Stories from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston)
January 27, 2020
The grim effects that climate change will have on pediatric health outcomes was the focus of a “Viewpoint” article published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation by Susan E. Pacheco, MD, an expert at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).
December 17, 2019
As e-cigarette use by young people reaches epidemic proportions, researchers at UTHealth have received a $3.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to conduct the first-ever assessment on the long-term results of a nationwide nicotine vaping prevention program for youth called CATCH My Breath.
December 16, 2019
A drug purified and developed from the sap of a tree in the Amazon rainforest is now being studied for the treatment of chronic idiopathic diarrhea in non-HIV patients at UTHealth as part of a two-year pilot study.
December 16, 2019
A journal reports that 32% of adults aged 65 years and older have a hard time walking three city blocks.
December 4, 2019
Pursuing a career in research might conjure up images of labs and test tubes. But for Vanessa Schick, PhD, it’s meant truck stops, underpasses, and other places where she can engage with those living with chronic homelessness.
November 22, 2019
Community members can drop off donations for the Houston Food Bank at UT Physicians clinics across the city.
November 19, 2019
Rates of new anal cancer diagnoses and deaths related to human papillomavirus (HPV), the most common sexually transmitted infection, have increased dramatically over the last 15 years, according to researchers at UTHealth. The results of their study were published in the November issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
November 18, 2019
The American Heart Association’s Council on Stroke has named Louise D. McCullough, MD, PhD, Roy M. And Phyllis Gough Huffington Distinguished Chair and professor of neurology, as the 2019 Stroke Council Award & Lecturer.
November 18, 2019
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District principal Maria Mamaux was impressed by the credentials of the surgeon recommended to repair her failing heart, but what really got her attention was the fact that he was a graduate of the same school district.
November 11, 2019
Nearly 100 veterans in need of dental care were treated free of charge on Nov. 8 at UTHealth School of Dentistry, with assistance from Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth.
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