Stories from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston)
September 26, 2023
Twelve-year-old Gizelle Rodriguez is an impassioned young athlete – especially when it comes to volleyball. When an unexpected head injury occurred during one of her club team matches in April, Gizelle had hoped it was minor and the pain would diminish quickly. What it turned out to be was much more serious, requiring consultation and time away from her favorite pastime to heal.
September 22, 2023
September 19, 2023
One in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime and 11 years ago, Morton McPhail, now 73, became one of them. Fortunately, time was on his side.
September 18, 2023
The implementation of artificial intelligence-powered large vessel occlusion (LVO) detection software for acute stroke triage can improve endovascular thrombectomy treatment times, according to new research from UTHealth Houston.
September 17, 2023
The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program at Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston topped all other undergraduate nursing programs in Texas, according to the 2024 U.S. News Best Colleges publication, which was released today.
September 15, 2023
For a man who’s been surfing and water skiing for 60 years, Roy Gray wasn’t ready to give up water sports due to knee pain. His dad started taking him to Bastrop Bayou (about 60 miles south of Houston) when he was 10 years old, and it evolved into his lifetime passion.
September 14, 2023
R.Á.P.I.D.O., a culturally relevant acronym created under the leadership of Jennifer Beauchamp, PhD, RN, at Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston to raise awareness of stroke signs in the Spanish-speaking Hispanic/Latino community and save lives, has been adopted by the American Stroke Association (ASA), the organization announced today.
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 13, 2023
Unruptured cerebral aneurysms of sizes and locations that require attention may be frequently missed in routine clinical care, but a machine learning algorithm could minimize missed care opportunities, according to a new study from UTHealth Houston.
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.
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