New therapy significantly reduces headache disability, post-traumatic stress after brain injury, study finds

June 27, 2022

  Media contact: Steven Lee, lees22@uthscsa.edu, (210) 450-3823, or Will Sansom, sansom@uthscsa.edu, (210) 567-2579 Produced and contributed by Joel Williams and Julie Collins. SAN ANTONIO (June 27, 2022) – The first therapy to be developed specifically for post-traumatic headache significantly reduced related disability in veterans following a traumatic brain injury (TBI). It also reduced co-occurring symptoms of […]

UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry lab leads with digital automation for patient care

June 21, 2022

Technicians create prosthetics using cutting-edge CAD/CAM system Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO – A lab at the UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry is using leading computer-aided automation that includes a partnership with a major international digital prosthetics company to test cutting-edge milling equipment for making crowns and other dental restorations. The […]

UT Health San Antonio surgical oncologist co-authors NEJM article showing disparity in Black breast cancer mortality

June 20, 2022

Deaths nearly 40% higher than for white women, pegged to lower access to care Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO – Black women die of breast cancer at rates nearly 40% higher than white women, despite having lower instances of the disease, because of racial disparities in care, according to a New England Journal […]

Pheo Para Alliance recognizes UT Health San Antonio as rare disease Center of Excellence

June 15, 2022

Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (June 15, 2022) — Pheo Para Alliance, a patient advocacy organization dedicated to supporting those with pheochromocytoma (pheo) and paraganglioma (para), a rare neuroendocrine tumor, has designated The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) as a Pheo Para Center of Excellence. The […]

Novel brain injury treatment tested in 1st human subject

June 15, 2022

Drug conceived at UT Health San Antonio was safe, effective in animal studies Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, AND GROTON, CONN. (Wednesday, June 15, 2022) — An experimental brain injury medication conceived in laboratories at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) was tested Tuesday, […]