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William L. Henrich

A final goodbye: Remembering William L. Henrich, MD, MACP

Remembering the life of William L. Henrich, MD, MACP, who served as university president from 2009 to 2024 and as dean of the Long School of Medicine from 2006 until 2009.


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What lurks in the School of Nursing’s basement?

Essential work is happening inside the School of Nursing’s Center for Simulation Innovation, where some of the most sophisticated medical simulators are helping prepare practice-ready nurses.


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Non-invasive treatment provides relief for osteoarthritis pain

Patricia Abrego’s journey to a clinical study using radiation therapy to relieve osteoarthritis joint pain began when she was 10 years old.


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Alternatives for treatment-resistant depression offer hope

After a childhood of physical and emotional abuse and years of medications and therapies that did not work, one patient’s agony was finally alleviated after undergoing electroconvulsive therapy.


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Baby vultures born at the university prepare to leave the roost

On any given day, at least half a dozen people congregated across from the Dental Hygiene office to admire two black vulture chicks hatched to a family nesting on campus the past four years.


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Hormone fluctuation and women’s oral health

The surge of growth and reproductive hormones that accompany certain life stages increase the flow of blood to multiple body sites. This increase of blood, estrogen and progesterone alters the response of gum tissue to bacteria that accumulate around teeth and under the gumline.


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Deep brain stimulation keeps amateur artist’s hands steady

John Lattimore has lived with essential tremors. The neurological condition includes shaking hands, arms, head, trunk and vocal cords. He chose deep brain stimulation surgery.


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Long School of Medicine’s class of ‘24 celebrates Match Day

Match Day, held this year on March 15 at the Chicken N Pickle restaurant, is the day medical students learn where they will go for their residency after graduation.


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Banking on the brain: Researchers rely on brain donation to find new treatments

Without brains, research is limited. That's why researchers at the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases rely on brain donation to help them untangle the mysteries of the brain.


I’m giving my brain to science. It’s the smart thing to do.

When Mike Nixon was diagnosed with an exceptional neurodegenerative disease, he felt a calling to become a research subject and to find a postmortem home for his brain and spinal cord.


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Mothers and babies: Moms recovering from substance use disorder

Casa Mia is one of only a few recovery homes in Texas that gives mothers with substance use disorder the opportunity to recover with their children.


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Work doesn’t have to hurt: A lesson in ergonomics

Juanita Lozano-Pineda wanted to help people avoid pain and career-ending injury, so she began lecturing dental students on ergonomics. Her program now also includes occupational therapy and physical therapy students and faculty.


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Hope, based on science: Spinal cord injury rehabilitation

Juan Garcia first noticed the numbness in his feet around Halloween 2021. By the end of Thanksgiving weekend, he was unable to walk. He turned to an assistant professor in the School of Health Professions who has been researching spinal cord rehabilitation for almost 20 years.


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And caring donned a thousand faces

The novel coronavirus killed millions of people worldwide, devastated economies, shattered dreams and broke hearts. And yet, COVID-19 also magnified the courage that marks the healing professions and the mission of UT Health San Antonio.


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Growing city, expanded patient care

An overview of UT Health San Antonio's recent and forthcoming additions to primary care, specialty services, oral health care and cancer therapy, as well as a first-of-its-kind multispecialty and research hospital.