Insomnia is a widespread problem in the military. A new study found that a form of talk therapy was highly effective with an active-duty population experiencing insomnia.
About 10 percent of childhood cancer can be attributed to genetics. Scientists are now using genomic analysis to identify risk factors and diagnose cancer at an early age in children.
Schistosomiasis is an infection of the larval worms of freshwater snails. More than a quarter of a billion people are infected. Combination drug therapy may hold the answer to containing the threat.
Researchers are developing a new, first-in-class agent that has stopped the growth of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer in its tracks.
Zebrafish may hold the key to understanding how children who have a rare muscle cancer relapse and don’t respond to treatment.
The School of Health Professions is expanding its reach in South Texas, as well as in new disciplines.
Vidal Balderas, D.D.S., M.P.H., associate professor in the School of Dentistry, uses his experience of growing up as a migrant worker to deliver compassionate dental care in high-need communities.
Each of us has our own role to play, contributing through a prism of our personal assets to light our mutual paths. But what we all share in common—what binds us together—is the wish to serve others.
Robert A. Hromas, M.D., FACP, has been named dean of the Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio and vice president for medical affairs.
Ruben A. Mesa, M.D., was named director of the UT Health San Antonio Cancer Center.