News 4: Kids receive free dental checkups

February 17, 2016

Some local kids received free dental checkups Friday.  Dental students from the UT Health Science Center San Antonio provided free dental exams and preventative oral health services to some children within the Edgewood Independent School District. Watch the full story at News 4

Dental care for children


Huffington Post: Exercises that doctors would never do

February 17, 2016

A gym enthusiast’s life can be mentally as well as physically exhausting. The options of exercises targeting the body’s muscles are endless, but the “blacklist” of movements you should never attempt is much shorter. Read the full story at Huffington Post


KSAT 12: New UT Health Science Center facility features 3-D technology

February 17, 2016

The new Academic Learning and Teaching Center at the UT Health Science Center is composed of 33 interactive classrooms featuring 3-D technology. Inside the new Digital Anatomy Lab, students can take a closer look at a patient’s data. “We can virtually rotate the body,” said Dr. Omid Rahimi, director of the human anatomy program. See […]

Omid Rahimi, ALTC


S.A. Business Journal: Institutions to get millions to help address doc crisis

February 16, 2016

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has awarded nearly $9 million to a handful of San Antonio institutions individually or as part of a collaborative group. The funds are a share of the more than $49 million that will be distributed to nearly two dozen medical schools, hospitals and health systems in the state. Read […]


The Diabetes Times: Drug combination could prevent type 2 heart issues

February 15, 2016

The study, Revitalization of Pioglitazone: The Optimal Agent to be Combined with an SGLT2 Inhibitor, has been published in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism.  Researchers looked at the recently completed EMPA-REG study, which demonstrated that Empagliflozin significantly decreased major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in people with type 2 diabetes, deemed high risk. Read the full story at The Diabetes […]