please supply a category in the pcf properties

Young Scientists Meet in Lubbock for 2020 Student Research Week

By Mark Hendricks
March 28, 2020

Students from the TTUHSC Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and the Department of Cell Biology and Biochemistry hosted the university’s 32nd Student Research Week March 10-13 in Lubbock.

Published Consensus Statement Offers UTI Treatment Recommendations

By Mark Hendricks
March 19, 2020

As a member of AMDA’s Infection Advisory Committee, Kalin Clifford, Pharm.D., an assistant professor for the TTUHSC Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy, helped develop a consensus statement in an effort to devise consistent guidelines for treating urinary tract infections.

Patient Navigators Cut ER Visits, Hospitalization For High Risk Health Care Users

By Mark Hendricks
March 12, 2020

TTUHSC recently completed a study to determine if an interprofessional patient navigation program (PNP) created using Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) guidelines can help decrease emergency room visits and hospital admissions for these high consumers of health care.

Student Research Week to Highlight Biochemistry

By Suzanna Cisneros
February 24, 2020

The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences will host the 32th Annual Student Research Week March 10-13 at the TTUHSC Academic Classroom Building 3601 Fourth St.

Holiday Eating Can Unwrap a Hidden Health Grinch

By Mark Hendricks
December 04, 2019

According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), more than 1.25 million Americans have Type 1 diabetes and approximately 40,000 more are diagnosed each year. That represents just a fraction of the country’s 30 million people with diabetes, including the vast majority who live with Type 2 diabetes. What’s more alarming is that another 84 million Americans are considered to be pre-diabetic, and though they may be dealing with symptoms of the disease, almost 90% have no idea they are at risk.

TTUHSC Researchers Publish Preclinical Data on New Drug Combination to Treat Neuroblastoma

By Mark Hendricks
November 04, 2019

Neuroblastoma is the most common cancer outside of the brain in infants and young children and often fails to respond to therapy. Though it can appear in several areas of the body, it commonly develops as a solid tumor most frequently found in or adjacent to the adrenal glands, which sit atop the kidneys.

TTUHSC study shows brain mechanisms have potential to block arthritis pain

By Mark Hendricks
October 10, 2019

Volker E. Neugebauer, M.D., Ph.D., at the TTUHSC School of Medicine recently investigated how some mechanisms in the brain contribute to pain.

TTUHSC Researchers Use NHANES to Search for Hypothyroid-Sleep Apnea Link

By Mark Hendricks
October 01, 2019

Several past studies have sought to determine if a link exists between thyroid disorders like hypothyroidism, a decrease in thyroid hormone levels, and sleep apnea, a potentially dangerous condition in which a sleeping person’s breathing repeatedly stops and starts. However, results from those studies were generally based upon clinical observations that were limited by small population samples and produced often conflicting results.

TTUHSC Researchers to Investigate Effects of Vaping on the Brain

By Mark Hendricks
September 12, 2019

For the past decade, the popularity of electronic cigarette use, or vaping, has grown significantly, especially among adolescents and former smokers who view these electronic nicotine delivery systems, or e-cigarettes, as a safe alternative to traditional tobacco smoking. Though the health risks posed by long-term tobacco smoking to areas of the body like blood vessels is well established, research into the long-term effects of vaping is in its early stages.

Novel Approach Leads to Potential Sepsis Prevention in Burn Patients

By Mark Hendricks
September 05, 2019

To help reduce the risk of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection and its associated complications, Abdul Hamood, Ph.D., a professor for the Department of Immunology and Molecular Microbiology at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) School of Medicine, and a team of collaborators investigated the feasibility of developing a topical treatment unrelated to conventional antibiotics that can be used to battle Pseudomonas aeruginosa.