3 Houston-area universities get $2.6M federal grant to examine health disparities
Texas Southern University ’s Center for Justice Research, Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston's McGovern Medical School will all partner to examine perinatal health disparities over a five-year period. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 19, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Sofia Gonzalez Source Type: news
Genes that shape bones identified, offering clues about our past and future
Using artificial intelligence to analyze tens of thousands of X-ray images and genetic sequences, researchers, including two NSF Graduate Research Fellows at The University of Texas at Austin and New York Genome Center, have been able to pinpoint the … (Source: NSF News)
Source: NSF News - September 14, 2023 Category: Science Authors: NSF Source Type: news
Common Nasal Decongestant Doesn ’ t Actually Work, According to FDA Advisors
A panel of US regulatory advisers said phenylephrine, a main component of over-the-counter cold medicines including some versions of Procter & Gamble Co.’s Nyquil, doesn’t actually work.
The committee of 16 advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously on Tuesday that scientific evidence doesn’t prove that the nasal decongestant is effective when taken orally at recommended doses. The majority of panelists agreed that further studies to test higher doses of the drug would not be worthwhile.
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The advisory committee’s decisi...
Source: TIME: Health - September 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Cailley LaPara / Bloomberg Tags: Uncategorized wire Source Type: news
Finding Power in My Panic Attacks
Trouble started in the form of rivulets of sweat dampening the waistband of my underwear. It was a bluebird afternoon in Phoenix in December of 2020, mid 60s, desert dry, and my heart was jackhammering against my ribcage. Breathing felt like I was sucking air through a stir straw. A small ABC News crew was arrayed before me, ready to broadcast the report I’d written that day, but with my vision narrowed to a needle’s eye, I could barely see them. I tried to swallow away the sandiness in my mouth but realized I’d forgotten how.
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“I can’t swallow!...
Source: TIME: Health - September 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Matt Gutman Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
Opioid-Free Discharge Feasible After Pancreatectomy
THURSDAY, Sept. 7, 2023 -- Opioid-free discharge is feasible after pancreatic surgery, according to a study published online Sept. 6 in JAMA Surgery.
Artem Boyev, D.O., from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, and... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - September 7, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Hot weight loss drugs tested as addiction treatments
When the diabetes treatments known as GLP-1 analogs reached the market in 2005, doctors advised patients taking the drugs that they might lose a small amount of weight. Talk about an understatement. Obese people can drop more than 15% of their body weight, studies have found, and two of the medications are now approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for weight reduction. A surge in demand for the drugs as slimming treatments has led to shortages. “This class of drugs is exploding in popularity,” says clinical psychologist Joseph Schacht of the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
But patient...
Source: ScienceNOW - August 28, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Hot weight loss drugs tested as addiction treatments
When the diabetes treatments known as GLP-1 analogs reached the market in 2005, doctors advised patients taking the drugs that they might lose a small amount of weight. Talk about an understatement. Obese people can drop more than 15% of their body weight, studies have found, and two of the medications are now approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for weight reduction. A surge in demand for the drugs as slimming treatments has led to shortages. “This class of drugs is exploding in popularity,” says clinical psychologist Joseph Schacht of the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
But patient...
Source: ScienceNOW - August 28, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
What Is That Ice Cream-Induced'Brain Freeze,' Anyway?
THURSDAY, Aug. 24, 2023 -- Anyone who has quickly slurped up a milkshake or chomped on a snow cone knows the sharp, brief pain of " brain freeze. "
Its cause is a mystery, but it ’s not harmful, according to experts at University of Texas... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 24, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Watch a person unable to speak for years ‘talk’ using a new brain implant
When it comes to talking, our brain does the heavy lifting. It subconsciously directs the complex coordination of lips, tongue, throat, and jaws we need to pronounce words. And it keeps directing, even in people with paralysis or who are unable to turn these commands into speech.
Now, scientists have harnessed this phenomenon to create brain implants that transform this neural activity into text with unprecedented speed and accuracy. In two new studies—both reported today in
Nature
—the devices enabled two people to “speak” for the first time in more than a decade. The implants produced speech from ...
Source: ScienceNOW - August 23, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
UT Health San Antonio, 7 collaborators garner $46 million from NIH to move discoveries into practice
Community engagement, career development, degree programs and pilot projects will be supported by a Clinical and Translational Science Award at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, which is working with seven regional collaborators. Reducing health disparities... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - August 23, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: LIC PDT Source Type: news
Giant black hole formed puzzlingly fast at dawn of cosmos
Astronomers have found by far the most distant and earliest quasar ever seen, a cosmic beacon shining so soon after the big bang that standard theory can’t explain how it was built.
Among the most luminous objects in the cosmos, quasars are powered by supermassive black holes in the center of galaxies, which suck in matter so voraciously that it becomes white hot from friction and glows brightly enough to be seen across the universe. Astronomers thought the black holes formed stepwise within early galaxies, as giant stars collapsed and merged, but quasars detected from when the universe was less than 1 billion year...
Source: ScienceNOW - August 22, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Emerging Austin hospital cluster could one day look like Houston's Texas Medical Center, MD Anderson president says
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston is taking a big leap forward in Austin: "The co-location of ourselves and the University of Texas specialty hospital creates tremendous benefit for the community and creates a sense for Austin that they're going to have something that might over time look like the Texas Medical Center in the way that Houstonians appreciate this as an asset of our community." (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - August 18, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Jishnu Nair Source Type: news
MD Anderson Cancer Center president says Austin expansion can bring research benefits to Houston
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston is taking a big leap forward in Austin, but its president, Dr. Peter Pisters, said that Houston could reap some of the benefits of its new expansion. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - August 16, 2023 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Jishnu Nair Source Type: news
3 more things to know about $2.5B plan to build pair of downtown Austin hospitals
The plan by the University of Texas at Austin and MD Anderson Cancer Center to build two new hospitals in downtown Austin will "undoubtedly result in transformative cancer care," said Kevin Eltife, chairman of the University of Texas System board of regents. Click through to read more about the new UT Austin Medical Center. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - August 16, 2023 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Will Anderson Source Type: news
Elon Musk Is Silently Turning Population Crisis Talk Into Action As Filings Reveal $10M Grant To Texas University For Fertility Studies
Elon Musk, the outspoken entrepreneur and CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, has seemingly channeled his concerns about population collapse into action. What Happened: The Musk Foundation made a whopping $10 million donation to the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) back in 2021, Bloomberg News…#elonmusk #spacex #tesla #muskfoundation #universityoftexas #austin #twitter #utaustin #deanspears #markbudolfson (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
