Health & Medicine

Huston-Tillotson University and Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin officials will announce a partnership to address mental health challenges in Austin, particularly among underserved populations.

A renowned pediatrician for more than three decades and a father for nearly as long, Dr. Steven Abrams nevertheless sometimes wanders through a grocery store’s infant formula aisle, observing the imposing set of options and, occasionally, the intimidated grown-ups shopping there “just so I can see what new parents must face and advocate for them.”

Fall is a great time of year for healthy foods that feature every UT fan’s favorite color: burnt orange.

Two nationally known innovators will be the first department chairs for the Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin.

The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing has received approval from the University of Texas System Board of Regents to launch a doctor of nursing practice (DNP) degree program, a professional doctoral program designed to prepare graduates for today’s increasingly complex health care practice and clinical leadership roles.

Dr. Robert Askew a beloved Austin physician who passed away this year will be the namesake for the first endowed faculty chair in oncology at the Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin.

It’s no secret that the rate of childhood obesity in the United States is rising at an alarming pace. Between our multi-screen, sedentary lifestyle and easy access to an abundance of unhealthy, highly processed foods, today’s kids have the odds stacked against them when it comes to fitness.

Getting children who are overweight to regularly eat even just a helping or two of the right vegetables each day could improve their health in critical ways, a new study in the November edition of the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics reports.

The U.S. government must do more to address the needs of Congolese refugee “women at risk” through trauma-related services and social support, according to a report by the Institute on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (IDVSA) at The University of Texas at Austin and the Department of Sociology and Social Work at North Carolina Agricultural…

A landmark agreement between The University of Texas at Austin and Seton Healthcare Family sets a legal foundation for a new medical school, a new teaching hospital, a health care district in downtown Austin and greater access to health services in Travis County.

A new study, which may have implications for approaches to education, finds that brain mechanisms engaged when people allow their minds to rest and reflect on things they’ve learned before may boost later learning.

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