Medical Xpress: Young adults show especially serious complications from Type 2 diabetes
August 3, 2021
This Medical Xpress story is about the TODAY studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine that showed that within 15 years of a Type 2 diabetes diagnosis, 60% of participants had at least one diabetes-related complication, and nearly a thir …
MSN.com: Long COVID-19 can cause memory problems. Does it raise Alzheimer’s risk?
August 2, 2021
Dr. Gabriel de Erausquin, Neurology/Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases, is quoted in this MSN.com story and explained that the long-term cognitive symptoms from COVID-19 appear to differ with age. Read story
NBC News: Long COVID can cause memory problems. Does it raise Alzheimer’s risk?
August 2, 2021
In this NBC News story, Dr. Gabriel de Erausquin, Neurology/Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Disorders, explained that the long-term cognitive symptoms from COVID-19 appear to differ with age. Read and watch story
Inaugural LINC Interprofessional Case Competition fosters meaningful student collaborations
August 2, 2021
Organized through UT Health San Antonio’s Quality Enhancement Plan, Linking Interprofessional Networks for Collaboration (LINC), interprofessional teams of first-year professional and graduate students participated in the university’s inaugural interprofessional case competition during spring 2021.
Young adults show serious complications from Type 2 diabetes
August 2, 2021
UT Health San Antonio, University Health enrolled area children in TODAY studies. Media contact: Will Sansom, (210) 567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu Shelley Kofler, (512) 294-5224, shelley.kofler@uhs-sa.com SAN ANTONIO (Aug. 2, 2021) — South Texas youth wh …
Fox 29: A closer look at the pandemic’s impact on women’s health
August 2, 2021
Dr. Kate Lathrop, Hematology/Mays Cancer Center, was interviewed for this Fox 29 story about the pandemic’s impact on women’s health. Watch story
San Antonio Express-News: Commentary: Biles’ courage shows mental health is health
August 2, 2021
Dr. Jessica Sandoval, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, wrote this opinion piece that appeared in the San Antonio Express-News. Read commentary
KSAT 12: Doctors explain how delta variant can infect those who are fully vaccinated, lead to increase in hospitalizations
August 2, 2021
Dr. Jan Patterson, Infectious Diseases, is quoted in this KSAT 12 story about the number of delta variant cases rising in San Antonio. She explains how the easier-to-spread delta variant can infect those who are fully vaccinated, leading to increased h …
KSAT 12: Leading SA: UT Health SA doctor says 97% of COVID-19 patients in area hospitals are unvaccinated
August 2, 2021
Dr. Robert Leverence, chief medical officer for UT Health Physicians, spoke to viewers of KSAT 12’s morning show and emphasized the importance of wearing a mask, he refers to the fact that 97% of hospitalized COVID patients are unvaccinated and that yo …
KSAT 12 Q&A: Dr. Ruth Berggren, UT Health San Antonio, says vaccines, masks critical to battling COVID
August 2, 2021
Dr. Ruth Berggren, Infectious Diseases, Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics, participated in this KSAT 12 Q&A and stressed the importance of getting vaccinated and wearing masks to stop the spread. Watch the Q&A