Restoring hope and function for people with swallowing disorders
December 13, 2023
The ability to swallow is essential for eating and drinking, and yet about 20 million adults in the U.S. experience a swallowing disorder, also known as dysphagia.
Mays Cancer Center hosts annual breast cancer symposium, addresses care and advancements in treatment
December 4, 2023
Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio, in partnership with the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), is hosting the 46th annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center on Dec. 5-9. This scientific and education symposium, initiated and owned by Mays Cancer Center, is the world’s largest […]
Combination therapy for Type 2 diabetes is reaching more populations
December 1, 2023
Around the globe, Ralph DeFronzo, MD, and the Division of Diabetes in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine are advocating a shift in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Novel AI algorithm quantifies brain lesions to inform risk of stroke
November 30, 2023
Listen to Texas Public Radio’s Science & Medicine, a podcast that explains how scientific discovery at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio advances the way medicine is practiced around the world. Artificial intelligence may be somewhat unsettling, but it also has the potential to improve and even save lives, according to Mohamad Habes, PhD, assistant professor of radiology at […]
Making strides on the long road of long COVID
November 6, 2023
After treating countless long COVID patients, Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD, professor and chair of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, is an expert in the debilitating impact of this puzzling disease.
Mia’s Freedom: automatic control of blood sugar
November 6, 2023
Newly approved system eliminates much of the labor of maintaining insulin levels Freedom is an individual concept. For 15-year-old Mia Campos of San Antonio, it means sleeping without alarms, visiting a friend’s house overnight, and feeling steady throughout a busy school day. Mia was 10 when, on a trip to a gymnastics competition in Florida, […]
