Give the gift of blood
April 15, 2020
You can donate blood on Tuesday, April 21, and Tuesday, April 28, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at Briscoe Library.
Rivard Report: During a pandemic, expecting moms adapt to new expectations
April 15, 2020
Dr. Patrick Ramsey, Obstetrics/Gynecology, explains the changes medical practices and hospitals are making to protect pregnant mothers and new babies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the full story.
OncLive: Physician and patient perspectives on diagnosis and treatment in essential thrombocythemia
April 14, 2020
OncLive teamed up with “CURE Talks Cancer” podcast, and interviewed Dr. Ruben Mesa, director of the Mays Cancer Center, and his patient who has been living with essential thrombocythemia for years, to discuss her treatment course and gain clinical insi …
WQAD: Your Health: Something better than Naloxone
April 14, 2020
Interview of UT Health San Antonio pharmacology professor Charles France, Ph.D., is carried by WQAD-TV, Moline, IL., on the topic of Your Health: Something better than Naloxone. Read and watch the story.
CURE: Patient-Doctor duo: The basics of myeloproliferative neoplasms
April 14, 2020
Dr. Ruben Mesa, Mays Cancer Center director, explains myeloproliferative neoplasms from both, a doctor’s and a patient’s point of view on CureToday.com.
Texas Standard: Ask a doctor: What’s the criteria for ‘release’ from self-quarantine, and other questions answered
April 14, 2020
Dr. Fred Campbell, General and Hospital Medicine, answers listeners’ questions on the statewide public radio program Texas Standard about their health during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Autism’s impact on individuals and families
April 13, 2020
It’s likely that someone you know has autism. April is Autism Awareness Month and recognition of this disorder is very important because it impacts one out of 68 people and their families. Autism is a developmental behaviorally-defined syndrome. Childr …
A breakthrough in the way blood is stored
April 13, 2020
UT Health San Antonio played a major research role in the FDA’s recent approval of a new process that nearly triples the five-day shelf life of blood platelets, commonly used for treating trauma patients.
FDA approves tripling platelets’ shelf life based on UT Health San Antonio research
April 13, 2020
Media contact: Susan Anasagasti, anasagasti@uthscsa.edu, (305) 903-8829 SAN ANTONIO (April 13, 2020) — UT Health San Antonio played a major research role in the FDA’s recent approval of a new process that nearly triples the five-day shelf life of blood …
OncLive: Dr. Mesa on unanswered questions regarding JAK inhibitors in myelofibrosis
April 13, 2020
Dr. Ruben Mesa discusses the treatment of patients with myelofibrosis.