Yahoo! Finance: San Antonio partners pioneer surgery aimed at reversing Type 2 diabetes
April 26, 2021
UT Health San Antonio, University Health and Texas Biomedical Research Institute are reporting promising results following a minimally invasive procedure that dissolved abdominal fat in two patients. The goal of the novel procedure is to improve the pa …
San Antonio Report: Poetry joins San Antonio to the world, via vaccines and agua
April 26, 2021
The Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics is mentioned in this San Antonio Report story for its involvement in the Dear Vaccine project. Read the story.
San Antonio Express-News: San Antonio’s Texas Kidney Foundation will send free screening kit
April 26, 2021
Dr. Kumar Sharma, Nephrology, is quoted in this San Antonio Express-News article and explains that many people are skipping doctor visits or don’t get blood tests because of the pandemic and that COVID itself can cause acute kidney disease. Read the st …
KENS 5: Lower vaccine demand creates new challenges for San Antonio clinics
April 26, 2021
Dr. Mike Charlton, Risk Management & Safety, was interviewed for this KENS 5 story about COVID vaccine hesitancy being one of the new challenges surrounding lower vaccine demand in San Antonio. Watch the story.
San Antonio Express-News: Zombies, umbrellas, R-naughts – explaining coronavirus herd immunity and whether we can get there
April 23, 2021
Dr. Carlos Roberto Jaén, Family & Community Medicine, and Dr. Jason Bowling, Infectious Diseases, contributed to a San Antonio Express-News feature on the coronavirus, commenting that pregnant women are at increased risk for severe illness from COV …
San Antonio Report: Is vaccine supply outstripping demand? Local campaign looks to combat hesitancy
April 23, 2021
Dr. Mike Charlton, Risk Management & Safety, is quoted within this San Antonio Report story on vaccine hesitancy, sharing that the UT Health San Antonio superhub has seen a 4% no-show rate, as well as a decline in the total number of people seeking …
San Antonio partners pioneer surgery aimed at reversing Type 2 diabetes
April 23, 2021
The goal of the novel procedure is to improve the patients’ health and minimize or reverse the adverse health effects of their Type 2 diabetes.
We stand together, committed to positive change
April 23, 2021
On Tuesday, April 20, a guilty verdict against Derek Chauvin for a horrific crime was rendered. We witnessed our legal system fulfilling its role in society. The verdict, however, does not erase the emotional trauma and pain felt by many, especially persons of color who are often subjected to race-based violence and systemic injustices. The national events of the past four weeks point out the need for us to work through these emotions and recommit ourselves to enabling positive, transformative change.
News 4: San Antonio doctors developing new procedure which could reverse Type 2 diabetes
April 23, 2021
Dr. Richard Peterson, Surgery/Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, describes a minimally invasive procedure that is showing promising results to improve patients’ health and minimize or reverse the adverse health effects of their Type 2 diabetes. Watch the …
Fox 29: San Antonio doctors developing new procedure which could reverse Type 2 diabetes
April 23, 2021
Dr. Richard Peterson, Surgery/Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, describes a minimally invasive procedure that is showing promising results to improve patients’ health and minimize or reverse the adverse health effects of their Type 2 diabetes. Watch the …