Department of Neurosurgery performs 3,000 spine cases, 350 brain tumor cases and 190 spine tumor cases in 12 months
February 3, 2014
National governing bodies approve spine fellowship, more residency slots
Health Science Center researcher wins $900,000 grant to find immune-based cure for ovarian cancer
January 31, 2014
Ovarian cancer is the deadliest of all gynecological cancers, often difficult to detect and tough to cure in the later stages. It stimulates strong anti-cancer immunity in the body, and yet the body’s immune system is not able to eliminate the cancer because the cancer turns the immunity off.
Poverty simulation offers powerful lesson
January 31, 2014
School of Nursing hosting multidisciplinary learning activity to show health care providers harsh realities of poverty
San Antonio physician assistant earns emergency medicine specialty credential
January 30, 2014
Ryan Bierle, PA-C, a physician assistant at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio, is one of only 108 certified physician assistants nationally to recently earn a specialty credential called a Certificate of Added Qualifications (CAQ) from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
Low levels of pro-inflammatory agent help cognition in rats
January 28, 2014
Although inflammation is frequently a cause of disease in the body, research from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio indicates that low levels of a pro-inflammatory cytokine in the brain are important for cognition.
CTRC researcher part of multi-team European cancer project
January 15, 2014
Broad-spectrum cancer drug is goal of $8 million endeavor