Children learn how to eat nutritiously, the Whyville way
February 14, 2006
In a magical online city called Whyville, children ages 8 to 14 meet to interact and have fun learning.
UTHSC professor Julio Palmaz to be inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame
February 14, 2006
World-renowned inventor Julio Palmaz, M.D., professor of radiology at The Health Science Center, is slated for induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
Harvard, Tulane students learn environmental links to medicine in Laredo
February 7, 2006
Nine students from the Harvard University School of Public Health and one from the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine visited Laredo in January as part of an environmental medicine program offered by the Health Science Center and a host of Laredo partners.
Study examines brain’s complex activity in thirst, pain
February 7, 2006
When we are thirsty, we are more sensitive to pain. Now a new study conducted in San Antonio and Australia shows why – the brain activates differently when we are both thirsty and in pain than when we are thirsty alone or in pain alone.
Governor Briscoe gives $2 million to cardiovascular research
February 7, 2006
The Honorable Dolph Briscoe Jr., governor of Texas from 1973 to 1979, is one of the legendary figures in Texas history.
Simulator puts health providers in shoes of heart failure patients
January 31, 2006
A heart failure educational simulator, the “Heart FX Pod,” will be at the North Campus of the Health Science Center from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, and from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3.