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.
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 …
KSAT 12: Belly fat removal surgery study shows remarkable results for patients with 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 …
San Antonio Business Journal: Major SA institutions collaborating on surgical diabetes treatment
April 22, 2021
Dr. Richard Peterson, Surgery/Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, and Dr. Ralph DeFronzo, Medicine/Diabetes, are quoted in this San Antonio Business Journal article about UT Health San Antonio spearheading a collaborative project involving University Heal …
San Antonio partners pioneer surgery aimed at reversing Type 2 diabetes
April 22, 2021
First patient to receive fat extraction surgery has improved health. Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (April 22, 2021) — The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (also referred to as UT Health San A …