Health & Medicine

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.”

AUSTIN, Texas  Two University of Texas at Austin College of Education professors are among several scholars nationwide to receive funding from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study trends in young people’s tobacco use and the extent to which targeted marketing is contributing to an increase…

In the wake of tragedies such as the Sandy Hook school shooting, the Boston Marathon bombing and the devastating explosion in the Texas town of West, people are often left asking, “Why did this happen?” According to new research from The University of Texas at Austin, the best way to make sense of tragedy is…

With almost half of Americans living with chronic health conditions, an interprofessional team approach is needed to provide coordinated, high-quality patient care that improves patient outcomes. The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing’s efforts to achieve this goal was recently advanced by a $1 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration.