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Newswise: Change of Ownership in Home Health Agencies May Lead to Increased Medicare Spending and Reduced Staffing Levels, According to Uthealth Houston Research
Released: 1-Nov-2024 2:15 PM EDT
Change of Ownership in Home Health Agencies May Lead to Increased Medicare Spending and Reduced Staffing Levels, According to Uthealth Houston Research
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Medicare-certified home health agencies, which are key to allowing older adults to age in place, are increasingly going through ownership changes, raising concerns about health care spending, workforce, and quality of care, according to a study by UTHealth Houston.

Newswise: $8.1M Grant Will Allow Researchers to Study the Role of Skeletal Stem Cells in Craniofacial Bone Diseases and Deformities
Released: 10-Oct-2024 4:25 PM EDT
$8.1M Grant Will Allow Researchers to Study the Role of Skeletal Stem Cells in Craniofacial Bone Diseases and Deformities
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Researchers at UTHealth Houston have been awarded an $8.1 million grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to examine skeletal stem cells as potential drivers of craniofacial bone diseases and deformities. The study is led by Noriaki Ono, DDS, PhD, associate professor of orthodontics, and diagnostic and biomedical sciences at UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry.

Newswise: UTHealth Houston Awarded $2.5 Million Grant to Improve Outcomes for Stroke Patients with Large Blood Vessel Blockages
Released: 9-Oct-2024 8:05 AM EDT
UTHealth Houston Awarded $2.5 Million Grant to Improve Outcomes for Stroke Patients with Large Blood Vessel Blockages
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Improving clinical outcomes in stroke patients by closing a gap between successful re-opening of a blocked vessel through endovascular surgery and a reduction of disability is the focus of a $2.5 million grant awarded to UTHealth Houston researchers.

Newswise: Improving Health Outcomes of Underserved Patients Living with Cancer Focus of $4.8m Grant to UTHealth Houston
Released: 8-Oct-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Improving Health Outcomes of Underserved Patients Living with Cancer Focus of $4.8m Grant to UTHealth Houston
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

An intervention study to improve outcomes for cancer survivors and enhance primary care capacity, funded with a $4.8 million grant from the National Cancer Institute, will be implemented by UTHealth Houston researchers in partnership with eight Texas primary care community health centers that treat under- and uninsured patients.

Newswise: First Infusion in Houston for New Alzheimer’s Drug Administered at UTHealth Houston
Released: 7-Oct-2024 10:05 AM EDT
First Infusion in Houston for New Alzheimer’s Drug Administered at UTHealth Houston
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

UTHealth Houston is the first institution in Houston to administer an FDA-approved drug, Kisunla (donanemab-azbt), for the treatment of early symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease.

Newswise: UTHealth Houston’s Minimally Invasive Treatment Extends Hope to Patients with Medication-Resistant Epilepsy
Released: 25-Sep-2024 12:05 PM EDT
UTHealth Houston’s Minimally Invasive Treatment Extends Hope to Patients with Medication-Resistant Epilepsy
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Findings of a study on a novel and minimally invasive laser therapy for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy caused by periventricular nodular heterotopia (PNVH) have been published by UTHealth Houston researchers in American Neurological Association’s Annals of Neurology.

Newswise: Grants for $3.5m From TARCC Fund New Alzheimer’s Disease Research at UTHealth Houston
Released: 19-Sep-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Grants for $3.5m From TARCC Fund New Alzheimer’s Disease Research at UTHealth Houston
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Studies by researchers at UTHealth Houston seeking to understand the underlying pathology of Alzheimer’s disease in order to discover new pathways to treatment have earned multiple awards totaling $3.5 million from the Texas Alzheimer’s Research and Care Consortium (TARCC).

Newswise: The Ocean Corporation collaborates with UTHealth Houston on Space Medicine Fellowship program
Released: 19-Sep-2024 1:05 PM EDT
The Ocean Corporation collaborates with UTHealth Houston on Space Medicine Fellowship program
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

UTHealth Houston and The Ocean Corporation are collaborating on UTHealth Houston’s Space Medicine Training Fellowship program, which now includes a two-week intensive training focused on hyperbaric technologies and analog environments akin to those astronauts experience during extravehicular activities (EVAs), or space walks.

Newswise: First Patient in Texas, Southeast US, Enrolled at UTHealth Houston for Study of Neural Cell Therapy Product to Treat Epilepsy
Released: 19-Sep-2024 12:05 PM EDT
First Patient in Texas, Southeast US, Enrolled at UTHealth Houston for Study of Neural Cell Therapy Product to Treat Epilepsy
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

UTHealth Houston has enrolled the first patient in the Southeastern United States into a national Phase I/II clinical trial testing whether a neural cell therapy product can help inhibit the abnormal electrical activity that leads to an epileptic seizure.

Released: 18-Sep-2024 2:55 PM EDT
UTHealth Houston Makes Commitment to Nursing Science by Establishing Cizik Nursing Research Institute
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Building on the momentum of Cizik School of Nursing’s growing portfolio of studies funded by the National Institutes of Health, the institute will provide key resources that nurse scientists need to advance meaningful programs of research.

Released: 13-Sep-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Heart healthy indicators and behaviors in adolescents linked to better cognitive function, according to UTHealth Houston research
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Cardiovascular health behaviors and overall cardiovascular health were directly associated with adolescent brain development and cognitive function, according to UTHealth Houston research published recently in the journal Mental Health and Physical Activity.

Newswise: UTHealth Houston and OpenAI Announce Groundbreaking, Privacy-Protecting Collaboration
Released: 13-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT
UTHealth Houston and OpenAI Announce Groundbreaking, Privacy-Protecting Collaboration
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

UTHealth Houston and OpenAI have announced a first-of-its-kind collaboration in the United States, marking the integration of AI technology into health care and education while protecting privacy.

Newswise: UTHealth Houston School of Public Health Unveils a New Home in Austin Designed for Collaboration, Education, Research
10-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health Unveils a New Home in Austin Designed for Collaboration, Education, Research
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

A modern education space that is inclusive, safe, flexible, and environmentally conscious will be unveiled today as the new home of the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Austin.

Newswise: Avian flu found in wastewater of 10 Texas cities through virome sequencing by researchers at UTHealth Houston and Baylor College of Medicine
Released: 11-Sep-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Avian flu found in wastewater of 10 Texas cities through virome sequencing by researchers at UTHealth Houston and Baylor College of Medicine
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Avian influenza A(H5N1) virus, which spread to cattle and infected 14 people this year, was detected using virome sequencing in the wastewater of 10 Texas cities by researchers at UTHealth Houston and Baylor College of Medicine.

Released: 5-Sep-2024 1:50 PM EDT
Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston awarded grant to advance chronic pain management in rural communities through auricular point acupressure
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Large-scale testing of self-managed auricular point acupressure for non-pharmaceutical pain management in rural communities is the focus of a new federal grant awarded to researchers with Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston.

Released: 5-Sep-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Physical activity intervention strategies in low-income communities funded by a $5M NIH grant for collaborative research at UTHealth Houston and The University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

A five-year, $5 million grant will allow researchers from UTHealth Houston and The University of Texas at Austin to test how community-level interventions can improve health and reduce disparities in low-income communities in Central Texas.

1-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Rare genetic variants linked to bicuspid aortic valve disease in young adults identified by UTHealth Houston researchers
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Genetic variants linked to a rare form of bicuspid aortic valve disease that affects young adults and can lead to dangerous and potentially life-threatening aortic complications have been identified by researchers at UTHealth Houston.

Released: 30-Aug-2024 12:40 PM EDT
UTHealth Houston and Baylor College of Medicine collaborate on first CDC Injury Control Research Center in Southwest, established to study injury and violence prevention
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

The only Injury Control Research Center in Texas has been established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at UTHealth Houston in partnership with Baylor College of Medicine.



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