On World Brain Day, UT Health San Antonio provides a preview of its new Center for Brain Health
July 22, 2025
On World Brain Day, UT Health San Antonio provides a preview of its new Center for Brain Health
Owens Medical Research Foundation awards UT Health San Antonio investigators $1.5 million to advance Alzheimer’s and cancer research
July 2, 2025
The William and Ella Owens Medical Research Foundation recently awarded $1.5 million to The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) for research projects that address pancreatic cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and childhood cancers. This year, the foundation will fund $250,000 each to six research projects from UT Health […]
Making groundbreaking discoveries with local and global impact
May 29, 2025
In the past five years, UT Health San Antonio has conducted more than 600 clinical research projects with one goal in mind — making lives better for people in San Antonio, Texas and beyond through innovative solutions to today’s most challenging health problems.
Stress can lead to Alzheimer’s disease in women who are post-menopausal, UT Health San Antonio study finds
May 16, 2025
Can stress lead to Alzheimer’s disease? It can in women who are post-menopausal, a study led by The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) shows. Analyzing data from 305 cognitively unimpaired participants in the Framingham Heart Study, a long-term and ongoing community-based cohort study of residents in […]
Too much sleep can hurt cognitive performance, especially for those with depression, UT Health San Antonio study finds
May 14, 2025
There might be such a thing as getting too much of a good night’s sleep. Sleeping nine hours or more per night is associated with worse cognitive performance, which is even more the case for those with depression, a study led by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center (UT Health San […]
UT Health San Antonio neurologists among first to treat patients with deep brain stimulation that adapts to patients’ symptoms
March 31, 2025
In groundbreaking news for patients with movement disorders, neurologists with The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio are among the nation’s first to use technology that enables deep brain stimulation that adapts as symptoms change.
