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April 5, 2022
Novel approach identified to tackle metabolic diseases. Contact: Will Sansom, (210) 567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (April 5, 2022) — In a breakthrough discovery, scientists from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) today reported that inhibiting a liver enzyme in obese mice decreased the rodents’ appetite, increased energy […]
April 5, 2022
Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, April 5, 2022 – This Fiesta, UT Health San Antonio’s Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS) is hosting its annual Viva Science SA℠ on Saturday, April 9 inside the Mays Family Center at The Witte Museum. Viva Science SA℠ was paused in 2020 and 2021 due to the […]
March 29, 2022
Findings for more than 200 countries to be available to stakeholders globally Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO – Persons aged 70 years or more worldwide were found to live more than two years longer in 2019 than in 1990, with increases in almost all of more than 200 countries, according to a landmark […]
March 28, 2022
Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, March 28, 2022 – UT Health San Antonio’s Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute (GCCRI) is hosting its inaugural cycling event, Gear Up Against Kids Cancer, on Saturday, April 2. Cyclists will gather at the Floresville Event Center where the bike ride will begin and end. Riders will take either […]
March 28, 2022
Structural racism, rather than disease, leads to inequities, authors write Contacts: Will Sansom, (210) 567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu Steven Lee, (210) 450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (March 28, 2022) — Black patients with cancer experienced significantly worse outcomes after COVID-19 diagnosis than non-Hispanic white cancer patients in a study published March 28 in JAMA Network Open. Investigators of […]
March 21, 2022
Will provide more career opportunities for students Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu LAREDO, Texas, March 21, 2022 – UT Health San Antonio’s School of Health Professions invites Webb County students interested in a health career to learn more about its nationally recognized Master of Physician Assistant Studies program. Expanded to Laredo in the summer of […]