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Study compares whole blood to blood components
When severely injured patients arrive in an emergency center requiring a blood transfusion, they are typically given blood components such as plasma and red blood cells. But, would they be better off receiving whole blood instead?
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Clinic offers summer camp for children diagnosed with ADHD
The Dan L. Duncan Children’s Neurodevelopmental Clinic at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) is launching its first annual summer camp created for children in grades 1–3 diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
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Free stroke event set for May 3
The second annual Stomp Out Stroke! Festival of Life to raise stroke awareness will be hosted by the Stroke Team of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) on May 3 at Discovery Green, 1500 McKinney St., in downtown Houston.
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Faculty Campaign for Students: ‘The Best Ideas Come from Within’
Faculty members at Houston’s health university hold a unique responsibility to go beyond simply educating students. Instead, they are challenged by the UTHealth mission to model the best practices in clinical care and public health.
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IBD event open to public
Gastroenterology experts and colorectal surgeons from the UTHealth Medical School who are affiliated with Memorial Hermann – Texas Medical Center will provide an in-depth look at the origin, prevent, diagnosis, management and treatments of inflammatory bowel disease.
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AOA Banquet
Members of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society from The UTHealth Medical School are shown during their annual banquet March 10, 2014 at The Cohen House at Rice University.
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High court ruling deals blow to affirmative action
In a fractured decision that revealed deep divisions over what role the judiciary should play in protecting racial and ethnic minorities, the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a Michigan constitutional amendment that bans affirmative action in admissions to the state's public universities.
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Lower-income teens aren't getting enough sleep, researchers say
African-American high school students and boys in low- to middle-income families reported short, fragmented sleep, and that could play a role in their health risks, researchers reported Monday.
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Job market for college grads better but still weak
With college commencement ceremonies nearing, the government is offering a modest dose of good news for graduating seniors: The job market is brightening for new grads — a bit.
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CVS launches insurance premium payment service
CVS Caremark will launch a service to help some customers pay their health insurance premiums, the company announced this week.
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The flu is back. (It never really goes away.)
Here’s a tip for those who managed to duck the flu’s first punch: Watch out for the next one.
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Vertigo: A common problem that left one man teetering for months and months
March 27, 2009. I was fine the night before.
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“ When I returned from a trip yesterday I learned that our colleague, Dr. Tim Bricker, had passed away last week. Tim was the Director of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at UT Health Medical School and Chief of Pediatric Cardiology at Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital. I knew Tim for 30 years and first met him when he was a junior faculty member at Texas Children's Hospital. When he became Chief of Cardiology at TCH in 1992 he has helped me to establish a rotation for the UT fellows at TCH (which was possible in those days). Our fellows ranked it consistently as one of the best rotations at the time. Tim went to Kentucky, and then returned to Houston two years ago. At this time our school was fortunate to recruit him, and in his short tenure he had already made a major impact in his division, the Department of Pediatrics, and the school. In the 1990s Tim and I served together in the group of Associate Editors for Circulation when Dr. Willerson was the journal's editor-in-chief.Through this I got to know Tim even better. I admired his unfailing willingness to help and to serve when he was called upon to serve. Really, the best of American values. And I remember his fairness and unfailing collegiality, even in the most difficult of times for him personally. Tim's tenure with us at UT was cut short by illness. I am certain that he will live on the the hearts of those who knew him, and as an inspiration to all of us in the cardiology community. With profound gratitude. Heinrich Taegtmeyer ”
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