Worldwide study triples number of known genetic risk factors for stroke
March 12, 2018By Will Sansom Research co-author Dr. Sudha Seshadri of UT Health San Antonio’s Glenn Biggs Institute predicts that the study will also be a boon for dementia research SAN ANTONIO (March 12, 2018)—A landmark international study of DNA samples from 520,000 individuals worldwide—including 67,000 affected individuals—identified 22 new genetic risk factors for stroke. Sudha Seshadri, […]
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The envelope, please: Match Day to reveal next step in medical education
March 12, 2018WHAT: Match Day is a geographic rite of passage when graduating medical students throughout the U.S. find out where their residency training will take them – and perhaps where their medical careers will be launched. The new doctors could be heading to New York or Hawaii, Florida or Alaska ― or staying in San Antonio […]
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Give Cancer the Boot fun run/walk set for March 24
March 8, 2018SAN ANTONIO (March 8, 2018) ― Give Cancer the Boot, a 2.6-mile fun run/walk, will be held Saturday, March 24, at the Mays Cancer Center, the newly named center at UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center. The event will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Mays Cancer Center, 7979 Wurzbach […]
Read morePartnership to address shortage of psychiatric nurse practitioners
February 26, 2018The partnership includes recruiting, enrolling and educating six nurses from Webb and surrounding counties into the UT Health program.
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Researcher gets CPRIT grant to study cognitive impairment
February 26, 2018The funds will be used to study mechanisms and new treatments for cognitive impairment associated with a type of hormone treatment used in men with prostate cancer.
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New TAMIU, UT Health San Antonio partnership to address critical psychiatric nurse shortage
February 23, 2018SAN ANTONIO (Feb. 23, 2017) ― A partnership between Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) and The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, now called UT Health San Antonio, will offer a new certificate nursing program to address the severe shortage of psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners in South Texas. Dr. Glenda Walker, TAMIU […]
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