May 16, 2024
Three years ago, Monique Dorsey had a textbook-perfect pregnancy. She brought home a beautiful baby girl and everything seemed fine, until it wasn't. A thunderclap headache warned of a small stroke to come. Diagnosed with an uncommon form of post-pregnancy preelampsia and treated successfully by Louise McCullough, MD, she shared her story so other women could learn from it.
May 10, 2024
ÎÞÓÇ´«Ã½ealth Houston celebrated alongside its hospital partner as Harris Health System broke ground on a new $1.6 billion hospital on the Lyndon B. Johnson campus in Northeast Harris County that will enhance health care in one of the county’s most vulnerable communities.
May 8, 2024
Academic medicine is in her DNA, says Bindu Akkanti, MD, associate professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine at McGovern Medical School at ÎÞÓÇ´«Ã½ealth Houston. Every day she goes to work, she is contributing to the development of the next generation of doctors and the future patients they will be treating.
May 7, 2024
Six ÎÞÓÇ´«Ã½ealth Houston nurses who have dedicated themselves to caring for others were named as among the best in the city in the Houston Chronicle's 2004 Salute to Nurses.
May 6, 2024
Katie Breece was a healthy, active 27-year-old professional from Seattle starting her career, living life, and never expected it to be upended by a stroke. She woke up one morning and began her day like any other when suddenly her life changed forever. What began as a transient ischemic attack (TIA) while in the bathroom getting ready for work quickly escalated to a full-blown stroke, leaving her facing a challenging road to recovery.
May 2, 2024
The (IHI) selected ÎÞÓÇ´«Ã½ealth Houston to participate in the Age-Friendly System-Wide Spread Collaborative.
April 29, 2024
The new Center for Health Promotion at ÎÞÓÇ´«Ã½ealth Houston School of Dentistry is a first-of-its-kind clinic offering a patient-centered comprehensive approach to oral care. The center aims to identify and manage oral and systemic risk factors, emphasizing patient education and interprofessional care.
April 26, 2024
Biomarkers in the urine of firefighters after battling a blaze suggest an increased risk of developing urological cancers, according to new research led by ÎÞÓÇ´«Ã½ealth Houston.
April 24, 2024
For the first time in her 37 years, Andrea Price is eating any food she wants.
April 19, 2024
From recycling condensation into a water feature to green chemistry practices, ÎÞÓÇ´«Ã½ealth Houston focuses on campuswide initiatives to reduce the university’s environmental impact through ÎÞÓÇ´«Ã½ealth Houston’s Sustainability Program.