Stories from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston)
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
David Jacob Anzaldua awoke to his Chevy Silverado biting the rumble strips that guide US Highway 79 in Jewett, Texas.
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.
July 12, 2019
Runner required almost 50 minutes of CPR on the way to the hospital.
June 27, 2019
A pioneering minimally invasive procedure gave Alisha Mehaffey the chance to do something many take for granted – start the family she feared would never be possible.
June 26, 2019
Government officials and community leaders gathered today to break ground on the $125 million UTHealth Continuum of Care Campus for Behavioral Health, a joint project of UTHealth and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC).
June 24, 2019
UTHealth physicians explain why many men are not doing a good job of taking care of themselves.
June 21, 2019
With the rising number of confirmed measles cases in Texas and other parts of the country, the measles outbreak has served as a reminder of the importance of vaccines.
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