May 26, 2022
Three generations of Jon Huffman’s family have suffered Huntington’s disease – a rare, inherited, ultimately fatal disease that causes the progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain and is best known for the associated involuntary movements, as well as cognitive and psychiatric symptoms. So it didn’t come as a particular surprise to Jon or Patricia Huffman, his wife of 36 years, when Jon began showing symptoms of the neurodegenerative disorder around 2007.
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 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.
