UTHSC selects Denver partner for $2.8 million asthma study

December 9, 2003

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSC) has contracted with National Jewish Medical and Research Center of Denver, Colo., to provide telephone and mail patient support for a large-scale study evaluating the benefits of disease management among individuals with moderate to severe asthma.


Cigarroa announces $300 million capital campaign for UTHSC

December 9, 2003

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSC) is embarking on its first capital campaign – a $300 million private-public initiative to build a landscape-changing Research Tower in the South Texas Medical Center and recruit leading scientists for it.


TIME magazine highlights UTHSC research on ADHD

December 3, 2003

The cover story in the Nov. 3 issue of TIME magazine, “Medicating Young Minds,” discusses the benefits and risks of medicating children with mood and behavior problems.


Portable blood analyzer picks up cases of anemia in Mexican children

December 2, 2003

A portable blood analyzer developed at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSC) and commercialized by AVOX Systems of San Antonio helped diagnose a young child with anemia recently during a visit to a children’s home in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.



State leaders ensure additional $9 million for RAHC

December 2, 2003

Gov. Rick Perry and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst visited the Medical Education Division of the Regional Academic Health Center on Nov. 18 to make a most- welcome announcement just before the holidays – namely that line-item vetoes in the state budget had freed up an additional $9 million to fund RAHC operating costs.