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'Give Kids a Smile' event delivers free dental care to Houston children

Nearly 300 children received free dental care, lunch and entertainment at UTHealth School of Dentistry Feb. 13-14 when the school hosted the annual Give Kids a Smile event in partnership with the Greater Houston Dental Society.

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Scientists take first-ever images of intact molecular machine responsible for bacterial infections

Armed with a microscope capable of zooming in on organisms measured in billionths of a meter, scientists report they are the first to observe one of the tiny molecular machines that bacteria use to infect host cells.

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CLI and TEA launch free statewide online pre-k
learning platform

The Children’s Learning Institute (CLI) at UTHealth and the Texas Education Agency (TEA) have launched a new, innovative online platform known as CLI Engage. This online platform is now available at no cost to all Texas public school districts, charter schools and Head Start programs.

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Telemedicine allows UTHealth to enroll patients remotely into acute stroke trial

For the first time in the world, researchers at UTHealth were able to enroll patients at other hospitals into an acute stroke clinical trial.

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2011 Houston heat wave led to significant rise in emergency department visits

Houston experienced its hottest summer on record in 2011, resulting in 278 excess emergency department visits per day during the August heat wave, according to research from UTHealth published recently in Environmental Health.

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New UTHealth research looks at app to help minority stroke patients improve health

A clinical trial investigating the use of a physician-monitored app to help first-time minority stroke patients become healthier has begun at UTHealth.

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'Give Kids a Smile' event delivers free dental care to Houston children

Nearly 300 children received free dental care, lunch and entertainment at UTHealth School of Dentistry Feb. 13-14 when the school hosted the annual Give Kids a Smile event in partnership with the Greater Houston Dental Society.

Read more...
New UTHealth research looks at app to help minority stroke patients improve health

A clinical trial investigating the use of a physician-monitored app to help first-time minority stroke patients become healthier has begun at UTHealth.

Read more...
2011 Houston heat wave led to significant rise in emergency department visits

Houston experienced its hottest summer on record in 2011, resulting in 278 excess emergency department visits per day during the August heat wave, according to research from UTHealth published recently in Environmental Health.

Read more...
Telemedicine allows UTHealth to enroll patients remotely into acute stroke trial

For the first time in the world, researchers at UTHealth were able to enroll patients at other hospitals into an acute stroke clinical trial.

Read more...
CLI and TEA launch free statewide online pre-k
learning platform

The Children’s Learning Institute (CLI) at UTHealth and the Texas Education Agency (TEA) have launched a new, innovative online platform known as CLI Engage. This online platform is now available at no cost to all Texas public school districts, charter schools and Head Start programs.

Read more...
Scientists take first-ever images of intact molecular machine responsible for bacterial infections

Armed with a microscope capable of zooming in on organisms measured in billionths of a meter, scientists report they are the first to observe one of the tiny molecular machines that bacteria use to infect host cells.

Read more...

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'Give Kids a Smile' event delivers free dental care to Houston children

Scientists take first-ever images of intact molecular machine responsible for bacterial infections

CLI and TEA launch free statewide online pre-klearning platform

Telemedicine allows UTHealth to enroll patients remotely into acute stroke trial

2011 Houston heat wave led to significant rise in emergency department visits

New UTHealth research looks at app to help minority stroke patients improve health