Health & Medicine

A low-cost, one-time intervention that educates teens about the changeable nature of personality traits may prevent depressive symptoms often seen during the transition to high school, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin.

The University of Texas at Austin has announced a $3 million gift to establish the Michael and Tami Lang Stuttering Institute, the only specialized research center in the nation to provide treatment services free of charge to children and adults who stutter.

Adolescent girls living in economically disadvantaged families are more likely than their male counterparts to become overweight or obese, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin.

Researchers have determined that African Americans and Caribbean blacks who experience discrimination of multiple types are at substantially greater risk for a variety of mental disorders including anxiety, depression and substance abuse.

Physical activity is crucial not only for a child’s health, but for academic performance as well, reveals research by associate professor and Longhorn Game Changer Darla Castelli.

The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health at The University of Texas at Austin has awarded eight grants totaling $10 million to service providers in the Houston/Harris County area. The four-year grants are the latest milestone in an ongoing initiative to identify and address the mental health needs of transition-age youths and their families.

The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing has received a two-year $703,000 grant from the St. David’s Foundation to fund services at the UT School of Nursing Wellness Center, which provides health care for low-income, uninsured residents of Central Texas.

From nanomotors to customized prosthetics, check out inventions developed by Cockrell School engineers to provide better health care options in the future.

Michael Sacks is developing mitral valve models that will enable heart surgeons to test solutions before they enter the operating room.

Meet faculty members who are hard at work to make sure life-saving drugs get from the lab to the patients who need them most.

Resistant bacteria, complex infections, latent viruses. UT researchers are joining forces to fight against infectious disease, and they’re moving the needle.

Maria Croyle, professor of pharmaceutics, is getting closer to a vaccine for ebola. Her research has proven effective in both rodent and primate subjects.