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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
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
February 15, 2016
The Vaccine Development Center of San Antonio has instituted a leadership change designed to secure the funding and gather the resources needed to carry out its mission. Read the full story at San Antonio Business Journal