August 15, 2019

Carolyn Naman’s world turned upside down when her doctor explained one of her parathyroids had developed a benign tumor and would need to be removed. 

August 7, 2019

Eating disorder researchers have discovered a neurocircuit in mice that, when activated, increased their stress levels while decreasing their desire to eat. 

August 5, 2019

Study identifies way to create more teachable moments.

August 4, 2019

After in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments for their second child, Erin and Kyle Tweed learned they were pregnant with their third. Over the moon, they decided to name him Forrest.

August 2, 2019

Researchers at UTHealth recently published new findings in Stroke that show patients transported to the hospital by mobile stroke unit instead of standard ambulance received a clot-busting procedure an average of 10 minutes faster, which could potentially save up to 270 million neurons per patient.

July 26, 2019

Umbilical cord blood could save a child's life. But many parents are not aware of the options they have to donate it and the benefits that public donation can bring. Clinical cell therapy expert Fabio Triolo, DdR, PhD,breaks it all down. 

July 25, 2019

High blood pressure among children is on the rise and a lack of research about how to treat it has left pediatricians trying to make their best guess. That’s until researchers at UTHealth released results of a pioneering study that used a series of personalized trials to identify a preferred therapy for kids – the first step in tackling the problem.

July 23, 2019

Jacob Anzaldua awoke to his Chevy Silverado biting the rumble strips that guide US Highway 79 in Jewett, Texas. He jerked the wheel, but his truck began rolling across a ditch before wrapping around a tree outside Leon High School, where he once owned Friday nights as an all-state linebacker.

July 22, 2019

Lesley Osborn, MD, emergency medicine physician and assistant professor of emergency medicine at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, has been named medical director of the Memorial Hermann Life Flight^® program, and David Meyer, MD, trauma surgeon and assistant professor of surgery at McGovern Medical School, has been named the program’s assistant medical director.

July 17, 2019

Researchers are investigating if a medication used to regulate blood sugar can alter motivation to use alcohol by targeting the brain’s stress response system.