UT Health San Antonio holds first all-school commencement
May 24, 2021
For the first time in its 53-year history, UT Health San Antonio celebrated a combined, all-school commencement May 22 at the Alamodome.
Mays Cancer Center doctors applaud starting colorectal screening at 45
May 21, 2021
Physicians with the Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson, praised the May 18 move by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force to lower from 50 to 45 the recommended age to begin screening asymptomatic persons to prevent colorectal cancer. The goal is to identify and remove precancerous benign polyps. Physicians nationwide adhere to the panel’s guidelines.
Project YES offers free, confidential, online mental health resources to teens
May 7, 2021
Teens across San Antonio and South Texas can improve their mental health while helping others through an online program introduced this spring. Project YES (Youth Empowerment & Support) is an innovative approach to helping adolescents address common mental health issues. The program has been shown to reduce depression and anxiety, decrease hopelessness and boost a […]
Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD, answers questions about stroke rehabilitation
May 7, 2021
May is National Stroke Awareness Month — the perfect time to remind us of the ways to detect a stroke.
San Antonio partners pioneer surgery aimed at reversing Type 2 diabetes
April 23, 2021
The goal of the novel procedure is to improve the patients’ health and minimize or reverse the adverse health effects of their Type 2 diabetes.
COVID-19 vaccines are available at UT Health San Antonio
April 20, 2021
Vaccine appointments and walk-ins are available to everyone 16 years and older, with priority given to those 80 years and older.
