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May 24, 2023February 28, 2024  by Karla Hignite

Prioritizing public health

The UT School of Public Health is a collaboration between UT Health San Antonio and The University of Texas at San Antonio to improve health outcomes and build a workforce equipped for that mission.

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May 24, 2023May 26, 2023  by sansom

Providing novel approaches to trauma

A $2.5 million Trauma Research and Combat Casualty Care Collaborative at UT Health San Antonio will be the first and only of its kind in the U.S. It is a partnership with the Department of Defense and University Health’s Level 1 Trauma Center at University Hospital.

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May 24, 2023May 26, 2023  by Kate Hunger

Meeting the need for imaging specialists

The School of Health Professions will launch a new Master of Science in Imaging Sciences program to train imaging technologists in radiography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging to address the technologist shortages currently stressing the health care system. The program’s first cohort will begin in fall 2023.

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April 25, 2019April 26, 2019  by sansom

‘Zombie’ cells signal death of tissue in Alzheimer’s

A type of cellular stress known to be involved in cancer and aging has now been implicated, for the first time, in Alzheimer’s disease.

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April 25, 2019April 26, 2019  by contributor

Naturally occurring protein could fight alcoholic liver disease

Research findings offer hope for a pill to someday treat alcoholic fatty liver disease.

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San Antonio Bull's Eye
April 25, 2019April 26, 2019  by contributor

In the bull’s-eye of dementia

San Antonio is in the bull’s-eye of an “Alzheimer’s tsunami.” School of Nursing and city of San Antonio officials are working to make the Alamo City a dementia-friendly place to live and thrive.

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Premature baby
April 25, 2019April 26, 2019  by contributor

Fish oil could save preemie lives

A physician’s passion to save premature babies was instrumental in the FDA’s approval of a lifesaving treatment for babies with gastrointestinal complications.

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tiny molecules attack cancer cell
April 25, 2019April 26, 2019  by contributor

Tiny molecule has big effect in childhood brain cancer

A new study has found that a molecule thousands of times smaller than a gene is able to kill medulloblastoma, the most common childhood brain cancer.

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shrinking brain
April 25, 2019April 26, 2019  by sansom

Stress might be shrinking your brain

The increasing stress of modern life is a growing concern to researchers studying cognitive decline.

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April 25, 2019April 26, 2019  by contributor

A moment in history

The School of Nursing’s first-ever White Coat ceremonies were the beginning of a new tradition. They also marked a historical moment.

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