Be Well Texas, Hill Country MHDD Centers join to offer substance use care for Uvalde residents

December 7, 2022

UT Health San Antonio contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu Hill Country MHDD contact: Kelsi Wilmot, 830-370-6302, kelsi8310@hillcountry.org SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 7, 2022 – Be Well Texas, a statewide initiative of UT Health San Antonio, and Hill Country Mental Health & Developmental Disabilities Centers have entered into an agreement to provide substance use disorder (SUD) treatment […]





Can Alzheimer’s disease be delayed or stopped before the symptoms begin? A new clinical trial strives to find answers.

December 1, 2022

The AHEAD clinical trial will assess whether the new Alzheimer’s drug, lecanemab, can delay the onset of dementia in persons who are at high risk of developing the disease. Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Dec. 1, 2022) — The Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases, part of The University of Texas […]

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Findings on oral drug to be presented at San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium

November 30, 2022

Elacestrant may improve care of metastatic ER+/HER2- tumors Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Nov. 30, 2022) — Phase III results of EMERALD, a clinical trial evaluating a novel oral drug therapy for metastatic ER-positive/HER2-negative (ER+/HER2-) breast cancer, will be presented Thursday, Dec. 8, at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS). Virginia Kaklamani, MD, […]

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DeFronzo wins global prize for work in type 2 diabetes

November 29, 2022

Metformin, SGLT-2 inhibitors and insulin resistance among career highlights Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Nov. 29, 2022) — Ralph A. DeFronzo, MD, professor of medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) and deputy director of University Health’s Texas Diabetes Institute, will receive one of […]

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UT Regents fund pioneering trauma care research center

November 28, 2022

  Trauma Research and Combat Casualty Care Collaborative will provide integrated, groundbreaking approaches to trauma research and care at UT Health San Antonio   Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu AUSTIN and SAN ANTONIO (Nov. 28, 2022) — The University of Texas System Board of Regents on Nov. 17 approved $2.5 million to establish the Trauma Research […]

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