Stories from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston)
November 7, 2022
Older adults residing in assisted living facilities and quarantined to their rooms during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic lost significant weight, according to gerontology care providers and researchers from McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston.
October 21, 2022
Thanks to the breast cancer team at UT Physicians and Memorial Hermann Cancer Center, Vernita Eddins, 51, now has hope for a cancer-free life.
September 29, 2022
Stress, anxiety, depression, and lack of sleep contributed to weight gain over the COVID-19 pandemic for people with obesity, according to researchers at UTHealth Houston and UT Southwestern Medical Center.
September 20, 2022
Adolescent and young adult women who were diagnosed with cancer and received chemotherapy treatment prior to pregnancy did not have a higher risk of stillbirth, according to research led by Caitlin C. Murphy, PhD, MPH, with UTHealth Houston.
September 19, 2022
Adolescents suffering with severe obesity who underwent bariatric surgery before the age of 22 had significant and lasting reductions in weight and comorbidities after surgery, according to researchers from UTHealth Houston and the University of Miami.
August 31, 2022
The rate of underrepresented in medicine (URiM) women in the pediatric field have significantly increased, but the rates have remained stagnant and decreased in Black men, according to researchers with UTHealth Houston.
August 26, 2022
UTHealth Houston ranks No. 2 in Texas in the 2022 America’s Best Employers by State, according to Forbes.
August 24, 2022
Researchers are hoping to determine if taking a statin could help prevent dementia and other functional disabilities in older adults. The randomized, controlled study, Pragmatic Evaluation of Events and Benefits of Lipid-lowering in Older Adults (PREVENTABLE), is enrolling patients over the age of 75.
August 8, 2022
While research has revealed that children and adults hospitalized with COVID-19 are more susceptible to developing long COVID symptoms, a new study by researchers at UTHealth Houston found that children infected with COVID-19, but not hospitalized, still experienced long COVID symptoms up to three months past infection.
The study was published in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.
July 29, 2022
Following a national search for a permanent dean of McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, John F. Hancock, MA, MB, BChir, PhD, ScD, has accepted the position to lead the school as executive dean and H. Wayne Hightower Distinguished Professor in the Medical Sciences, effective Sept. 1, 2022.
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