Health & Medicine

Maintain your exercise routine, negotiate effectively and break bad habits, with help from UT researchers.

Alexa Stuifbergen, dean of The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, and Heather Becker, a research scientist at the school, have received a $2.2 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to continue their study on improving the quality of life for people coping with multiple sclerosis (MS), particularly those with cognitive impairments.

Our dietician’s surprising words of wisdom will help you sail through the Thanksgiving holiday healthy and guilt free.

Burnt orange foods are packed with vitamins, minerals and Longhorn pride. See which foods our nutrition expert recommends.

For homebound seniors, video chats offer “life-changing” treatment for depression, study shows. Plus, they become more tech savvy in the process. Learn more.

For more than 20 years, a collection of nearly 100 human brains went unnoticed in a closet in the back of a UT animal lab. Today, they’re a valuable teaching tool. [Slideshow]

Amidst our blood and bones lurk forces with the power to either attack wounded muscle or bring it back to life. It’s the job of UT researchers to discover which is which. Learn more.

The Dell Medical School is hosting an open forum and progress report at The University of Texas at Austin on Oct. 29 to update Central Texas residents on our progress so far and plans for the school, which is slated to open in 2016. The event will also be live streamed at http://dellmedschool.utexas.edu/ and on…

Biomedical engineering researchers say training cancer cells to behave normally may be a better approach than killing them. Learn more.

Access the UT Austin Expert Guide on the Affordable Care Act.

Event: Medical professionals, researchers and scholars from across the country will meet at The University of Texas at Austin for a national conference titled “Addressing Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities: Best Practices for Clinical Care and Medical Education in the 21st Century.”