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A wireless implant could be the key to treating neuropathic pain resistant to medical therapy, according to a new study from UTHealth Houston. (Photo by UTHealth Houston)

Wireless pain management for drug-resistant conditions offers promising alternative to surgery, study finds

Using a 1-millimeter-sized wireless implant to stimulate peripheral nerves from within blood vessels has the potential to treat neuropathic pain resistant to medical therapy, according to a team of multi-institutional researchers including Sunil A. Sheth, MD, ofUTHealth Houston.

H. Alex Choi, MD, associate professor and vice chair for neurocritical care with McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Choi awarded $1.6M NIH grant to develop protein biomarkers for delayed cerebral ischemia

A three-year, $1.6 million grant to identify patients at risk for a serious secondary neurological complication that can arise after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) has been awarded toUTHealth Houstonbeplay苹果手机能用吗研究员h·亚历克斯·崔国家Insti医学博士tutes of Health (NIH).

In March 2021, Tiffeny Morrow underwent an intense SEEG scan to locate the source of her seizures: a genetic abnormality known as periventricular nodular heterotopia. (Photo courtesy of Tiffeny Morrow)

Breast cancer survivor with epilepsy-inducing genetic abnormality seizure-free after two laser ablation surgeries

When Tiffeny Morrow was 40 years old, she started having strange episodes: She would feel heat in the pit of her stomach, and then her body would freeze into one position for a few moments, as she shook with fear.

Photo of Jack Tsai, PhD, and Vanessa Schick, PhD, with UTHealth School of Public Health.

UTHealth Houston researchers awarded over $6 million in CPRIT grants

The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) awarded over $6 million to researchers with UTHealth Houston to aid in cancer prevention research. These awards will expand liver cancer prevention to persons experiencing homelessness, facilitate communication about the HPV vaccine, and find therapeutics that can help destroy gastrointestinal cancer cells.


Active mom back to normal after scare with rare kidney disease

After experiencing extreme fatigue, Elizabeth Dravis was diagnosed with minimal change disease, a rare kidney disease. She visits with her doctors Aliasger Aun Ali, MD (left) and Donald A. Molony, MD (right).  (Photo Courtesy of Elizabeth Dravis)

Elizabeth Dravis was a medical field professional, a PhD student at UTHealth School of Public Health in Houston, an avid runner, and mother of two when she started to suffer from extreme fatigue at the beginning of the year. Dravis thought she just needed to rest after a busy holiday season until her symptoms progressively worsened and she passed out.





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