Stories from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston)
August 25, 2023
In early 2019, Michelle Phillips Preng found herself battling crippling anxiety, memory loss, and struggles with vision at night. At the time, Michelle had just gone through a divorce, and her symptoms were often dismissed as signs of stress from the experience. But Michelle – an otherwise healthy and active 45-year-old – knew something wasn’t right.
August 23, 2023
A stroke is the last thing Jamie McCown imagined for herself – especially at age 39. She routinely visited her primary care physician and gynecologist, and didn’t have high blood pressure, cholesterol problems, or cardiac issues that usually correlate with having a stroke. But at eight weeks pregnant, Jamie experienced a stroke in her sleep.
August 4, 2023
Migraine headaches have been a part of Christine Ryan’s life for more than 30 years. She visited nine doctors searching for answers and experienced three ER visits as a result.
August 2, 2023
In the midst of shopping for back-to-school supplies, nutrition can sometimes be the last thing on our mind. If you are looking for one less thing to worry about, Dolores Woods, RDN, a registered dietitian with UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, shares five easy, healthy, and kid-friendly lunch and snack ideas that your child is sure to love.
August 1, 2023
The new UT Physicians Interventional Psychiatry Clinic provides services for patients with treatment-resistant psychiatric conditions in one location. Its goal is to not only embrace the current interventional psychiatry services but also expand and develop new services.
July 26, 2023
Fourteen-year-old Ellison McDonald is flourishing thanks to a spinal fusion surgery that corrected her extreme curvature from 48 degrees at its worst to less than 10 degrees today. In the dance studio, you would never realize Ellison has two rods and 18 screws in her spine as she leaps, bends, and stretches on the floor.
July 11, 2023
Gina Drake was in her second trimester when she learned her child would be born with a cleft lip and palate. Although a tearful revelation, the resources her family would discover would make all the difference.
July 7, 2023
A novel molecular pathway to explain how a mutation in the gene ACTA2 can cause individuals in their 30s – with normal cholesterol levels and no other risk factors — to develop coronary artery disease has been identified, according to researchers with UTHealth Houston.
July 6, 2023
Versil Joyles-Stapleton, 76, can’t seem to slow herself down — a drastic change to how she lived her life just 2 years ago.
July 6, 2023
As a toddler, Meghan Benavides was diagnosed with Lennox Gastaut Syndrome – a severe form of epilepsy characterized by repeated seizures beginning early in life and causing developmental delays. Her mother and primary caregiver Melissa’s days were consumed by caring for Meghan and the effects of her seizures.
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