Archive for: health

 

UT Now Offering Sexual Assault Forensic Exams

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UT-Austin students who are survivors of sexual assault can now get free post-assault forensic exams on campus. The new policy, which went into effect on Nov. 16,...

 
 

‘The Sensitives’ Reveals a Little-Known and Controversial Illness [Watch]

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The Sensitives is a documentary, but its trailer feels more like a missive from the world of science fiction. Two gaunt men stare out the windows of a van at...

 
 

UT Researchers: Running May Help Treat PTSD

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The physical benefits of exercise, particularly running, have long been established. But researchers have begun to expand the understanding of mental benefits...

 
 

Football and Brain Injury: “Something Needs to Change”

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Doctors diagnose more than 200 concussions in NFL players each year. That’s unacceptable, says Shyam Popat, BA ’15, especially considering the long-term consequences...

 
 

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Through the Unthinkable

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The UT social workers who help the sickest children have one of the hardest jobs in the world. Toby is finally asleep. Three years old, with a surfer’s tousled...

 
 

Searching for Hard-Hitting Solutions to Traumatic Brain Injury

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Earlier this season, former UT quarterback David Ash made the decision to quit after suffering a series of concussions so severe that team doctors told Ash that...

 
 

Robin Williams’ Death: It’s Time to Unmask “Masked” Depression

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“The guy who laughs the loudest is likely the most depressed.” That sentence, shared with me by a close friend, is ringing all too true after Robin Williams’...

 
 

UT Study Shows Link Between Climate and Obesity

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Can’t bear to drag yourself to the gym in today’s 91-degree Central Texas heat? There’s now scientific validation for that age-old excuse. According...

 
 

Getting Kids Active [Podcast]

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Physical inactivity now leads to as many deaths as cigarette smoking. UT epidemiologist Harold Kohl talks about his research on this public health crisis—plus...

 
 

College Degrees Keep the Doctor Away

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Everyone knows that a college degree can help you get a better job. But what about lengthening your life? Jennifer Karas Montez, PhD ’11, and UT sociologists Robert...

 
 
 
 
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