Health & Medicine

Each month on Know the Senate of College Councils will shine the spotlight on one undergraduate researcher. This month, pre-pharmacy major Joseph Le Nguyen talks about his work studying alcoholism.

Researchers have devised a simple test, using dopamine-deficient worms, for identifying drugs that may help people with Parkinson’s disease.

Three faculty members in the School of Nursing at The University of Texas at Austin have been inducted as Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing, one of the highest honors in nursing.

Date: Oct. 26, 2011 Event: Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Health Care When: Friday, Nov. 18, 7:30 a.m.3:30 p.m. Where: McCombs School of Business

Dr. Marilyn Armour, graduate students and community members share how mediation programs help victims heal and offenders account for crimes.

The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health at The University of Texas at Austin has selected three grant sites for a $1.6 million initiative to create internships for doctoral psychology students that will help alleviate mental health workforce shortages in Texas.

Middle-aged adults at risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) can perceive and complain about related cognitive difficulties long before standard neuropsychological screening tools detect any problems, according to a recent study from The University of Texas at Austin.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness and Health Literacy Month. Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin are available to discuss their research on detecting and coping with breast cancer, as well as research that may improve health literacy and enable people to make informed decisions about their overall health and help lower health care…

Biomedical Engineering Professor Christine Schmidt describes how advances in biomedicine will make the world a better place.

When creating public health campaigns researchers and public policy makers should include messages to combat the perception that low health literacy equates to low intelligence, according to researchers at The University of Texas at Austin.

A new University of Texas at Austin statewide study reveals significant gaps in services for sexual assault victims and calls for improvements, including additional funding.

Engineering faculty and students use 3-D imaging technology to help cancer patients and children make informed decisions about reconstructive surgeries.