Center for Healthy Living News
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Moderation and creativity hold key to happy, healthy Thanksgiving
Published: November 20, 2018
The temptation to overindulge at Thanksgiving is immense, but before going overboard, it’s worth pausing and remembering you can eat, drink, and be merry – as well as healthy – over the holiday season.
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What parents should know about the huge epidemic of vaping
Published: November 17, 2018
With the news from the US Food and Drug Administration that vaping is skyrocketing among American youth, parents might be wondering how concerned they should be and what they should do if they catch their child using an e-cigarette.
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Culinary Dentistry Takes Students from the Clinic to the Kitchen
Published: November 13, 2018
Students at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Dentistry are learning how to do more than drill and fill. They’re also in the kitchen, learning how to prepare nutritious and delicious meals that benefit oral and systemic health alike thanks to the Nourish Program at the UTHealth School of Public Health.
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Students dish out new approaches to nutrition with culinary medicine program
Published: November 08, 2018
Students across a variety of disciplines at UTHealth, including McGovern Medical School, are getting a taste of what it means to better understand nutrition and how to better help patients as part of an ongoing culinary medicine program held at the UTHealth School of Public Health (SPH).
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Pioneering Culinary Dentistry Program Enters Halloween Spirit to Offer Fiendishly Healthy Options
Published: October 31, 2018
Beheaded stuffed peppers, graveyard chocolate hummus and creepy crawly pumpkin bars were among the Halloween-themed treats created by students at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Dentistry who were learning how to cook as part of a new program in partnership with UTHealth School of Public Health.
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Dell Center for Healthy Living to launch statewide network to increase access to research
Published: October 24, 2018
The Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, part of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), announced today a new plan to create a statewide network of researchers, decision-makers, and other key representatives that will give increased access to evidence-based solutions and data.
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UTHealth School of Public Health Announces New Regional Dean of Austin Campus
Published: October 18, 2018
Dr. Deanna M. Hoelscher, has been named regional dean of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health in Austin, beginning Sept. 1. She will succeed Dr. Cheryl L. Perry, who has been serving as regional dean since the school’s Austin campus was established in 2007.
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EHF announces $4 million investment to raise community voices to become advocates for their own health
Published: September 28, 2018
The Episcopal Health Foundation is investing $4 million with coalitions, nonprofits and other organizations that are driving low-income and at-risk communities to take charge of their own health.
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More Young Adults Trying Smoking for the First Time
Published: September 05, 2018
Millennials living more dangerously and settling down later could be creating a new generation of addicted smokers, according to the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). Researchers there have found greater numbers of new smokers and e-cigarette users among young adults compared to adolescents, reversing previous social norms.
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Jennifer Aiyer named second fellow for Sharma family endowed scholarship
Published: September 01, 2018
Houston doctoral student Jennifer Aiyer has been selected as the second Sharma Fellow, supported by the Sharma Endowed Fund for Excellence in Community Nutrition, Health and Wellness at The University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHealth) at Houston School of Public Health.
