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April 14, 2021
Dr. Ruth Berggren, Infectious Diseases, said that, in a few rare cases, where people had an allergy to mRNA vaccines, side effects of clots and bleeding are appearing indicating a possibility of an antibody being produced that’s binding to platelets and causing platelets to clump and be cleared. She recommends that those who have concerns […]
April 14, 2021
Dr. Ruth Berggren, Infectious Diseases, spoke to KSAT 12’s Tiffany Huertas about the FDA’s recommendation to pause Johnson and Johnson’s vaccine over a rare clotting issue. Dr. Berggren suggested that we need to stay calm, identify only those people who have had this particular vaccine in thhe last three weeks and then alert those individuals […]
April 13, 2021
Dr. Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, Rehabilitation Medicine, is quoted in this Chicago Sun-Times story about patients who test negative but still have “long COVID” symptoms (patients referred to as “long-haulers”). She comments that about 12% of the patients she’s seen never had a positive COVID test, but that’s not as important as are the symptoms she must […]
April 12, 2021
Dr. Alan Peterson, STRONG STAR/ Consortium to Alleviate PTSD (CAP)/Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, is quoted in this San Antonio Express-News story about military suicides in the COVID era hitting a new high. Read the story.
April 9, 2021
Dr. Fred Campbell, General and Hospital Medicine, answered more listener questions on Texas Standard’s Ask a Doctor program about having bad reactions to the vaccine, why it’s important to keep the vaccination record card and the transmission of the virus. Read and listen to the Q&A.
April 9, 2021
The potentially groundbreaking research led by principal investigator Lily Q. Dong, PhD, professor of cell systems and anatomy at UT Health San Antonio, is testing whether there is a genetic marker of early insulin resistance in youth that could be controlled, thereby preventing obesity and development of Type 2 diabetes. Currently, most studies and treatment focus on adults, and pediatric anti-obesity drugs have limited effect.
