December 2, 2020

By the time first responders rushed the patient to Red Duke Trauma Institute at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, life was already slipping away through a stab wound in the neck. The steady drum of the patient’s heart faded as the trauma team roared into action. Their goal: resuscitate and transfer the patient to the operating room, where Laura J. Moore, MD, with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), would reconstruct his severed blood vessels.

December 1, 2020

Just because we don’t have much of a winter in Houston doesn’t mean you should neglect your skin during occasional cold snaps.

December 1, 2020

Dec. 1 is World AIDS Day, a day to unite in the fight to end the HIV epidemic, support people living with HIV, and honor those who have lost their lives. Fittingly, it’s also Arduino’s 30^th anniversary at UTHealth, where he serves as professor of infectious diseases at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. He is also the site leader for the National Institutes of Health-funded Houston AIDS Research Team, which participates in two HIV/AIDS clinical trials networks at Thomas Street Health Center. The team conducts clinical trials to assess the efficacy of new drugs for people with HIV, as well as test methods to prevent HIV transmission and community spread. The Houston AIDS Research Team has been continuously funded by the NIH for 20 years, bringing in more than $29 million in grants to serve the community.

November 30, 2020

When medically complex children are hospitalized, linking hospitalists to their regular outpatient providers through an inpatient consultation service were more likely to improve outcomes, according to researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).

November 30, 2020

The uniquely human ability to read is the cornerstone of modern civilization, yet very little is understood about the effortless ability to derive meaning from written words. Scientists at UTHealth have now identified a crucial region in the temporal lobe, know as the mid-fusiform cortex, which appears to act as the brain’s visual dictionary.

November 30, 2020

With freezing temperatures expected across our region tonight, an expert at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) has advice regarding the dangers that may be present with many heating their homes for the first time this season.

November 24, 2020

“I don’t feel so great,” my husband, Brandon, said to me one Saturday afternoon – the last thing I wanted to hear after spending the last seven months tuned into COVID-19 media coverage. Knowing a few of his co-workers had recently tested positive for the virus, we didn’t wait to secure an appointment for a rapid test. When he called me an hour later to tell me he has tested positive, my heart sank.

November 24, 2020

The holiday season is here and many are eager to spend long-awaited time with loved ones to end a challenging year.

But now with coronavirus rates soaring across the country, even in rural areas, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) strongly advises against holiday travel.

November 24, 2020

To keep you safe while preparing your Thanksgiving feast, consider the following tips to avoid food poisoning and possible COVID-19 exposure.

November 24, 2020

Following a national search, Richard Andrassy, MD, executive dean, ad interim, has named Anthony Estrera, MD, FACS, chair of the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery.