Health & Medicine

To succeed in the new year, psychologist Art Markman says to focus energies on forming positive resolutions instead of negative ones.

The School of Nursing at The University of Texas at Austin will use a $3 million gift to permanently endow the Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research in Underserved Populations (CHPR).

With $3 million from the St. David’s Foundation, the School of Nursing will improve the health of underserved populations in central Texas and beyond.

Event: Ceremony and reception honoring the St. David’s Foundation’s $3 million gift to the Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research in Underserved Populations (St. David’s CHPR) at the School of Nursing at The University of Texas at Austin.

Each month on Know the Senate of College Councils will shine the spotlight on one undergraduate researcher. This month, pre-pharmacy major Joseph Le Nguyen talks about his work studying alcoholism.

Researchers have devised a simple test, using dopamine-deficient worms, for identifying drugs that may help people with Parkinson’s disease.

Three faculty members in the School of Nursing at The University of Texas at Austin have been inducted as Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing, one of the highest honors in nursing.

Date: Oct. 26, 2011 Event: Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Health Care When: Friday, Nov. 18, 7:30 a.m.3:30 p.m. Where: McCombs School of Business

Dr. Marilyn Armour, graduate students and community members share how mediation programs help victims heal and offenders account for crimes.

The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health at The University of Texas at Austin has selected three grant sites for a $1.6 million initiative to create internships for doctoral psychology students that will help alleviate mental health workforce shortages in Texas.

Middle-aged adults at risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) can perceive and complain about related cognitive difficulties long before standard neuropsychological screening tools detect any problems, according to a recent study from The University of Texas at Austin.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness and Health Literacy Month. Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin are available to discuss their research on detecting and coping with breast cancer, as well as research that may improve health literacy and enable people to make informed decisions about their overall health and help lower health care…