/tags/research research en-US Copyright Mon, 03 Mar 2025 11:28:00 GMT /health-wellness/2025-03-03/alzheimers-texas-bill-dementia-research-institute Texas Senate Bill 5 would create the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. Voters would be asked this fall to approve $3 billion for a decade of funding. Mon, 03 Mar 2025 11:28:00 GMT /health-wellness/2025-03-03/alzheimers-texas-bill-dementia-research-institute Kailey Broussard /health-wellness/2024-09-05/an-antibody-discovered-at-ut-could-protect-against-all-covid-variants The research team behind the discovery has filed a patent in anticipation of using the antibody to manufacture COVID-19 treatments. Thu, 05 Sep 2024 14:26:53 GMT /health-wellness/2024-09-05/an-antibody-discovered-at-ut-could-protect-against-all-covid-variants Olivia Aldridge /news/2024-06-25/new-research-ut-dallas-help-understand-post-stroke-aphasia A professor at UT Dallas recently accepted a grant to further his research on stroke patients diagnosed with aphasia. Tue, 25 Jun 2024 10:00:00 GMT /news/2024-06-25/new-research-ut-dallas-help-understand-post-stroke-aphasia Penelope Rivera /energy-environment/2022-10-14/animal-populations-shrank-an-average-of-69-over-the-last-half-century-a-report-says A new report from the World Wildlife Fund and the Zoological Society of London analyzed years of data on wildlife populations across the world and found a downward trend in the Earth's biodiversity. Fri, 14 Oct 2022 19:00:23 GMT /energy-environment/2022-10-14/animal-populations-shrank-an-average-of-69-over-the-last-half-century-a-report-says Joe Hernandez /health-wellness/2021-08-26/researchers-at-smu-discover-more-effective-treatment-options-for-cervical-cancer Researchers at Southern Methodist University have discovered a way to more effectively treat cervical cancer with lower chemotherapy doses and fewer side effects. The key is a protein called TIGAR. Thu, 26 Aug 2021 20:47:26 GMT /health-wellness/2021-08-26/researchers-at-smu-discover-more-effective-treatment-options-for-cervical-cancer Elena Rivera /2019-01-17/san-antonio-researcher-makes-discovery-that-could-lead-to-ebola-treatment Updated Jan. 18. While public health experts are working furiously to quell the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, researchers in San... Thu, 17 Jan 2019 23:12:19 GMT /2019-01-17/san-antonio-researcher-makes-discovery-that-could-lead-to-ebola-treatment Bonnie Petrie, Bonnie Petrie /health-science-tech/2016-04-27/the-gender-gap-in-top-medical-journals-why-more-men-get-top-billing Women are graduating from medical school in greater numbers than ever before. In 1970, women made up under 10 percent of graduates. Today, it’s nearly 50… Wed, 27 Apr 2016 14:23:31 GMT /health-science-tech/2016-04-27/the-gender-gap-in-top-medical-journals-why-more-men-get-top-billing Lauren Silverman /health-science-tech/2015-10-20/american-cancer-society-rolls-out-new-mammogram-guidelines For months now, there’s been debate in the medical community about mammograms. When to start getting them? How often? How effective are they even? The… Tue, 20 Oct 2015 23:37:13 GMT /health-science-tech/2015-10-20/american-cancer-society-rolls-out-new-mammogram-guidelines Kat Chow /health-science-tech/2015-10-05/new-blood-pressure-guidelines-for-elderly-with-hypertension About 120 over 80 is considered normal blood pressure. But blood pressure can run higher as you get older – around 140. Doctors wanting to lower that… Mon, 05 Oct 2015 11:44:00 GMT /health-science-tech/2015-10-05/new-blood-pressure-guidelines-for-elderly-with-hypertension Sam Baker /2015-06-28/texas-defends-a-womans-right-to-take-her-placenta-home Texas now explicitly allows the placenta to be taken home after giving birth in a hospital. It came about at the urging of people who feel consuming dried and encapsulated placenta helps new mothers. Sun, 28 Jun 2015 18:25:00 GMT /2015-06-28/texas-defends-a-womans-right-to-take-her-placenta-home Carrie Feibel