Stories from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston)
June 24, 2022
People who received at least one influenza vaccine were 40% less likely than their non-vaccinated peers to develop Alzheimer’s disease over the course of four years, according to a new study from UTHealth Houston.
June 22, 2022
Daily use of a mushroom extract supported the immune system in clearing human papillomavirus (HPV) infections, according to researchers with UTHealth Houston. The study was published today in Frontiers in Oncology.
June 17, 2022
In 2014, a dysautonomia diagnosis led 6-year-old Hannah Haisler of Belton, Texas, to Mohammed T. Numan, MD, with the Dysautonomia Center for Excellence at UTHealth Houston. Today, the 14-year-old is playing competitive volleyball and bungee jumping, thanks to the care she received.
June 16, 2022
A new study shows targeting a protein in smooth muscle cells can block and decrease buildup of atherosclerotic plaque in mouse models, according to researchers with UTHealth Houston.
June 15, 2022
Some patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who don’t respond to traditional therapy are benefiting from an alternative option being offered at UTHealth Houston.
June 7, 2022
A state-of-the-art mobile simulation training unit designed to enhance high-level adult and pediatric emergency medicine care is coming to UTHealth Houston.
May 31, 2022
Adults infected with COVID-19 develop circulating antibodies that last for nearly 500 days, according to a new study led by researchers at UTHealth School of Public Health.
The findings were published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.
May 26, 2022
Three generations of Jon Huffman’s family have suffered Huntington’s disease – a rare, inherited, ultimately fatal disease that causes the progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain and is best known for the associated involuntary movements, as well as cognitive and psychiatric symptoms. So it didn’t come as a particular surprise to Jon or Patricia Huffman, his wife of 36 years, when Jon began showing symptoms of the neurodegenerative disorder around 2007.
May 18, 2022
A commonly used blood pressure medication may help improve measures of frailty in prefrail older adults, according to a new study by researchers with UTHealth Houston.
May 17, 2022
Brain images revealed widespread dysfunction of resting-state effective connectivity in people with depression, according to research published in the Journal of Affective Disorders by researchers at UTHealth Houston.
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