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Tips to avoid getting sick when traveling

During the holiday season, many will choose to travel to celebrate with family and friends. Here are tips on staying healthy when hitting the holiday road or skies.

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Rosenberg Latest UT Physicians Location UT Physicians has opened its newest health center, UT Physicians Community Health & Wellness Center – Rosenberg, at 5115 Avenue H, Suite 701.
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UT Physicians Offers Extended Clinic Hours UT Physicians offers extended clinic hours at various locations across the Greater Houston area beyond 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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Dr. Francisco wins international honor Gerard Francisco, M.D., UT Physicians physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist, chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at McGovern Medical School, and chief medical officer at TIRR Memorial Hermann, is the 2016 recipient of the Sidney Licht Award from the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM).
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Pediatric nurse Traci Gonzales named “tops” by Chronicle Traci Gonzales, UT Physicians pediatric pulmonary nurse practitioner, is the recipient of a Top 150 Nurse Award by the Houston Chronicle.
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Smalling receives master interventionalist designation Dr. Richard Smalling has been named to the new class of Master Interventionalists of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI).
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TAA clinical trial begins UTHealth researchers have enrolled the first patient in a trial of a minimally invasive device system to repair descending thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAA).
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Teen clinic expands in Southwest Houston UT Physicians is expanding its pediatric teen clinic in order to accommodate the growing number of teen patients seeking care.
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Sports physicals specials offered UT Physicians is offering a special rate for sports physicals during the month of June at its two Katy locations.
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Huntington’s disease center named center of excellence The comprehensive Huntington’s disease program at UT Physicians and McGovern Medical School has been named one of the HDSA Centers of Excellence for 2016 by the Huntington’s Disease Society of America (HDSA).
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American Heart Association taps Taegtmeyer for scientific statement The American Heart Association asked Dr. Heinrich Taegtmeyer, UT Physicians cardiologist, to write a comprehensive piece on how the body powers up the heart.
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UT Physicians present research during ACC conference Experts from UT Physicians presented during the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Scientific Sessions in Chicago, Illinois.
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Sola wins national nursing award Cristina Sola, nurse manager for the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, is the winner of the Society for Vascular Nursing’s (SVN) 2016 Clinical Excellence Award.
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Promoting awareness for AAA The risks and treatments for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) for men were the focus of a recent event hosted by the American Heart Association and McGovern Medical School faculty at the Hermann Pavilion Conference Center at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center.
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Milewicz honored with Belgium’s Princesse Liliane Professorship Dianna Milewicz, M.D., Ph.D., UT Physicians internist, is the first woman to receive the Visiting Professorship Award from the Fondation Cardiologique Princesse Liliane in Belgium.
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Free skin cancer screening May 14 The Houston Dermatological Society is hosting a free skin cancer screening 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., Saturday, May 14. The screening is open to the general public on a first-come, first-serve basis.
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UTHealth Stroke Festival May 14 at Buffalo Bayou Park The fourth annual Stomp Out Stroke Festival to raise stroke awareness will be May 14 at the Water Works, Buffalo Bayou Park, 105 Sabine Street.
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Dashwood offers first pulmonary function testing lab UT Physician’s first Pulmonary Function Testing lab is now available at the UT Physicians Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine Clinic at Dashwood.
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Khan, Tsao named physicians of the year Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center (TMC) and Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital are proud to announce the two individuals selected as their 2015 Physicians of the Year: Saleem Khan, M.D., Chief of Emergency General Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, UT Physicians surgeons and affiliated with Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, and KuoJen Tsao, M.D., the Children’s […]
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NIH grant studies treatment for stroke-related speech impairment UT Physicians neuroscientists have been awarded a $1.8 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to explore a leading-edge treatment for speech problems experienced by many people following a stroke, traumatic brain injury, or other neurological disorder. The 5-year study is led by Nitin Tandon, M.D., UT Physicians neurosurgeon, professor of neurosurgery at McGovern Medical School, […]
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Verduzco-Gutierrez appointed to mayor’s transition team Dr. Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez has accepted an invitation to serve on Mayor Sylvester Turner's Public Health Committee transition team.
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Love named medical director of Life Flight Memorial Hermann Texas Trauma Institute announces Dr. Joseph Love as the new Medical Director of Memorial Hermann Life Flight®.
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UT Physicians providers staff new TIRR Memorial Hermann facility Like many people with an often debilitating neurological condition called multiple sclerosis (MS), Kelly Davis, 45, of Pearland, has to use a walker to get around. Even short walks require a lot of effort. Davis was thrilled when she learned that UTHealth and UT Physicians physical medicine and rehabilitation researchers were studying a way to […]
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Using nanoparticles to help prevent preterm birth Using nanoparticles to engineer a special drug, a team of researchers from McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) has demonstrated in pre-clinical trials a new way to both reduce preterm birth and avoid the risks of medication in pregnancy to unborn babies. Jerrie S. Refuerzo, M.D., UT […]
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Smartphones could improve skin cancer detection in developing countries Everyone knows smartphones can be used as calendars, calculators, radios, and cameras. But, did you know they can also be used as microscopes that have the potential to save lives?
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Distinguished Physicians honored by Memorial Hermann Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center (TMC) honored three McGovern Medical School faculty and UT Physicians providers with the Distinguished Physician Award at the Annual Medical Staff Meeting held in December. Recognized for their significant contributions while spending the majority of their career at Memorial Hermann-TMC were Stephen Fletcher, D.O.; Philip Johnson, M.D.; and Jerry Wolinksy, M.D. […]
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Tips to avoid getting sick when traveling