April 05, 2020
Public gatherings and events have been canceled due to social distancing in order to avoid spreading illness and Match Day was no different. This year, the anticipation came in the form of an email with students opening their notification with friends and families.
April 05, 2020
The Texas Panhandle Poison Center (TPPC) warns that drinking bleach will not prevent COVID-19 infections and could cause serious injury.
April 03, 2020
Amy Stark, M.D., associate professor of psychiatry at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) School of Medicine and a psychiatrist with Texas Tech Physicians, specializes in addiction psychiatry. She recommends people do the following to stay both mentally and physically healthy during this time of uncertainty.
April 02, 2020
Follow these steps from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization to make sure you wash your hands properly.
April 01, 2020
March 16, 2020
The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) in February announced a $1,196,214 grant to C. Patrick Reynolds, M.D., Ph.D., director for the School of Medicine Cancer Center at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC).
March 16, 2020
When Dr. Ivan Becerra applied to the family medicine program at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC), he wasn’t aware of all of the possibilities that a career as a family physician could offer. “When I interviewed at TTUHSC, I had no idea that rural medicine was even a thing that someone could sub-specialize in,” he says. “The rural medicine training was something that drew my interest to the TTUHSC family medicine program.”
March 16, 2020
Atherosclerosis is the most common form of heart disease and is responsible for 50% of all deaths in the U.S. This chronic inflammatory disease is characterized by the formation of fatty “plugs” (called plaques) within the blood vessels of the heart that may reduce or even prevent blood flow to this vital organ. Severe reduction of blood flow to the heart may lead to a heart attack and/or death.
March 16, 2020
A lot of the time, when people think about the topic of management and organizational leadership, they do so in a universal manner that doesn’t distinguish between the type of professional setting where those management principles are being applied. Whether it’s an accounting firm, tech startup, media group or countless other environments, management is management. Right? Not Really.
March 16, 2020
Dr. Tedd L. Mitchell, chancellor of the Texas Tech University System, and Lori Rice- Spearman, Ph.D., Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) interim president, presented the 2020 Chancellor’s Council Distinguished Teaching and Research Awards Thursday (Feb. 13).