UTMB

It’s important to protect children’s eyes from UVA, UVB
Galveston County Daily News, May 8, 2013
In this week’s Keeping Kids Healthy column by UTMB Drs. Sally Robinson and Keith Bly: The American Optometric Association has found that the lenses of young eyes are more transparent than that of adults risking retinal exposure to a greater degree of short wavelength light. UV exposure can occur with reflections off water, sand and pavement and can be dangerous.

Dangerous products to kids all around house
Galveston County Daily News, April 3, 2013
In this week’s Keeping Kids Healthy column by UTMB Drs. Sally Robinson and Keith Bly: It’s important for parents to remember that not all poisons are in the garage or basement. A number of poisons can be found throughout the house. Small children are both curious and fast; so parents have to exercise special care not to leave dangerous products open or within their reach. Take a tour of your house or apartment to see if some of these dangerous conditions exist.

Ask Dr. Rupp: Questions about vaccines and immunizations
Galveston County Daily News, April 16, 2013
UTMB’s Dr. Richard Rupp responds to the question, “I’ve heard that vaccines cause autism. Is that true?” He says that autism is a concern for any parent, but it is not caused by vaccines. “Some parents link their child’s autism to vaccines because the child’s vaccination schedule is usually around the same time when parents and doctors begin to notice developmental signs and neurological symptoms that lead to the diagnosis of an autism.”

The UTMB Pediatric Specialty Center, 2785 Gulf Freeway South in League City, is now offering Saturday appointments from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The center provides specialty care in asthma, allergy, rheumatology, immunology, cardiology, nephrology, hematology, oncology, diabetes,
child development and behavsior, neurology and genetics, among other services.