LSOM graduate’s tenacity, family support helps her to finish line

April 18, 2023

It was the second year of medical school, and after months of isolation from COVID-19 restrictions, Victoria Garza was finishing up her last preclinical course and beginning to prepare for the first of her board exams when she was struck with debilitating panic attacks. “The panic attacks began suddenly, would last all day and continued […]


Ovarian Cancer: Early detection can help save lives

April 14, 2023

Ovarian cancer is responsible for more deaths than any other cancers of the female reproductive system and is the fifth leading cause of cancer death among women in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society.




Select cells ‘home in on the skin like guided missiles’ at birth to enhance immunity

April 13, 2023

Protection is afforded infants against disease-causing bacteria Certain immune cells possess a homing property that directs them to the skin at birth to protect the baby, researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) discovered. “These T cells home in on the skin like a guided missile,” […]





Commentary: San Antonio is building a national resource in brain health

April 7, 2023

Originally published by the San Antonio Express-News on April 4, 2023. By William L. Henrich, MD, MACP, and Sudha Seshadri, MD In the coming years, an overwhelming number of people in our community will reach the stage of life when they are at increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. The primary risk factor […]