Texas

  • By Meaghan Collier
  • April 29, 2020

TTUHSC medical teams from the Panhandle and South Plains recently joined a study led by the Mayo Clinic to use convalescent plasma in severely-ill patients with coronavirus (COVID-19).

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