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January 11, 2023
Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu Statement from the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases at UT Health San Antonio about a timely topic in the news: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, approved lecanemab, a drug that targets the basic pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s disease. The FDA action is […]
January 10, 2023
Rajeev Suri, MD, MBA, has been named chairman of the Department of Radiology in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Suri, who previously served as interim chair of the Department of Radiology, was selected after an extensive national search. Robert […]
January 10, 2023
Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Jan. 10, 2023) — Rajeev Suri, MD, MBA, has been named chairman of the Department of Radiology in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Suri, who previously served as interim chair of the […]
January 10, 2023
16-member panel makes evidence-based recommendations to the nation’s primary care providers about services such as colonoscopy. Joel Tsevat, MD, MPH, professor of medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, has been appointed to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. The task force, which announced Tsevat’s appointment today, is an independent, […]
January 10, 2023
16-member panel makes evidence-based recommendations to the nation’s primary care providers about services such as colonoscopy. Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Jan. 10, 2023) — Joel Tsevat, MD, MPH, professor of medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, has been appointed to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. […]
January 6, 2023
Researchers discover toxic process involving ‘jumping genes’ Scientists from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) today reported that an inflammatory trigger like one present during viral infections is elevated in Alzheimer’s disease and progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare brain disorder. “We have identified a new trigger of […]
