departments › ... › directors-message
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news › coping-with-school-shootings
… Parents and guardians struggle with explaining the terror to their children, while they also fear sending them back to … Change in behavior • Sleep problems … What parents can do … Williams encourages parents to keep their child’s … event should speak with an adult they trust to digest how they feel – that way, if your child sees you upset, you …
education › ... › frequently-asked-questions
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departments › ... › program-leadership-message
… excellence in teaching and clinical service. We are proud to have the nation’s best trained faculty members as part of … children in resource-limited settings around the globe, we can offer resources, mentorship, and a training environment … lived in many places around the world, I was amazed by how much Houston has to offer in terms of the local cultural …
news › opportunities-for-women-with-disabilities
… Center for Research on Women with Disabilities and the Houston Center for Independent Living will host the first annual … empowerment workshops, networking opportunities, art showcases from disabled women artists and exhibits from … Area Women's Center , Planned Parenthood and the American Cancer Society . "We are not alone -- there are hundreds …
healthcare › ... › pulmonary-blebs-and-bullae
… lobe of the lung. When a bleb ruptures the air escapes into the chest cavity causing a pneumothorax (air between the lung and chest cavity) which can result in a collapsed lung. If blebs become larger or come together to form a larger cyst, they are called bulla. Unless a pneumothorax occurs, or the bulla …
healthcare › ... › carotid-artery-stent-procedure
… On the day before your treatment, you may be asked to withhold some of your blood pressure medication. This is … to contrast dye or iodine. Tell your doctor if you cannot take aspirin since aspirin and other medications are … Card identifies the doctor who implanted your stent and how to reach us, the hospital where you received your …
healthcare › ... › epidural-analgesia
… an anesthetic delivered through a catheter (small tube) into a potential space outside the spinal cord called the … on the location of the catheter, epidural analgesia can be used to help relieve pain associated with chest, … technology and medications, epidurals are extremely safe. However, there are some possible risks and complications. A …
healthcare › ... › poorly-differentiated-thyroid-cancer
… “Poorly differentiated” refers to cancer cells that have more abnormalities and look less … tests may be ordered: Blood tests Blood tests help show if your thyroid is functioning normally. Tests commonly …
research › ... › in-vivo-neurophysiology
… neural circuitry in animal models of neurological diseases to investigators in BCM/IDDRC/TCH and others from … Augments Inhibitory Input into the Dentate Gyrus That Can Be Reversed by Deep Brain Stimulation. … J. Neurosci. … … Marcel E. Dinger, Tony Roscioli, Oana Caluseriu, Oksana Suchowersky, Rani K. Sachdev, Olivier Lichtarge, … Jianrong …