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