Stories from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston)
May 16, 2025
Leaving the placenta in place after childbirth may offer a safer alternative to immediate surgery for women with placenta accreta spectrum (PAS), according to a new study led by researchers at UTHealth Houston and published by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
May 14, 2025
Kari North, PhD, an internationally recognized leader in genetic epidemiology and public health genomics, joined UTHealth Houston as the university’s vice president of border health and a professor with UTHealth Houston School of Public Health.
May 13, 2025
In 2020, when she was 4 years old, Khloe Gloria stopped walking.
At the suggestion of their local San Angelo physician, her concerned parents took her to see neurologists in Dallas. Khloe’s mom, Natalie Salazar, already had a sinking feeling she knew what the cause was.
May 12, 2025
Teaching healthy relationship skills to middle school students can help prevent adolescent relationship abuse and lead to better mental health outcomes — including reduced depression — years later, according to researchers at UTHealth Houston.
May 9, 2025
When Jessica Johnson, 36, began to experience labored breathing and heart palpitations, she quickly made an appointment to see a cardiologist. A CT scan showed she had two aortic aneurysms that could potentially require surgery.
May 9, 2025
An eye exam to see why Verna Blackwell was having vision distortion issues led to UTHealth Houston ophthalmologist Arnoldo Treviño, DO, sending her immediately to the emergency room where a scan revealed a brain tumor. His recognition of a dangerous condition and quick action has put her life back on track.
May 1, 2025
Some public transit shelter designs can actually do more harm than good when it comes to shielding from summer temperatures, according to a study led by UTHealth Houston.
April 23, 2025
The molecular mechanism behind why heart attacks can vary in severity depending on the time of day has been uncovered by researchers at UTHealth Houston, potentially paving the way for innovative treatments that align with the natural circadian rhythm.
April 22, 2025
Shubhra Ghosh under went radial keratotomy more than 30 years ago, and over time, her vision began to deteriorate. With the help of Stephanie Handal, OD, optometrist with UTHealth Houston, Ghosh said her vision is dramatically improved, and she is seeing clearly again for the first time in decades.
April 16, 2025
Certain common genetic changes might make some people with focal epilepsy less responsive to seizure medications, according to a new global study led by researchers from UCL in London and UTHealth Houston.
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