Mays Cancer Center awarded American Cancer Society grant to boost individualized, timely, equitable care

November 14, 2022

Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio has been awarded a $300,000 grant from the American Cancer Society to enhance individualized, timely and equitable access to care for cancer patients and their families. The effort will feature use of an innovative mobile app to provide nutritional support and real-time symptom management to patients undergoing anti-cancer treatment, particularly the underserved and those living long distances from the clinic.

A third of San Antonians have prediabetes; doctors urge testing

November 10, 2022

During Diabetes Awareness Month (November), UT Health San Antonio endocrinologist Carolina Solis-Herrera, MD, reminds the community that one in every three people in San Antonio has prediabetes, which physicians define by a hemoglobin A1C percentage of 5.7% to 6.4%. Hemoglobin A1C is a blood test that measures average glucose levels over the past three months. Carolina […]

Lead with integrity: Compliance and Ethics Week 2022

November 7, 2022

UT Health San Antonio is holding its annual Compliance and Ethics week, Nov. 7-11, 2022. It is part of the institution’s initiative to ensure the core values of integrity, excellence, accountability and collaboration guide the daily work of students, residents, faculty, researchers and staff.

Halloween howler

October 31, 2022

Members of the Long School of Medicine celebrated the Halloween spirit Monday with gruesome and clever costumes. A ghoulishly good time was had by all, witnesses reported.