Health & Medicine
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How To Help Older Adults At Risk Of Suicide
In a new study, social work professors found health problems are a major driver of suicide among older adults.
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What’s Needed Most After Breast Cancer Diagnosis?
“You have cancer.” One small phrase can change the life of someone who has been waiting anxiously since finding the first lump. What happens after the pathologist confirms what you’ve been dreading?
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UT Center for Health Communication Awarded State Health Services Contract to Fight Opioid Epidemic
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has awarded the UT Austin Center for Health Communication a contract to develop effective messaging to promote the new Texas Prescription Monitoring Program.
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Cracking the Code: Why Flu Pandemics Come At the End of Flu Season
Using supercomputer simulations, biologists may have solved a lonstanding mystery about the timing of global flu outrbreaks
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Chemists Receive $2 Million NIH Grant to Develop Inexpensive Home Test for Heart Failure
With a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, UT Austin chemists hope to turn a design for a DIY heart failure test into a reality
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UT Austin’s Speech and Hearing Center Offers Free Training to Parents of Children with Autism
UT Austin’s Speech and Hearing Center offers free training through Project SKILLS to parents of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
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Older Adults More Likely to Disclose Suicidal Thoughts As They Age
A study by social work researchers shows that 23 percent of individuals aged 50 and older who died by suicide had disclosed their intent, most often to family member and less often to a healthcare professional.
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This is Why the Opioid Crisis is as Dangerous as A Terrorist Attack
UT Austin professors explain why the opioid crisis warrants the a declaration of national emergency.
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Victimization of Transgender Youths Linked to Suicidal Thoughts, Substance Abuse
Researchers have found transgender adolescents are at greater risk for substance abuse and suicidal thoughts, in part because of depression and school-based bullying.
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Dell Medical School Supports Community Health Ideas, and It Calls for More
Dell Medical School is actively developing 10 ideas submitted by members of the community to improve health locally. Now, it’s asking for more.
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Couples Weather Bickering With a Little Help from Their Friends
Research finds close social ties help alleviate stress linked to marital conflicts.
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Colorful Veggies, Full Stomachs, Can’t Lose
Back-to-school nutrition tips for keeping kids healthy from a UT professor of nutritional sciences.
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