Study shows overweight and obese Hispanic children with increased behavioral counseling and education are more likely to adopt healthier lifestyles.
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Postdoctoral research scientists will get a chance to grow their teaching skills and inspire a new generation of college students to enter research careers.
Seven faculty members were awarded Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Awards by the UT System Board of Regents.
Both functional and symbolic, a bridge was constructed between two Health Science Center clinical homes.
The world’s longest-lived rodents don’t eat broccoli, but they have the protection of a protein that, in humans, is activated by consumption of steamed broccoli. The protein is called Nrf2, and it was connected with the maximum life span in 10 rodent species tested by the UT Health Science Center’s Barshop Institute for Longevity and […]
Strokes affect nearly a million Americans each year, but an already-approved drug used for epilepsy could dramatically reduce their debilitating impact. New research shows one dose of the anti-epilepsy drug retigabine given hours after a mouse experienced a stroke preserved brain tissue and prevented the loss of balance and motor coordination. In the study, both […]
Having a baby is a joyous event but can be nerve-wracking, even when the baby is the picture of health. Now imagine being the parent of an infant who has a congenital anomaly, a developmental delay or an autism spectrum disorder. Three months is the average wait time faced by parents to learn the nature […]
Diabetics heal slowly and often face high infection rates. For some 20 years, these reasons have kept dentists from placing dental implants in patients with diabetes. But a new study shows that with some accommodations, diabetic patients—even those with poorly controlled diabetes—had as high a success rate with implants after one year as patients with […]
It’s been seven years since actor Heath Ledger, 28, was found dead in his Manhattan apartment. The New York medical examiner ruled that Ledger died of “acute intoxication” from six kinds of painkillers, sleeping pills and anti-anxiety drugs. Most drug overdoses are unintentional, said Barbara J. Turner, M.D., M.S.Ed., MACP, professor of medicine and director […]