texas health science

Dog Dies After Eating Electronic Cigarette Capsule

Dog Dies After Eating Electronic Cigarette Capsule

Filed under: Houston Drug Rehab Centers

The Staffordshire bull terrier had punctured the capsule of concentrated liquid nicotine with her teeth, delivering a lethal dose of the drug. The local … it do to a child?" If a pet is poisoned by a… Continue reading →

New Stroke Recovery Device, Combined With Clot-Busting Drug, Offers Safe …

New Stroke Recovery Device, Combined With Clot-Busting Drug, Offers Safe …

Filed under: Drug Treatment Help Houston

Thanks to a new study led by University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) researchers, a newly-developed, hands-free ultrasound device, when used in tandem with a clot-busting drug, may offer… Continue reading →

Six Problems: Third in a Series on the WaPo Nonprofit “Asset Diversion” Database

Six Problems: Third in a Series on the WaPo Nonprofit “Asset Diversion” Database

Filed under: Houston Drug Treatment Centers

One of the external board memberships of the foundation president and CEO is Phoenix House, a nationwide network of heroin and other addiction detoxification and treatment centers. This year, an audit… Continue reading →

Evolution of an Individual's Cancer Can Be Tracked Cell by Cell

Evolution of an Individual's Cancer Can Be Tracked Cell by Cell

Filed under: Drug Treatment Centers Texas

Indeed, precancerous conditions such as ductal carcinoma in situ — abnormal cells in part of the breast that have not spread — can progress to cancer but often don't, raising questions about how… Continue reading →

The Will Herndon Fund's HOPE Under the Stars Celebrates Fifth Anniversary

The Will Herndon Fund's HOPE Under the Stars celebrates fifth anniversary

Filed under: Houston Drug Treatment Centers

HOPE Under the Stars began as a grassroots event for The Will Herndon Fund for Juvenile Batten Disease Research at Beyond Batten Disease Foundation in the Rob Fleming Park five years ago with… Continue reading →

Report: Scammers Are Taking Advantage of America's Marijuana Boom

Report: Scammers Are Taking Advantage Of America's Marijuana Boom

Filed under: Drug Treatment Centers Texas

Michael Mayes is the CEO of the Chicago-based marijuana consulting and technology company Quantum 9, who also operates two marijuana cultivation centers and three dispensaries in Colorado. He said several potential investors he … Though… Continue reading →

UT Health Science Center Scientists Discover New Molecular Mechanism …

UT Health Science Center Scientists Discover New Molecular Mechanism …

Filed under: Houston Drug Treatment Centers

Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) and Baylor College of Medicine have discovered a novel molecular mechanism that is involved with the spread of pancreatic malignant tumors. This… Continue reading →

EMRs Lower Odds of Heart Failure Readmission

EMRs Lower Odds of Heart Failure Readmission

Filed under: Texas Drug Treatment Centers

The proportion of 30-day readmissions from the pre- to post-intervention period fell from 26.2% to 21.2% (P=0.01), which was associated with a number needed to treat ratio of 20.29, "suggesting a fairly robust treatment effect," the authors… Continue reading →

Further Studies Could Determine Benefit to Epilepsy Patients Without TSC

Further Studies Could Determine Benefit to Epilepsy Patients Without TSC

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Newswise — A drug originally developed to prevent the rejection of transplanted organs has now been shown to dramatically reduce seizures in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) – a genetic disease characterized… Continue reading →

UTHealth Studies Ultrasound in Combination With tPA as Therapy for Stroke

UTHealth studies ultrasound in combination with tPA as therapy for stroke

Filed under: Drug Rehab Centers Houston

HOUSTON – An international, Phase III clinical trial studying ultrasound in combination with a clot-busting medication to treat acute ischemic stroke has begun at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston… Continue reading →