Health

September 13, 2023

For Camryn Masera, age 21, postpartum depression hit her hard about a month after her baby’s birth. As a result of a traumatic delivery six weeks early, Masera had a hard time comprehending that she even gave birth for a couple weeks.

September 12, 2023

A five-year, $3.3 million grant to develop a molecular diagnostic test for congenital syphilis has been awarded to researchers from UTHealth Houston by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, part of the National Institutes of Health.

September 11, 2023

The day that Dorcas Osho and her parents moved to the United States, just one day after her fifth birthday, she began screaming in pain. Her parents scrambled to help their daughter and rushed her to a children’s hospital, where she was diagnosed with sickle cell anemia.

August 25, 2023

In early 2019, Michelle Phillips Preng found herself battling crippling anxiety, memory loss, and struggles with vision at night. At the time, Michelle had just gone through a divorce, and her symptoms were often dismissed as signs of stress from the experience. But Michelle – an otherwise healthy and active 45-year-old – knew something wasn’t right.

August 23, 2023

A stroke is the last thing Jamie McCown imagined for herself – especially at age 39. She routinely visited her primary care physician and gynecologist, and didn’t have high blood pressure, cholesterol problems, or cardiac issues that usually correlate with having a stroke. But at eight weeks pregnant, Jamie experienced a stroke in her sleep.

August 4, 2023

Migraine headaches have been a part of Christine Ryan’s life for more than 30 years. She visited nine doctors searching for answers and experienced three ER visits as a result.

August 2, 2023

In the midst of shopping for back-to-school supplies, nutrition can sometimes be the last thing on our mind.  If you are looking for one less thing to worry about, Dolores Woods, RDN, a registered dietitian with UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, shares five easy, healthy, and kid-friendly lunch and snack ideas that your child is sure to love.  

August 1, 2023

The new UT Physicians Interventional Psychiatry Clinic provides services for patients with treatment-resistant psychiatric conditions in one location. Its goal is to not only embrace the current interventional psychiatry services but also expand and develop new services.

July 26, 2023

Fourteen-year-old Ellison McDonald is flourishing thanks to a spinal fusion surgery that corrected her extreme curvature from 48 degrees at its worst to less than 10 degrees today. In the dance studio, you would never realize Ellison has two rods and 18 screws in her spine as she leaps, bends, and stretches on the floor.

July 11, 2023

Gina Drake was in her second trimester when she learned her child would be born with a cleft lip and palate. Although a tearful revelation, the resources her family would discover would make all the difference.