Finasteride boosts PSA ability to detect prostate cancer

August 22, 2006

The medication finasteride, which after the seven-year Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT) was associated with a 24.8 percent reduction of prostate cancer risk among men who took it, has a new feather in its cap – it beefs up the diagnostic power of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test.


Regents authorize $263 million in UTHSC projects

August 22, 2006

Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D., president of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, said in a university-wide e-mail Aug. 11 that The University of Texas System Board of Regents’ approval of $263 million in capital and other projects for the Health Science Center, along with more than $100 million for The University of Texas at San Antonio, has made this “a red-letter day that should be celebrated and remembered.”


Regents give funding authorizations for $263 million in UTHSC projects

August 12, 2006

Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D., president of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, said in a university-wide e-mail Aug. 11 that The University of Texas System Board of Regents’ approval of $263 million in capital and other projects for the Health Science Center, along with more than $100 million for The University of Texas at San Antonio, has made this “a red-letter day that should be celebrated and remembered.”


Rep. Gonzalez tours radiology areas at UTHSC, UH

August 8, 2006

Non-invasive diagnostic procedures, image-guided minimally invasive therapeutic procedures, research advances in the field of radiology, increased patient comfort and improved disease detection were the central topics as U.S. Rep. Charlie Gonzalez visited The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and University Hospital on July 31.



Dental School, School of Medicine rank 2nd in U.S. in Hispanic grads

August 8, 2006

Both the Dental School and the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio ranked second in the country in the number of Hispanics obtaining graduate professional degrees after the 2004-2005 academic year, according to rankings reported this summer by the Virginia-based magazine Diverse: Issues in Higher Education.