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Hays district tip scales with 39 percent of students overweight
Like other districts in Central Texas and across the state, the Hays school district has cut back on physical education over the years.
Rare, Nonsynonymous Variant in the Smooth Muscle-Specific Isoform of...
Rare, Nonsynonymous Variant in the Smooth Muscle-Specific Isoform of Myosin Heavy Chain, MYH11 , R247C, Alters Force Generation in the Aorta and Phenotype of Smooth Muscle Cells From the Department of Internal Medicine , University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX; Department of Physiology , University of Texas Southwestern ... (more)
Dr. John Reveille Leads Pan American Rheumatology Consortium
Newswise - John D. Reveille, M.D., director of the Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School, has been elected president of the Pan American League of Associations of Rheumatology , which represents the national rheumatology societies in 21 countries with a ... (more)
Bentsen Stroke Center Awards Grants for Regenerative Medicine Research
Newswise - Every year, approximately 795,000 people in the United States suffer a stroke and the late U.S. Senator and Democratic Party vice presidential candidate Lloyd Bentsen was one of them.
UTHealth Pediatric Surgery Expands Regenerative Medicine Program
Newswise - About 3 percent of the babies born in the United States have a birth defect.
Botox for nighttime teeth grinding
A recent study performed by Dr. William Ondo, a professor of neurology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, suggests that Botox could be used to treat nighttime teeth grinding, a common condition for which there is no established treatment.A Dental guards are used to prevent damage to the teeth but they do not prevent the ... (more)
Research Project for Blood Transfusions in Trauma Patients Seeks Community Input
Newswise - Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston are launching a new research study to find the best way to give blood transfusions for severely injured patients predicted to require massive blood transfusions upon arrival to the Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center emergency department.
Texas Population Growing Too Fast
The state of Texas is facing a massive shortage of doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals in the coming years, according to estimates by the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
Too few doctors for a growing population
There is no quick fix for the state's ongoing shortage of doctors, nurses and other health care workers, a legislative panel meeting in Houston was told Tuesday.
Ambulatory Blood Pressure Patterns in Children With Chronic Kidney Disease [Original Articles]
From the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston , Houston, TX; Department of Epidemiology , Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD; Seattle Children's Hospital , Seattle, WA; Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center , Cincinnati, OH; Children's Mercy Hospital , Kansas City, MO; Children's Hospital of ... (more)
Profile: Deanna Hoelscher and Steven Kelder
Michael Barnes is the Austin American-Statesman's social columnist. He lives in South Austin with his partner, Kip, two dogs and two cats.
Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9 Interacts With...
From The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston ; Center for Human Genetics and the Texas Therapeutics Institute , The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX; Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, ... (more)
Discovery in cell signaling could help fight against melanoma
The human body does a great job of generating new cells to replace dead ones but it is not perfect.
Doctors' love-hate relationship with EHRs
As with anything new, most physicians go into implementation of an electronic health record system with certain expectations.
Taking away car keys can be tough for older drivers
FRIDAY, April 27 -- Driving can be a major factor in elderly people's quality of life, affecting their mental health and overall well-being, an expert says.
CityBusters battle illness on public transit
The best place to enjoy a breath of fresh air may be a city bus, if Rice University students have their way.
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