The University of Texas at Austin has hired cancer researcher John Powers, Ph.D., as an assistant professor of pediatrics at Dell Medical School.
Taking a combination of the clot preventer clopidogrel and aspirin may lower the risk of having a major stroke within 90 days of a minor stroke.
Dell Med’s Center for Place-Based Initiatives is issuing a call for ideas aimed at improving the health of vulnerable communities in Central Texas. The effort could improve health not just in Central Texas, but across America.
A group-based program in East Austin is empowering mothers to better care for their children — and themselves.
Find out what you need to know about health in the greater Austin area — and what Dell Med and its partners are doing to tackle cancer, heart disease and other critical health challenges head on.
Fruit juice has been marketed as a healthy, natural source of vitamins and calcium. But there is no reason to include it in the diets of children less than a year old.
Our mission is to improve health. To do so, we must improve health data and the way it’s used.
The AHCA throws people back into having to wait for care until an emergency. If the goal is fiscal responsibility, ensure basic insurance for primary care.
Our children deserve better food and better health, regardless of government rules — and regardless of partisanship.
One year later, Dell Med’s inaugural students are giving back to the community. See where they’re making an impact.
Dell Med is entering its second year of enrollment. Meet four of the 50 students — chosen from a pool of 4,832 applicants — who will join the revolution.
Dell Med, UT Austin and Seton Healthcare Family are partnering to predict — and prevent — health complications that commonly arise in premature infants.
A new care team is redefining the patient experience for people with painful conditions, and it may mean fewer doctor visits and better results.
Austinites are helping Dell Med doctors-in-training become better at communicating with patients and their families.
Three undergraduate students at The University of Texas at Austin are leading efforts to increase access to trauma training and resources.
Dell Med’s Distinction Track in Care Transformation builds in resources for residents to improve care by pursuing solutions to the problems they see on the front lines.
Artificial intelligence is a threat to the medical profession as we know it. What can be done to save us?
UT Austin researchers developed a cancer-detecting “pen” that allows surgeons to identify cancerous tissue in 10 seconds — 150 times faster than existing technology.
Dell Med and Seton Healthcare Family employ new protocols to curb opioid use by new mothers for postpartum pain by more than 40 percent.
Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin is launching two new projects around population and mental health.