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August 6, 2019
A new study of 38,537 persons of European ancestry suggests that a rare variation of a gene called APOE may be protective and prolong life, in sharp contrast to a more widely studied APOE variant that increases risk of death. The findings by the E2-CHARGE consortium of investigators, led by senior investigator Sudha Seshadri, M.D., […]
August 1, 2019
Xianlin Han, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Medicine and investigator with the Barshop and Biggs institutes, was among co-authors nationwide on a study of liver enzymes and Alzheimer’s disease released July 31 in JAMA NETWORK OPEN. The article is titled “Association of Altered Liver Enzymes with Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis, Cognition, Neuroimaging Measures and Cerebrospinal […]
August 1, 2019
Higher doses of spironolactone, a diuretic (water pill), can prevent the need for dialysis in selected heart failure patients, a UT Health San Antonio study found. The aggressive approach relieved fluid overload safely and effectively in patients who were not responding to conventional diuretics. The findings are in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine. UT […]
July 23, 2019
UT Health San Antonio leads consortium examining loss of DNA repair Women who inherit harmful mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene are at high risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer. According to a recent large study, women who inherit BRCA mutations are about six times more likely to develop breast cancer during their […]
July 18, 2019
SAN ANTONIO (July 18, 2019) ― San Antonio parents will have another option for well-child health care appointments with a new partnership between Superior HealthPlan and the UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing. Through the agreement Superior, which offers managed health care plans for children and adults throughout Texas, is covering the basic operating […]
July 12, 2019
An experimental treatment given to mice after a traumatic brain injury (TBI) reduced damage almost to the levels of mice that never had a TBI, researchers at UT Health San Antonio reported. The study was published July 4 in the Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism. The scientists hope to convert the discovery into […]
