University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center receives $10M for collaborative research
MD Anderson Cancer Center will work collaboratively with four other cancer research centers on pancreatic cancer, ovarian cancer and glioblastoma. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - April 19, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Shafaq Patel Source Type: news
The First COVID-19 Breathalyzer Test Is Coming to the U.S.
COVID-19 testing has become more convenient and accessible, but with the pandemic still causing more than 30,000 new infections in the U.S. on average each week, having more ways to detect SARS-CoV-2 can go a long way toward eventually containing COVID-19.
On April 14, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took an important step in that direction by authorizing the first breath-based test for the disease. The test isn’t designed to serve as a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19, but as a screening tool to alert people who might be infected, in under three minutes. Anyone testing positive on the InspectIR system would nee...
Source: TIME: Health - April 19, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Selfies Give Distorted Facial View
WEDNESDAY, April 6, 2022 -- Selfies can negatively affect perceived facial appearance, according to a study published in the April issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
Mark P. Pressler, M.D., from the University of Texas Southwestern in... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 6, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Researchers develop compound that can prevent suffering from conditions like asthma and COPD
A joint research team from the University of Texas and Stanford University have developed a compound that could prevent people from suffering from asthma. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ardent Health Services sells 18-property medical office portfolio in East Texas and Kansas
The properties are directly aligned with partnerships between Ardent Health Services and two market-leading academic health systems, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler and The University of Kansas Health System. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - March 30, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: DBJ staff Source Type: news
Multi-institutional TMC3 Collaborative Building tops out
The 250,000-square-foot TMC3 Collaborative Building is being built as a joint effort among the TMC, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Texas A&M Health and UTHealth Houston. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - March 23, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Jeff Jeffrey Source Type: news
Kent Waldrep, Athlete Whose Injury Led to Advocacy, Dies at 67
Partly paralyzed as a college football player, he had a role in the inception of the Americans With Disability Act and raised money for spinal cord research. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 9, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Richard Sandomir Tags: Waldrep, Kent Football (College) Sports Injuries Paralysis Disabilities Deaths (Obituaries) Spine (Body Part) Americans With Disabilities Act Texas Christian University University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Source Type: news
COVID-19 beliefs influenced by politicians, not scientists, researchers suggest
As COVID-19 upended societal norms when it swept through the United States in 2020, a second pandemic - or "infodemic" - was also on the rise. An analysis of Twitter users by researchers at the University of California, Davis, and University of Texas, Austin, suggests that Republican-identifying individuals who believe their local government has positive intentions are vulnerable to believing politically fueled COVID-19 misinformation. (Source: World Pharma News)
Source: World Pharma News - March 9, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news
High Weight Gain in Pregnancy Tied to Teen Daughters' Excess Fat
THURSDAY, Feb. 17, 2022 -- High weight gain during pregnancy may be linked to daughters ' subsequent body composition, according to a study published online Feb. 9 in Obesity.
Elizabeth M. Widen, Ph.D., R.D., from the University of Texas at Austin,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - February 17, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
UCLA-led team gets $8.4 million NIH grant to probe mysteries of Valley Fever
Why do some people infected with Valley Fever develop a potentially fatal form of the disease that ravages their body while most experience only mild symptoms or none at all?A team led by UCLA ’s Dr. Manish Butte has been awarded an $8.4 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study this and other questions related to genetic risk factors and immune responses to the disease, which occurs when people breathe in microscopic spores of the fungusCoccidioides that are present in soil.First identified in Argentina in the late 1800s, Valley Fever today is seen in a geographic swath that s...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - February 15, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
How a data and community driven platform can improve drug overdose response
In a preview of their HIMSS22 session, Kasey Claborn of the University of Texas and Andrea L. Daugherty from the Dell Medical School explain how better overdose surveillance could improve response and outreach. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - February 3, 2022 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
2005 to 2019 Saw Decline in Cervical Cancer Screening Rates
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 2, 2022 -- Guideline-concordant cervical cancer screening rates decreased between 2005 and 2019, according to a study published online Jan. 18 in JAMA Network Open.
Ryan Suk, Ph.D., from University of Texas Health Science Center at... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - February 2, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
How a Texas health system uses a data deep dive to find care gaps
In a preview of his HIMSS22 session, Craig S. Kovacevich, associate vice president of community and population health at the University of Texas Medical Branch, explains how a population health analytics engine helps the system find missing screenings, vaccinations and other services. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - January 28, 2022 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Mesothelioma Specialty Centers Factor in 2021 Best Hospital Rankings
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston is No. 1 for the seventh consecutive year on the prestigious U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals for Cancer list.
The annual cancer rankings were included in the media company’s recently published Best Hospitals 2022 guidebook. Cancer is one of the 15 specialties for which hospitals in the U.S. were ranked.
Other hospitals in the top five are: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City; Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota; Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and the Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center.
Mesothelioma specialt...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - January 12, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Authors: James Fannon Source Type: news
Ditching cigarettes for smokeless tobacco can help cut cardiovascular risks, study finds
Regular smokers are at heightened risk of developing cardiovascular disease, but crushing the butts in favor of a “smokeless” alternative like chewing tobacco, snuff or tobacco lozenges may go a long way toward bringing the danger down to a more normal level, a new UCLA-led study shows.The findings also indicate that the primary culprit in smokers ’ increased risk is not nicotine but other chemicals found in tobacco smoke. Both cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products contain large quantities of nicotine.The study,published today in the journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research, involved a team of researchers from UCLA...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - January 6, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
