Researchers found that the nuclei from brain cells of patients with Alzheimer’s disease contained tunnels (arrows) not found in normal brain cells. “We have identified multiple new cellular processes that go awry in Alzheimer’s disease because of pathological tau,” said Bess Frost, Ph.D., assistant professor, Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies.

Jesse Rettele started working at a local orthotic and prosthetics facility at the young age of 17. “I always loved working with my hands and tinkering with things,” Rettele said.

A long-used drug called methylene blue may rev up activity in brain regions involved in short-term memory and attention, a small study suggests. Methylene blue has been used in medicine for more than a century, said Timothy Duong, the senior researcher on the study and a professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

You’ve seen the pictures of flesh-eating bacteria making the rounds on social media. You’ve probably also heard the stories saying, ‘Avoid coastal waters’. But local doctors explain what you need to know to be able to enjoy that visit to Texas beaches. The gruesome pictures you’ve been seeing are from what doctors call a more […]

After sitting under the scorching sun on a 95 degree afternoon, the inside of a black Chevy Suburban reached a temperature high enough to fry an egg on the dashboard. Safe Kids San Antonio, in partnership with the Texas Heatstroke Task Force and the Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council parked the car in the sun […]