If you have Type 2 Diabetes, Get to the HEART of the matter. Ask out the Arise-HF trial.

Do physical activities feel harder to do? If so, you may have a condition called Diabetic Cardiomyopathy, a serious and progressive disease that limits the heart's ability to function.

Lowering glucose levels is an important part of managing your diabetes, but there's more you can do. Learn more about an investigational drug being studied here at FMC Science in Lampasas to the treatment of Diabetic Cardiomyopathy.

Qualified Participants are diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes and have an A1c of 8.5 or less.

Apply here today!

Join us in the fight against Breast Cancer for October's Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Breast Cancer affects more than 200,000 women, and some men, in the US alone each year, but it's preventable and treatable if you catch it early. That's why spreading awareness is so important!

For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we're offering a free mammogram with our endometriosis study. Apply here.

Vanna Stotts Gold is proud to be a Lampasas native and graduate of Lampasas High School. She went on to get her Bachelor's from Texas A&M University in 2009. She attended medical school at UNTHSC in Fort Worth and headed back to Aggieland for her Family Medicine residency at Texas A&M Physicians.

Dr. Gold joined FMCScience in 2021 as an Investigator. She has spent the last 5 years working full time in primary care with a part time role in clinical research. Dr. Gold states that she is thrilled to have made the transition to a full time Principal Investigator. "Research keeps us moving forward in medical technology. I am honored to be part of the process that shapes the future of delivering excellent medical care."

Dr. Gold has been married to her husband, Edward, for 8 years. She is the proud Momma of Raleigh Rose (2 years old) and Thatcher (1 year old).

FMC Science and Georgetown OB-GYN's very own Dr. Sherman was interviewed by CBS about a new study that reveals that COVID-19 vaccines in pregnant women can offer protection to newborns.

“This study shares with 131 women and it did show that those babies did get those antibodies from the moms,” Dr. Sherman said. “In the study, they looked at women who were lactating, pregnant, and non-pregnant. In this pregnancy population, what happens is the mom gets the vaccine and the body makes an immune response. We know that that antibody pass via breastmilk and via the placenta to the baby. So, the mom is giving the baby immunity.”

Although researchers said it’s unknown how long those antibodies will last, Dr. Sherman said it’s worth protecting newborns for even a short period of time.

Read the full article here.

Vanna Stotts Gold is proud to be a Lampasas native and graduate of Lampasas High School. She went on to get her Bachelor's from Texas A&M University in 2009. She attended medical school at UNTHSC in Fort Worth and headed back to Aggieland for her Family Medicine residency at Texas A&M Physicians.