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October 5, 2020
Dr. Jason Bowling, Infectious Diseases, discusses the differences between the 1918 flu pandemic and our current COVID-19 pandemic, during a discussion about President Trump’s infection with the coronavirus. Read the story.
October 2, 2020
A new study implicates 160 genes in brain shrinkage seen on MRIs of 45,000 healthy adults. The shrinkage is in the cortex, the dimply outer layer of the brain that gives rise to thinking, awareness and action, and largely consists of gray matter.
October 2, 2020
President William L. Henrich, MD, MACP, and Robert A. Hromas, MD, dean of the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, discuss the UT Health San Antonio Multispecialty and Research Hospital and how it will serve South Texas with a unique pathway to health, providing intricate, specialty care using innovative technologies and clinical […]
October 1, 2020
Results published in the journal PLOS ONE show that 20% of children treated with drugs called anthracyclines go on to suffer heart failure later in life. The research is conducted in the laboratory of Gregory Aune, MD, PhD, of the Department of Pediatrics and the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute at UT Health San Antonio. Read […]
September 30, 2020
Robert Leverence, MD, chief medical officer of UT Health Physicians, appeared in two KSAT 12 news interviews to discuss why getting the flu shot, this year in particular, is so important for our community. Read and watch the story.
September 30, 2020
Prior KSAT 12 news coverage of Dr. Shawn Varney, medical director of the South Texas Poison Center, is referenced within this story in Reform Austin that focuses on the dangers of hand sanitizer packaged to look like food and drink products. Read the story.