Study: Physical exercise impacts every type of tissue in the body and affects males and females differently
May 9, 2024
We all know that exercise is good for us, but figuring out the “why” and “how” of physical exercise’s effect on the body is the goal of a 10-year, multi-million dollar project through the National Institutes of Health called the Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity Consortium, (MoTrPAC).
UT Health San Antonio physiatrist helps write first American Diabetes Association guidelines to include disability management
May 6, 2024
A clinician and researcher with The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio helped “write the book” when it comes to standards of care for diabetes. Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD, professor and chair in the Department of Physical Medic …
Best of the best: DeFronzo’s work included in 100th anniversary of Journal of Clinical Investigation
May 6, 2024
The work of diabetes-research pioneer Ralph A. DeFronzo, MD, diabetes division, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio’s Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, is featured as part of the 100th anniversary of the Journal of …
University among top-ranking academic research medical centers
February 22, 2024
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (also called UT Health San Antonio) received $131.5 million in National Institutes of Health funding in federal fiscal year 2023, according to the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Rese …
Pre-diabetes gets its due: New $1.2 million award aimed at early intervention and treatment
January 24, 2024
More than one out of three people have pre-diabetes, characterized by abnormal blood sugar levels not yet in the diabetes range – and yet associated with significant increases in eye, kidney and neuropathic diseases, and risk of cardiovascular death.
Assistant professor and diabetes researcher earns UT System Rising STARs award
December 27, 2023
Shangang Zhao, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio), received …
Combination therapy for Type 2 diabetes is reaching more populations
December 1, 2023
Around the globe, Ralph DeFronzo, MD, and the Division of Diabetes in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine are advocating a shift in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Mia’s Freedom: automatic control of blood sugar
November 6, 2023
Newly approved system eliminates much of the labor of maintaining insulin levels Freedom is an individual concept. For 15-year-old Mia Campos of San Antonio, it means sleeping without alarms, visiting a friend’s house overnight, and feeling steady thro …
Drinking diet sodas and aspartame-sweetened beverages daily during pregnancy linked to autism in male offspring
September 20, 2023
A new published study led by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) has found an association between autism diagnosis in boys and daily consumption of either diet soda or a comparable …
Metabolite in urine predicts diabetic kidney failure 5-10 years early; oral therapeutic drug shows promise in mice
August 24, 2023
Current leading marker, protein in urine, does not apply to all patients with diabetes who develop kidney disease Urine levels of adenine, a metabolite produced in the kidney, are predictive and a causative biomarker of looming progressive kidney failu …