Research
Preventing opioid relapse
December 9, 2024
Drug overdoses happen every day, every hour. Yet, few Food and Drug Administration-approved medications are available for opioid use disorder. Methocinnamox, a novel compound for opioid use disorder treatment, advances toward clinical trials.
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 […]
The evolution of epilepsy care
December 9, 2024
Epilepsy, a neurological condition characterized by recurrent seizures, affects approximately 3 million people in the United States — about 1% of the nation’s population — and is considered one of the most prevalent neurological disorders.
Mapping brain health
December 9, 2024
While most people focus on what they see during brain imaging, Peter Fox, MD, director of the Research Imaging Institute at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, will tell you that the real value is in the mathematics and quantitative assessments behind those pictures.
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.
Living longer and staying stronger
November 15, 2023
Breakthroughs in research on aging at the Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies are pushing the field of geroscience forward. Here, investigators are gaining an understanding of why getting older is the biggest risk factor for so many chronic diseases.
The role of cellular senescence in aging and disease
November 15, 2023
While working on a project for NASA a decade ago, Sandeep Burma, PhD, realized that cell senescence, a biological phenomenon characterized by irreversible arrest of cell division, might hold the key to the pathological effects of space radiation, including dementia and cancer.
The promise of personalized diabetes care
November 15, 2023
The work of UT Health Science Center San Antonio faculty has transformed the medical community’s understanding of Type 2 diabetes, while helping usher in new therapies and improved protocols.
Fighting dementia with precision interventions
November 15, 2023
Researchers at the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases use a comprehensive approach to discover new targets for personalized and precise treatments of dementia.
Advances in the fight for a longer health span
November 15, 2023
The one thing life guarantees is that it ends. But what about the diseases that come with aging, such as obesity, muscle wasting, cancer and dementia? Must we simply accept those as inevitable, too?
Living your best life by sleeping better
November 15, 2023
Inadequate sleep doesn’t just cause sleepiness and poor concentration. It can also degrade the body over time and age us quicker.