please supply a category in the pcf properties
TTUHSC Researchers Use NHANES to Search for Hypothyroid-Sleep Apnea Link
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.
Head Trauma in Children
Most visits to the emergency department for children involve some form of head trauma and are usually due to falls, motor vehicle accidents or sports injuries.
5K Fun Run Raises Awareness for Cleft Lip and Palate
Parents dreaming of the arrival of a new bundle of joy hope for a healthy baby. Yet, many babies are born with birth defects. According to the March of Dimes, about 6,800 babies in the U.S. are born with oral clefts each year. A cleft lip is a birth defect in which a baby's upper lip doesn’t form completely and has an opening in it.
More than 100 Texas Tech Physician Doctors Make “Top Docs” List
This year, more than 100 Texas Tech Physicians doctors were recognized by fellow area physicians as the best in their field. Twenty-eight Texas Tech Physicians doctors from the Amarillo clinics were selected for Amarillo Magazine’s “Top Docs” and seventy-three Texas Tech Physicians from the Lubbock clinics were selected for Lubbock Magazine’s “Top Docs.”
TTUHSC Hosts Third Annual West Texas Breast Disease Symposium
The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) will host its Third Annual West Texas Breast Disease Symposium on June 29. The theme of the event is “Primary Care is Not Secondary to Cancer Care.”
Local Patient Finds an Ally at TTUHSC
For years, Canyon resident Ashley Campbell lived with symptoms that eventually would lead to a diagnosis of Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS), a dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system that has many causes.
TTUHSC’s Rahman Awarded CPRIT Grant Funding Expansion
The Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) recently awarded a $2,430,998 grant to Rakhshanda Rahman, M.D., professor of breast surgical oncology at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine and the founding executive director of the school’s multi-campus Breast Center of Excellence (BCE) that was established in 2009.
Tags
- #Abilene
- #Administration
- #Alumni
- #Amarillo
- #Breast Center of Excellence
- #Campus Life
- #COVID-19
- #Dallas
- #Development
- #Diversity
- #Education
- #Emergency
- #Events
- #F. Marie Hall Institute for Rural and Community Health
- #F. Marie Hall SimLife Center
- #Faculty
- #Feature Stories
- #Garrison Institute on Aging
- #General
- #Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
- #Health
- #Hispanic-Serving Institution
- #Laura W. Bush Institute for Women's Health
- #Lubbock
- #Managed Care
- #Mental Health Initiative
- #Mental Health Resource Hub
- #Military
- #Miscellaneous
- #News Releases
- #Paul L. Foster School of Medicine
- #Permian Basin
- #President
- #Public Art
- #Research
- #School of Health Professions
- #School of Medicine
- #School of Nursing
- #School of Pharmacy
- #School of Population and Public Health
- #Staff
- #Statline
- #Stories
- #Students
- #Team Member Spotlight
- #Texas Tech Physicians
- #The Free Clinic
- #TTUHSC in the News
- #Values
- #Videos
- #Vision
- #Well Beyond
- #Women's Health