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Rural Mental Health

Increasing rural residents’ access to mental health care

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Katherine Hancock

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Point of View: The Alkaline diet, a healthy diet backed by faulty science

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Proponents wrongly attribute blood acidity to the foods we eat

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What happens when a hospital is full?

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Hospitals strategize in different way keep accepting new patients, but sometimes they need to send them elsewhere

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Bacteria and pathogens: Determining friend from foe in soil and water

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New $14.2 million grant from DARPA will help create new way to test for dangerous bacteria in the environment

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Deer Park

Understanding the implications of Deer Park

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Researchers investigate environmental and health implications of petrochemical plant fire

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Breaking Silos

Breaking silos between academia and community

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Marcia Ory, PhD, MPH

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Contagious

How long am I contagious?

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Mary Leigh Meyer

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Allergies

Do I have allergies or a cold?

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Mary Leigh Meyer

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Research on new “treatment-before-deposit” policy in China

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Rae Lynn Mitchell

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X-Grant Program

Opioid project moves to final round of the X-Grants

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Christina Sumners

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Child abuse

Child abuse: It’s everyone’s business

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Laurie Charles, MSN, RN

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flu

When is the best time to get a flu shot?

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Rae Lynn Mitchell

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As patients turn to online reviews to share their experiences with physicians, the School of Public Health researches patient online reviews in medical decision making and the opportunities they present for patient-provider communication.

What do patients say about doctors online?

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Rae Lynn Mitchell

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Healthy South Texas at Kleberg County Courthouse

Health partnership in Kleberg County pays dividends in money, lives

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Lindsey Hendrix

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Ahad Azimuddin wins Aggie PITCH competition - Laryngoscopy

MD Plus student wins Aggie PITCH competition

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Mary Leigh Meyer

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air pollution and Alzheimer’s

Connection between air pollution and Alzheimer’s disease

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Rae Lynn Mitchell

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Post traumatic stress disorder

A search to prevent PTSD after sexual assault

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Mary Leigh Meyer

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Is spring fever real?

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Mary Leigh Meyer

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antibody-drug conjugates

Engineering a promising cancer treatment

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Christina Sumners

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