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February 16, 2017
Ralph DeFronzo, M.D., professor of medicine and chief of diabetes in the Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio, has been selected to receive the 2017 Harold Hamm International Prize for Biomedical Research in Diabetes, which includes $250,000. Dr. DeFronzo is the author of 750 publications and has contributed innovative ideas defining the […]
February 3, 2017
February is American Heart Month. To promote health and wellness in the community, UT Health San Antonio’s Student Success Center and the accelerated BSN nursing class of 2017 are holding the UT Health Love Run 5K at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 4.
February 1, 2017
The legacy of philanthropists Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long continues to grow with an additional gift that brings their total giving to UT Health San Antonio to $61 million.
January 11, 2017
The Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CTRC) of UT Health San Antonio is uniting today, Jan. 11, with all the other National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer centers in the U.S. in issuing a joint statement urging parents to have their children immunized against human papillomavirus (HPV) and encouraging physicians to recommend it.
January 3, 2017
Thousands of South Texans take metformin daily to treat their type 2 diabetes, and thousands more take it because they are at risk for the disease. Because of the way metformin works, researchers with the UT Health Science Center’s Barshop Institute for Aging and Longevity Studies want to learn whether the medication might offer other health benefits in older adults and merit broader use.
December 13, 2016
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and the UT Medical Branch at Galveston are teaming up to study how exercise changes the body at the molecular level. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) today (Dec. 13) announced grants to fund the Texas team and other groups nationwide.
