May 18, 2022

A commonly used blood pressure medication may help improve measures of frailty in prefrail older adults, according to a new study by researchers with UTHealth Houston.

May 17, 2022

Brain images revealed widespread dysfunction of resting-state effective connectivity in people with depression, according to research published in the Journal of Affective Disorders by researchers at UTHealth Houston.

May 11, 2022

A team of researchers from UTHealth Houston created an artificial intelligence model to predict which COVID-19 patients might be more at risk for severe illness, according to an article that was published recently in the Lancet Digital Health.

May 9, 2022

Anne Briggs always longed to be a mom.

But after having no menstrual cycle for over a decade, she knew when she married her husband Mark in 2020 that conceiving a child naturally would be unlikely.

May 6, 2022

Six practicing and aspiring nurses with UTHealth Houston were honored Wednesday, May 4, at the 2022 “Salute to Nurses” luncheon, hosted by the Houston Chronicle.

May 4, 2022

Patients diagnosed with cancer more than one year ago and those not receiving active treatment were no more vulnerable to worse COVID-19 outcomes than patients without cancer, according to a new study led by UTHealth Houston.

May 3, 2022

A research team at UTHealth Houston aims to increase social support and improve mental health among stroke survivors and their caregivers by customizing an existing virtual environment filled with fun, interactive ways to connect with others.

May 3, 2022

A stroke and subsequent brain injury qualified 65-year-old Linda Carmichael for a national, randomized clinical trial led locally by Sunil A. Sheth, MD, with UTHealth Houston. The trial is investigating the safety and efficacy of endovascular thrombectomy plus medical management compared to medical management alone in certain LVO stroke patients.

April 29, 2022

For more than a decade, Joe Bridges, DHI, witnessed his sister Jan struggle to figure out what was causing bouts of severe swelling; and then he decided to do something about it. Beginning at age 77, Bridges dedicated three years to researching and implementing a solution that can help physicians consider a wider array of possible diagnoses to get it right the first time to help prevent patients, like his sister, from suffering unnecessarily.

April 28, 2022

UTHealth Houston’s Movement Disorders and Neurodegenerative Diseases Fellowship Training Program (UTMOVE fellowship program) has been chosen by The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) as one of eight international academic centers to train a new movement disorder clinician-researcher — a neurologist with additional training and expertise in diagnosing and treating Parkinson’s and related diseases — as part of the Edmond J. Safra Fellowship in Movement Disorders Class of 2025.