UTHealth Houston restores smile and hope for woman with oral cancer
January 3, 2024
When Pearland resident Sue Gordon experienced irritation on the roof of her mouth, she went to her dentist.
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Reading program expands at UT Physicians neurodevelopmental pediatric clinic and integrates books into child care
December 22, 2023
Young patients and their families at a UTHealth Houston subspecialty clinic for children with developmental differences will soon experience the benefits of Reach Out and Read Texas, which is part of a national program that incorporates books into pediatric care for children from 6 months to 5 years old.
UTHealth Houston researchers find link between lonely veterans and firearm purchases
December 22, 2023
Low-income U.S. veterans who are experiencing feelings of loneliness are more likely to purchase firearms, according to new research from UTHealth Houston.
Pancreatic replacement therapy improves maladaptive behavior in preschool children with autism, according to research
December 18, 2023
The use of high-protease pancreatic replacement therapy demonstrated improvement in maladaptive behaviors, such as irritability, in preschool children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to research conducted at 32 clinical sites, including UTHealth Houston.
McGovern Medical School names new neurosurgery chair; Tandon takes on role at UTHealth Houston Neurosciences
December 11, 2023
Jacques Morcos, MD, a renowned neurosurgeon from University of Miami Health System, will join UTHealth Houston as the new chair of the Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery with McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, effective today.
In memoriam: Kathrine G. McGovern
December 8, 2023
Kathrine G. McGovern, who was committed to supporting scientific discovery and innovation at UTHealth Houston, passed away on Dec. 1. She was 90 years old.
At the Bedside: Craniofacial and hand surgeries allow 6-year-old girl to breathe normally, twirl baton on school’s team
December 8, 2023
When Kinsley Westbrook was born in January 2017, she not only had a third nostril, but also webbed fingers on her small, underdeveloped left hand. Shortly after her birth in Nacogdoches, Texas, the newborn was transferred to Houston, where she was sent to the NICU.
UTHealth Houston opens enrollment for lifestyle cooking program aimed at people with metabolic disease risk
December 5, 2023
An innovative lifestyle program offering free cooking classes, along with nutrition, exercise, and mindfulness education, for people at risk for chronic illnesses such as cardiovascular disease is open for enrollment at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health.
UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry researcher awarded $2M grant by NIH to study pharmacotoxicity of areca nut
November 28, 2023
A five-year, $2 million grant to study the pharmacological effects of the areca nut, commonly known as the betel nut, was awarded to a UTHealth Houston researcher by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Third-year McGovern Medical School student assists in game-changing Alzheimer’s disease discoveries
November 28, 2023
Though still a third-year student with McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, Gabriela Grangeiro Cruz is already working to broaden the medical field’s, and the public’s, understanding of Alzheimer’s disease by studying ways to prevent the neurocognitive disorder, which affects 6 million people living in the U.S.
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