Stories from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston)
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.
July 5, 2023
People who are regular cannabis users are at an increased risk of experiencing complications before, during, and after surgery, according to a study by researchers with UTHealth Houston published today in JAMA Surgery.
June 27, 2023
The most prestigious school of public health in the state and fourth-largest in the country, UTHealth Houston School of Public Health will break ground on a 10-story, 350,000-square-foot tower in the Texas Medical Center that underscores the school’s mission of health promotion and disease prevention, sustainable access to affordable health care with improved outcomes, and training the next generation of leaders in public health sciences.
June 23, 2023
Tanner Staff was like many 15-year-old boys his age who played football and enjoyed duck hunting and fishing. His passion was spending time in the agriculture shop at school doing welding projects. A traumatic New Year’s Eve accident almost caused Tanner to lose his right hand – the one used to hold a hammer and football for his favorite activities.
June 16, 2023
A combination strategy of endoscopic ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation (EUS-RFA) with chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer will be studied at UTHealth Houston through a $3.3 million grant from the National Cancer Institute by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
June 13, 2023
For years, Mike Culp, 30, followed a highly restrictive diet and took medication to help manage his painful acid reflux symptoms that plagued his life and sleep. At age 18, he went to a specialist, who diagnosed him with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). He was prescribed a proton-pump inhibitor (PPI), a medication that shuts off the acid-pumping cells in the stomach. His symptoms were temporarily managed, but he could not get rid of the burning, acidic-induced discomfort for long.
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