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Banking on the brain: Researchers rely on brain donation to find new treatments
May 24, 2023
The thin man with a fat grin strolled into the conference room with a mischievous confidence. “Is this the brain bank?” he bellowed, almost…
Mothers and babies: Moms recovering from substance use disorder
May 24, 2023
They may sleep in drainage ditches, alleys or motel rooms. The cold of winter, blistering Texas heat and even hunger don’t matter. “All I cared about…
Work doesn’t have to hurt: A lesson in ergonomics
May 24, 2023
It wasn’t until after surgery to relieve the pain and spasms in her arm that Juanita Lozano-Pineda, DDS, MPH, began to appreciate the power of…
Hope, based on science: Spinal cord injury rehabilitation
May 24, 2023
Juan Garcia first noticed the numbness in his feet around Halloween 2021. By the end of Thanksgiving weekend, the father of eight was unable to……
And caring donned a thousand faces
May 24, 2023
In ways, 2020 and the first half of 2021 were normal times for UT Health San Antonio. Tomorrow’s health care professionals were educated and…
Growing city, expanded patient care
May 24, 2023
To meet the needs of San Antonio’s growing population, UT Health San Antonio continues to expand its patient care services. San Antonio is one of the…
UT Health San Antonio Multispecialty and Research Hospital
May 24, 2023
The UT Health San Antonio Multispecialty and Research Hospital broke ground in March 2021 and will provide biomedical research, patient care and…
Wellness 360
May 24, 2023
The School of Nursing’s Wellness 360 clinical practice expanded its role in caring for the health of college students around San Antonio by…
UT Health Physicians
May 24, 2023
UT Health Physicians expanded its patient reach with new primary care and multispecialty locations opening across the city.
UT Dentistry
May 24, 2023
In January 2022, UT Dentistry launched the initial phase of its first-ever private practice. The General Dentistry Clinic provides dental care to…
Center for Brain Health
May 24, 2023
Plans are underway for the construction of a comprehensive center dedicated to the treatment and research of all types of brain, nerve and…
Prioritizing public health
May 24, 2023
Perhaps nothing in recent years has underscored the need for a community-wide focus on public health more than the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet public…
Meeting the need for imaging specialists
May 24, 2023
The School of Health Professions will launch a new Master of Science in Imaging Sciences program to train imaging technologists in radiography,…
Providing novel approaches to trauma
May 24, 2023
The University of Texas System Board of Regents approved $2.5 million to establish the Trauma Research and Combat Casualty Care Collaborative at UT…
New therapy reduces headache disability after brain injury
May 24, 2023
The first therapy developed for post-traumatic headache significantly reduced related disability in veterans following a traumatic brain injury and…
In the race to solve Alzheimer’s disease, scientists find more needles in the haystack
May 24, 2023
Twenty-one million. That’s the number of genetic variations in the human genome that researchers are sifting to identify patterns predisposing people…
Eating fish could make you smarter
May 24, 2023
Eating cold-water fish and other sources of omega-3 fatty acids may preserve brain health and enhance cognition in middle age, new evidence…
Mouse pups’ cries give clues about autism spectrum disorder
May 24, 2023
One-fifth of babies who inherit a genetic variant located on chromosome 16 will develop autism spectrum disorder by age 3. The variant is called…
Studying the impact of antibiotics in dental care
May 24, 2023
Periodontal disease affects nearly 40% of the U.S. Periodontitis, or severe gum disease, is one of the most common inflammatory diseases in adults…
‘It’s like being able to see a dime on the surface of the moon.’
May 24, 2023
When physicians observe or hear of symptoms in their patients, they order CT scans, MRIs or other types of imaging analyses to understand the……
Robotic kidney cancer surgery shows desirable outcomes in study
May 24, 2023
Kidney cancer is not always confined to the kidney. In advanced cases, this cancer invades the body’s biggest vein, the inferior vena cava, which…