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February 13, 2018
WHAT: The Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s & Neurodegenerative Diseases, a new institute of UT Health San Antonio, offers the second installment in its “Dialogue on Dementia” series. This series is free and open to the public as a service to individuals and families, and is also suited to health care providers and scientists. […]
February 12, 2018
UT Health San Antonio invention is under exclusive license to Terrona LLC for commercialization SAN ANTONIO—There is nothing bleaker to a family than being told that their loved one’s cancer has stopped responding to chemotherapy and there are no more options. UT Health San Antonio and spinoff company Terrona LLC want to end that. “We […]
February 8, 2018
Media contacts: Will Sansom, UT Health Science Center, (210) 567-3026, sansom@uthscsa.edu Keyhla Calderon-Lugo, Edgewood Independent School District, (210) 862-9655, keyhla.calderon-lugo@eisd.net WHAT: About 300 Edgewood Independent School District second-graders will receive preventive care from dental students and student hygienists from UT Health San Antonio’s School of Dentistry during a free dental clinic to be held in […]
January 30, 2018
SAN ANTONIO (Jan. 30, 2018) ― William L. Henrich, M.D., MACP, president of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio), announced today that the Mays Family Foundation is increasing its legacy gift supporting the UT Health San Antonio Cancer Center to $30 million. Today’s $25 million contribution builds […]
January 25, 2018
Discovery has vaccine implications Exposing the gut to chlamydia protects against subsequent infection in the genital tract and other tissues, researchers from UT Health San Antonio discovered. Chlamydia is the nation’s most common sexually transmitted disease and causes infertility, ectopic pregnancy and pelvic inflammatory disease if left untreated. “This research emphasizes the pre-exposure of chlamydia […]
January 23, 2018
SAN ANTONIO (Jan. 23, 2018) ― In its first-ever randomized clinical trial with an active-duty military population, Prolonged Exposure (PE), a top treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), was found effective for combat PTSD. The therapy led to significant symptom reductions and a loss of PTSD diagnosis in nearly half of study participants, with treatment […]
