Oral health’s hidden role in cancer care

October 10, 2024

Dental care is crucial for cancer patients and survivors to help reduce complications, improve treatment tolerance and enhance overall quality of life, according to oral medicine specialist Tiffany Tavares, DDS, DMSc.

A senior African American female cancer patient smiles while a female family member hugs her.


UT Health San Antonio and UTSA merger announced

August 22, 2024

The UT System Board of Regents has asked Chancellor Milliken to work with us to develop a plan to merge UTSA and UT Health San Antonio to create a premier university that brings all of our individual academic, research and clinical strengths together to build a unified and profoundly impactful university of the future.




Non-invasive treatment provides relief for osteoarthritis pain

August 9, 2024

  Patricia Abrego’s journey to a clinical study using radiation therapy to relieve osteoarthritis joint pain began when she was 10 years old. Like most children living in a state where snowy winters were a norm, Abrego was doing what most kids do: playing. “The leaves were covered with snow, and they made good bumps […]





Alternatives for treatment-resistant depression offer hope

July 26, 2024

  Carey Calvin was at the lowest point in his life two years ago. After a childhood filled with physical and emotional abuse and years of antidepressant medications and therapies that were not working, Calvin was ready to give up. “It was the first time I felt like my family and the things closest to […]




Brain donations give researchers a fuller story of Alzheimer’s disease

June 14, 2024

The Biggs Institute is one of 33 centers in the nation recognized as a National Institute on Aging (NIA)- designated Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and leads as a center in the number of Hispanic patients served, contributing to care for an underserved population as well as representation in research.