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September 6, 2017
SAN ANTONIO (Sept. 6, 2017) ― Students at Texas A&M University-San Antonio now have a clear pathway to pursue a nursing degree at UT Health San Antonio, thanks to a collaborative agreement signed by the two universities. The agreement provides two options for A&M-SA students to gain acceptance to the UT Health San Antonio School of […]
September 5, 2017
Thanks to a California clinician-scientist’s recruitment, UT Health San Antonio is now at the center of a major National Institutes of Health (NIH) initiative to improve scientific knowledge of kidney disease and revolutionize treatments. The project is bringing several million dollars of research to UT Health over the next five years. Kumar Sharma, M.D., assumed […]
September 5, 2017
UT Health San Antonio researchers and co-authors in New York state on Monday (Sept. 4) reported an innovative approach that will enable scientists to study the most common regulator of our bodies’ cells, a molecule called guanosine-5′-triphosphate (GTP). Nature Methods, the world’s most prestigious journal for reporting novel biomedical technologies, published the team’s findings. The […]
September 1, 2017
As people in areas affected by Hurricane Harvey begin to return to their flooded homes, many will face mold problems. The chemicals used to kill the mold can, for some people, present as big a health challenge as the mold itself. Environmental medicine researcher Claudia Miller, M.D., M.S., of the Long School of Medicine at […]
August 31, 2017
The Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics at UT Health San Antonio, in conjunction with the San Antonio Area Foundation, will host a viewing of a groundbreaking movie on Alzheimer’s disease, “You’re Looking at Me Like I Live Here and I Don’t.” According to the Alzheimer’s Association, an estimated 5.5 million Americans of all ages have Alzheimer’s […]
August 22, 2017
Keeping a senior adult healthy and safe requires a committed, compassionate and coordinated effort by the senior adult and all caregivers in concert with health care providers. Along the way, many questions will need answers. The San Antonio Geriatric and Palliative Education (SAGE) Senior Health Fair can provide the information to make excellent decisions. This […]
