Stories from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston)
March 28, 2024
For months, a toddler’s parents struggled with her worsening health. Melissa Van Arsdall, MD; Paul Hillman, MD; and Paige Roberts, MS, RD, with UTHealth Houston found a cause and a treatment.
March 26, 2024
Delaying surgical inguinal hernia repair in preterm infants until after discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) appears to reduce the likelihood of serious adverse events, according to researchers at UTHealth Houston.
March 25, 2024
In the two years since the John S. Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center at UTHealth Houston opened its doors in collaboration with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), it has helped relieve the overall wait times for Texans needing mental health care and provided a resource closer to home for patients.
March 15, 2024
From an Army infantry veteran to a brain cancer survivor, the Class of 2024 at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston found out together today at the Cooley University Life Center where they will take the next steps in their careers.
March 13, 2024
The American Heart Association (AHA) awarded a cumulative $1.2 million to UTHealth Houston School of Public Health researchers to test the effectiveness of Food is Medicine interventions to improve maternal and infant health outcomes.
March 13, 2024
The American Heart Association (AHA) awarded a cumulative $1.2 million to UTHealth Houston School of Public Health researchers to test the effectiveness of Food is Medicine interventions to improve maternal and infant health outcomes.
March 6, 2024
Safety concerns for patients undergoing anesthesia who use glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs), which are medications approved for diabetes and weight management, were revealed in a UTHealth Houston study published today in JAMA Surgery.
March 1, 2024
Brian Dean, MBA, MPH, a highly respected health care executive with more than 25 years of experience leading health systems across the country, joins UTHealth Houston as executive vice president for health affairs, effective March 18.
February 29, 2024
At just 9 years old, Lindsay Snyder was diagnosed with epilepsy in 2003. As she progressed through school, what Lindsay initially thought were “staring spells” in class turned out to be daytime seizures, and her nighttime seizures were even worse.
February 27, 2024
Three commitments to improve food security, diet quality, and health outcomes for vulnerable communities, made by UTHealth Houston in partnership with local and national organizations, have been approved as part of the White House Challenge to end Hunger and Build Healthy Communities.
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