Bridging the mental health divide for San Antonio’s teens

October 7, 2026

  For some teens across San Antonio and South Texas, critical mental health support can feel out of reach. A shortage of professionals, coupled with long waits, transportation barriers and stigma, can leave young people without help when they need it most. Working to bridge that gap is UT Teen Health, a grant-funded program in […]

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Taking healing to new heights with three sky-high rescues

October 7, 2026

  At a young age, Tony Hsu knew he wanted to become a nurse but didn’t anticipate how his highly specialized position would prepare him for three midair rescues. At 12 years old, he was diagnosed with anti-HMGCR immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy, a rare autoimmune muscle disease in which the immune system attacks the muscles, causing […]

Tony Hsu, left, supervisor of apheresis and cellular therapy services at UT Health San Antonio’s Mays Cancer Center and UT San Antonio Multispecialty and Research Hospital, stands next to multiple myeloma patient Joseph Hall during the apheresis process in which blood -forming stem cells are collected, while the remaining blood is returned to the patient. Later, after the patient completes chemotherapy, the stored cells are infused back into the bloodstream. The cells travel to the bone marrow and begin producing new blood cells, helping blood counts recover over time

UT San Antonio Health Science Center study finds elevated levels of toxicants in teeth of children with autism

October 5, 2026

Study suggests children are ‘chronically and repeatedly exposed’ to dozens of potentially harmful chemicals A pilot study by The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center found elevated levels of toxicants in the primary teeth of children with autism compared with those of children without autism, including compounds known to disrupt development or […]

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