Oral pill improves care of patients with bone marrow cancer: Study

July 14, 2022

Momelotinib, an oral pill taken once a day, significantly improved outcomes of patients treated for myelofibrosis (MF), a rare but fatal bone marrow cancer, researchers reported June 7. Ruben Mesa, MD, FACP, executive director of the Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center, presented results of the MOMENTUM phase 3 randomized […]




Chemical risk assessment not up to par, researchers say

July 14, 2022

How much is an “acceptable dose” of a pollutant? Are existing studies to measure safety adequate? A systematic literature review by UT Health San Antonio researchers suggests that the current system of chemical risk assessment is inadequate and contradictory. The result, say the authors, is an underestimation of the levels of flame retardants and other […]


Internal Medicine Residency Program gains health equity curriculum grant

July 13, 2022

Program will pair residents with community health workers for educational experiences Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (July 13, 2022) — With financial support from leading internal medicine organizations, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) will launch “Promotores and Residents in Internal Medicine for Equity (PRIME): […]

Photo of health equity: A counselor with a patient


New therapy significantly reduces headache disability, post-traumatic stress after brain injury, study finds

July 12, 2022

Note: This article was produced and contributed by Joel Williams and Julie Collins. The first therapy to be developed specifically for post-traumatic headache significantly reduced related disability in veterans following a traumatic brain injury (TBI). It also reduced co-occurring symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) comparably to a gold-standard PTSD treatment. Moreover, the innovative treatment, […]


Telehealth enables 8 Texas nurseries to reduce antibiotic use in newborns by 32%

July 7, 2022

Telehealth consultations with a pediatric infectious disease specialist at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio reduced the number of newborns receiving antibiotics by 32% in eight geographically distant nurseries that serve rural and medically underserved areas of South Texas, a study shows.


Telehealth enables 8 Texas nurseries to reduce antibiotic use in newborns by 32%

June 29, 2022

Centers in rural and medically underserved areas practiced stewardship via consults with a UT Health San Antonio pediatric infectious disease specialist. Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (June 29, 2022) — Telehealth consultations with a pediatric infectious disease specialist at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio reduced the number of newborns […]

Premature newborn baby girl in the hospital incubator after c-section in 33 week