Stories from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)
February 12, 2019
Aortic aneurysm patient Keith Isbell described himself as a “walking time bomb” and is alive today thanks to an open heat procedure performed by Anthony Estrera, MD, of UTHealth.
February 12, 2019
A new project focusing on HIV prevention among youth who are homeless, led by Diane M. Santa Maria, DrPH, MSN, RN, of UTHealth, has been funded with a $3 million grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research, part of the National Institutes of Health.
February 7, 2019
A team of surgeons is working to identify the most effective strategy to treat acute pain after injury while minimizing the amount of opioids prescribed to trauma patients, building on a previous project that decreased use of the highly addictive class of drugs by 40 percent.
February 6, 2019
Pregnant women face a much greater risk of having a fatal, but less common, type of stroke caused by bleeding into the brain, according to results of two studies presented by UTHealth at the International Stroke Conference 2019.
February 4, 2019
Only 1 in 20 U.S. adolescents is meeting national recommendations for sleeping, physical activity, and screen time, according to new research by UTHealth.
February 1, 2019
The Houston Emergency Response Opioid Engagement System (HEROES) was recently awarded two grants that will help fund the opioid intervention program through the end of 2020.
January 31, 2019
When Jan Ives, 87, was hospitalized with irritability and confusion after a fall in 2015, she was admitted to the Acute Care for the Elderly (ACE) unit at a local hospital, where she was diagnosed with broken spinal bones.
January 30, 2019
When it comes to preventing cervical cancer, the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine is a game-changer that reduces risk.
January 25, 2019
The first U.S. patient to participate in a global study of a stem cell therapy injected directly into the brain to treat stroke disability was enrolled in the clinical trial this week at UTHealth.
January 22, 2019
UTHealthCares and UT Physicians will team up for the second annual UTHealthCares Community Health Fair on Saturday, Jan. 26, at UT Physicians Multispecialty – Jensen.
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