News Medical Life Sciences: Bladder cancer is more aggressive and advanced in South Texas, study shows
February 26, 2021
This News Medical Life Sciences story is about a study by the Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson, that indicates that bladder cancer is more aggressive and more advanced in South Texas residents than in many parts of the cou …
The police are healers, too.
February 25, 2021
One frigid night, UT Health San Antonio Police Department Officer John Langston rescued a resident physician whose car was stuck in the ice and snow on Floyd Curl Drive. The young doctor was frantically trying to get to work at University Hospital, and …
Study: Bladder cancer is more advanced in South Texas
February 25, 2021
Bladder cancer is more aggressive and more advanced in South Texas residents than in many parts of the country, a study by the Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson, indicates. The disease is also deadlier in Latinos and women, …
AAMC: How we’re failing children of color during COVID-19
February 24, 2021
Barbara Robles-Ramamurthy, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, wrote of her witnessing the devastating mental health challenges faced by children of color, only emphasized by more COVID-19 infections and deaths, in an opinion piece published by the Ass …
San Antonio Woman: Women’s Cardiovascular Health
February 24, 2021
Sonja Brune, Cardiology, Acute-Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist and Heart Failure Nurse, explained the importance of women playing an advocacy role in their prevention and treatment of heart disease and stresses the importance of having a primar …
KSAT 12: San Antonio child advocate, pediatrician shed light on long-term effects of child abuse after girl found severely emaciated
February 24, 2021
Dr. Mandie Svatek, Pediatrics, explained that the effects of child abuse are more than just psychological and severe malnourishment can cause major complications with brain development and heart function. Watch the story.
Healthy adults needed for statewide research studies
February 24, 2021
The University of Texas System Health Biobank (UTHSB) Consortium is a collaborative effort among eight UT institutions to standardize and expand access to human biospecimens. As part of this effort, pilot projects to gather healthy controls are currently ongoing at UTHealth Houston, UT Southwestern and UT Health San Antonio.
KENS 5 Medical Minute: NCI Designated Cancer Center: What that means for you
February 24, 2021
Ruben Mesa, MD, FACP, executive director of the Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson, explains why an NCI designation makes it possible to receive leading-edge care close to home in this week’s KENS 5 Medical Minute. Medical Mi …
Graduate student Kristin Altwegg selected for Early Career Hill Day
February 23, 2021
Kristin Ann Altwegg, a fourth-year student in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at UT Health San Antonio, was selected to participate in the AACR Early Career Hill Day on Feb. 25. Altwegg is an affiliate member of the Mays Cancer Center, home …
Mays Cancer Center conducting study to learn how COVID-19 vaccine affects patients with cancer
February 23, 2021
Individuals with cancer who get COVID-19 are more likely to have severe illness and higher death rates compared to the general public. The Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson, has prioritized offering the COVID-19 vaccine to i …