Second SALSI forum takes aim at Latino obesity
May 10, 2011
The second-annual SALSI Research Forum, highlighting efforts to prevent obesity among Latinos in San Antonio and South Texas.
Study shows enlarged prostate not a cancer warning sign
May 9, 2011
Despite the recommendations of some health groups, the symptoms of an enlarged prostate are not associated with the risk of prostate cancer, according to new data from the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial, a decade-long study of almost 19,000 men.
New study suggests breast cancer treatments lose effectiveness over time
May 9, 2011
Some breast cancer treatments designed to reduce the risk of a recurrence may lose their effectiveness once the patient survives the first three-year danger zone, suggests a new study published online today in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Skin cancer: What does it look like and what should you do?
May 4, 2011
Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States, and with another South Texas summer coming on, it will be the topic of the next free public lecture at the UT Health Science Center’s Cancer Therapy & Research Center.
Tiny molecule may prove big in fight against neurodegenerative diseases
May 4, 2011
A tiny molecule that circulates in the body in minute quantities, especially in the brain, represents a novel and promising therapeutic strategy for syndromes such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, UT Health Science Center San Antonio researchers say in a newly published paper.