Stories from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston)
April 11, 2023
Last year, Linda Pellerito began feeling odd, stinging sensations on her tongue and noticed a white spot, so at her next dental appointment, she mentioned it. An oral cancer screening revealed something suspicious.
April 10, 2023
Established in 2006, the annual award honors the late Michael J. Jimenez, former vice president and chief human resources officer at UTHealth Houston. Recipients are nominated by coworkers, and there are categories for faculty, management/administrative and professional, and classified staff.
April 7, 2023
When Erika Thompson, PhD, received an invitation to bring more lifesaving vaccines to children and adolescents in North Texas, she leaped at the opportunity.
Thompson, an associate professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at The University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC) School of Public Health at Fort Worth, learned about the All for Them mobile vaccination project during an HPV Vaccine Coalition meeting in Arlington, Texas.
April 6, 2023
The U.S. experienced an unprecedented number of group A streptococcal infections in children from October to December of 2022, which should alert physicians to check for the potentially deadly infectious disease as the country moves out of the pandemic, according to research published by UTHealth Houston.
April 5, 2023
With the goals of supporting students wanting to pursue a master’s degree in public health, and increasing the number of public health practitioners in El Paso, the Woody and Gayle Hunt Family Foundation announced a $500,000 commitment to UTHealth Houston during National Public Health Week to establish the Woody and Gayle Hunt Scholarship fund.
April 3, 2023
Mickey Wright of Katy, Texas, is just a regular 7-year-old boy who earns good grades, plays video games, and wrestles in Brazilian jiu-jitsu classes. His life, however, would not be as full if it were not for a life-changing surgery and therapy program.
April 3, 2023
Chronic lower back pain prevented her from playing volleyball at age 13, but today a teenager from Katy, Texas, is back in full swing, thanks to the correct diagnosis and treatment for endometriosis.
March 29, 2023
Cluster headache and migraine are both strongly linked to the internal clock that regulates body processes known as the circadian system, according to new research from UTHealth Houston.
March 28, 2023
While the outpatient management of stroke survivors through telehealth is prone to multiple barriers, it offers many advantages for addressing health equity in stroke survivors, according to a review from UTHealth Houston.
March 24, 2023
How women with heart disease respond to stress can increase their risk of developing adverse cardiovascular events, according to a new study co-authored by researchers with UTHealth Houston School of Public Health and Emory University in Atlanta.
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