Patient Care
Understanding and addressing addiction
December 9, 2024
For a health condition as complex as substance use disorder, there are no simple solutions. But the possibilities for addressing the vexing health crisis stemming from substance use and addiction substantially increase when an intentional strategic model for a system of care is applied to create a scaffold of interlinking functional practices.
The search to prevent Alzheimer’s
December 9, 2024
Investigators are testing a new drug for its potential to slow and prevent the disease By Jessica Binkley Lain Alzheimer’s disease continues to challenge medical science with its complex and devastating effects on cognition and memory. In a significant stride forward, the Food and Drug Administration recently approved lecanemab as a promising new compound found […]
Measures of success
December 9, 2024
An snapshot of success in numbers from the UT Health Science Center San Antonio’s Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine.