Hazim J. Safi, M.D., has been appointed the chairman designate of the new department of cardiothoracic and vascular surgery being created at The University of Texas-Houston Medical School.
Neuroscientists at The University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center are a step closer to understanding the processes underlying learning and memory. In a report in the February 28 issue of Science magazine they describe how a protein molecule, transforming growth factor-fl (TGF-fl), induces changes in neurons similar to those associated with learning. This work may have implications for the treatment of learning disabilities in people whose nervous systems have been compromised by disease, injury or aging.
Adolescents who have been exposed to community violence are more likely to engage in violent behavior themselves, according to the results of a study presented by Jennifer Conroy M.P.H. of UT-Houston School of Public Health at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine (April 1997).
Scientists at The University of Texas-Houston Medical School and the University of Alberta in Canada have determined the three-dimensional structure of cardiac troponin C (cardiac TnC), a protein responsible for regulating muscle contraction in the heart.
The University of Texas-Houston has been awarded $2.5 million by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases to establish a Specialized Center of Research (SCOR) in scleroderma, a chronic, often fatal connective tissue disease. Headquartered in the UT-Houston Medical School division of rheumatology and clinical immuno-genetics, the center will conduct a wide range of investigations into the disease for which there is no known effective treatment or means of prevention.
Research at The University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center may help reduce the estimated 1.6 million deaths attributed each year to the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.
A hepatitis A vaccine, already approved for use in adults, is also proving to be effective and safe for infants, according to a researcher at The University of Texas-Houston School of Public Health.
The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded The University of Texas-Houston School of Public Health a $874,195 grant to determine whether exposure to an ingredient found in Agent Orange during the Vietnam War can be associated with neural tube defects in the veterans' children.
Heart disease causes nearly half of deaths and disability in Americans between the ages of 35 and 64. In fact, twenty to forty percent of middle aged people have early or advanced coronary disease, most without knowing it. But this deadly disease can be prevented or reversed without surgery, if detected, thanks to the pioneering efforts of K. Lance Gould, M.D., a cardiovascular specialist at the University of Texas-Houston Medical School.
Research at The Univeristy of Texas-Houston Medical School is heading out of this world. NASA's Space Shuttle launch slated for April 16 will lift off with UT-Houston's brain research onboard.
A $5 million, 5-year program project grant to simulate brain function has been awarded to the UT-Houston Medical School Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes.
UT Clinic operated with the City of Houston has treated more than 6,000 evacuees.
A research team led by scientists at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston has determined the structure of an enzyme that, when defective, causes hereditary coproporphyria.
Carbon nanoparticles "“ both those unleashed in the air by engine exhaust and the engineered structures thought to have great potential in medical applications "“ promote blood-clotting, scientists report.
Toddlers with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome suffer more respiratory disturbances while sleeping on their backs, University of Texas Medical School at Houston researchers report.
An FDA-approved phase I clinical trial will evaluate the safety and potential of treating children who have suffered traumatic brain injury with stem cells from their own bone marrow. The trial is the first to employ stem cells to brain injury.
Genetic research pioneer and life sciences venture capitalist C. Thomas Caskey, M.D., has been appointed director and CEO-elect of the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases, part of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
Distinguished speakers will address faculty, staff, students and guests when the six professional schools of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston hold their 2007 graduation ceremonies.
Perhaps this interventional project to help Immigrant Mexican Women's health issues will peak your interest for a story"¦According to the ACS: 3,670 women were projected to die from cervical cancer in the U.S. during 2007. Cervical cancer was once one of the most common causes of cancer death for American women. The death rate declined by 74% between 1955 and 1992. The main reason for this change is the increased use of the Pap test.
Thousands of college students will flock to beaches and other vacation sites this spring to have fun...and drink. Researchers have tips on how to keep them safe.
Chronic insomnia is costing adolescents more than sleep. It's been linked to a wide range of physical, psychological and interpersonal problems, according to public health researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, who completed the first prospective study of adolescents with persistent sleep problems.
Researchers at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston say a crucial decision on whether to give intensive care to extremely premature infants should not be solely based on the infant's gestational age.
Directly influenced by pro-tobacco advertising and marketing campaigns, urban sixth-graders in India are using tobacco products in disproportionate numbers, according to a new study by researchers at The University of Texas School of Public Health. The new information reveals a country setting itself on a dangerous path to tobacco-related illnesses and death in the next two decades.
A study based at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston provides added justification that a thiazide-type diuretic is the best first-choice drug for hypertensive patients. The findings, published in the American Heart Association's Circulation, Volume 117, Issue 20, evaluate the results of a previous trial coordinated by researchers at The University of Texas School of Public Health, along with other recent studies.
Researchers at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston have identified family history as one reason why some people might be more susceptible to shingles, a severe skin condition.
Pathologists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston have developed a chemically modified protein that may help people with a hard-to-treat form of a genetic bleeding disorder known as Hemophilia A.
As the nation faces an impending health care crisis in medical care for its aging Baby Boomers, geriatric specialists across the campus at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston are educating those who will be on the front lines in the future.
Medications that can restore the delicate balance of neurotransmitters destroyed by cocaine use, offering greater hope for recovery, are being studied at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
People with disabilities all along the Gulf Coast were caught off guard by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and forced to flee without their wheelchairs, service animals and in some instances even their eyeglasses. UT Houston's Lex Frieden has launched a new Web site, www.disability911.com, to help them avoid a recurrence.
Researchers at The University of Texas School of Public Health have found that patients given a travelers' diarrhea vaccine were significantly less likely to suffer from clinically significant diarrhea than those who received placebo, according to a study published in this week's edition of the Lancet. The patch-based vaccine is part of the Phase 2 study in conjunction with the Iomai Corporation.
In a development that may lessen the epidemic of diarrhea-related deaths among children in developing countries, scientists in the laboratory of Nobel Laureate Ferid Murad, M.D., Ph.D., at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston have discovered a novel compound that might lead to an inexpensive, easy-to-take treatment.
The common practice of giving patients the anticoagulant heparin after one of the most common forms of stroke can increase the risk of serious bleeding, according to researchers in the Department of Neurology at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) researchers at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston believe they have uncovered the Achilles heel in the armor of the virus that continues to kill millions.
Parents can help their children get off to a good start this school year by getting them back on a school sleep schedule before classes start, according to sleep experts from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
Biochemists at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston say they are the first to provide pre-clinical evidence that pregnancy-induced high blood pressure or pre-eclampsia may be an autoimmune disease. Their research could provide novel diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities for this intractable disease.
A large survey conducted by researchers at The University of Texas School of Public Health Dallas Regional Campus, which examined alcohol abuse and dependence among Hispanic male populations in the United States, will be expanded to Mexican males living along the U.S.-Mexico border. The expansion is supported by a $1.5 million grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
A new study by researchers at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston could help experts better decide whether to continue the current practice of retesting women during their second pregnancies for a common bacterial infection if they had tested positive for the infection previously.
The United States is not making the grade. The 2003 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) shows the United States ranks 12th of 25 countries among eighth graders in math and science skills. In the No. 1 and No. 2 spots: Singapore and the Republic of Korea.
Could the right diet be a "cure" for autism? Many parents of autistic children believe that avoiding gluten (found in wheat) and dairy products help lessen autistic behavior in their children. Now researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston have launched a pilot study to measure physical and behavioral differences among children in a double-blind study. Half the children will be placed on a gluten/dairy powder and half will take a placebo powder.
Tao Lin, D.V.M., and Steven J. Norris, Ph.D., both with the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, have been named grant recipients of the Norman Hackerman Advanced Research Program (ARP) by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. They will receive $150,000 over two years to support their research into conflicting reports about the infectious nature and causative agent of Southern-Tick Associated Rash Illness (STARI) in Texas and other southern states.
Would you like a lemony watermelon? How about a strawberry-flavored banana? Biochemists at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston say the day may be coming when scientists will be able to fine tune enzymes responsible for flavors in fruits and vegetables. In addition, it could lead to environmentally-friendly pest control.
Of the more than 1.5 million people who suffer a traumatic brain injury each year in the United States, as many as 75 percent sustain a concussion, a brain injury that is classified as mild yet can lead to long-term or permanent impairments and disabilities. A consortium of physicians and scientists in the Houston region is now undertaking a research initiative to improve diagnosis of mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) and develop innovative treatment strategies.
Have a foot injury and want to have your images read by the same radiologists who examined Houston Rocket Yao Ming's foot? That access to expert imaging is driving people from professional athletes to Baby Boomers to Little Leaguers to Memorial Hermann Sports Medicine and The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, which has responded with a newly named Sports, Orthopedic and Emergency Imaging Fellowship.
For the third consecutive year, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston has been recognized as one of the top medical schools in the country for Hispanic students.
Roaring winds. Flying debris. Pelting rain. Sleeping in two-hour shifts, Mike Gillum and Eddie Horace listened, watched and waited for Hurricane Ike to do its worst.
After nearly two weeks of missing their students' smiles because of Hurricane Ike, Margaret Carmona and Irasema Barrera have their own reason to smile. Their classroom has received the Texas School Ready! certification for the 2008-2009 school year.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston will play a key role in local recruitment for the largest child health study in the United States.
Susan P. Fisher-Hoch, M.D., professor of epidemiology at The University of Texas School of Public Health Brownsville Regional Campus and one of the world's leading virologists, will be recognized on Monday, Oct. 13, as one of the Women In Technology International's (WITI) 2008 Hall of Fame winners.
iTunes users can now get the latest health care information by downloading free podcasts produced by The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston by logging into iTunes U at www.uth.tmc.edu/itunesu. The UT Health Science Center iTunes U initiative is led by The University of Texas School of Health Information Sciences at Houston and the Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences (CCTS).
Researchers and educators at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston are examining the virtual world of Second Life for both its addictive and educational potential.
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