Scientists look at the molecular mechanisms behind exercise’s health, anti-aging benefits. Contact: Will Sansom, (210) 567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Jan. 24, 2022) – After a 15-month-long COVID-19 stoppage, a landmark National Institutes of Health effort to detail the exact molecular mechanisms that explain exercise’s health and anti-aging benefits is again under way. “We’re very excited […]

SAN ANTONIO — Ali Seifi, MD, a neuro-intensivist at UT Health San Antonio, appeared on ABC’s Shark Tank on Jan. 21, winning a $250,000 offer for 20% equity from Mark Cuban for his hiccup-relieving invention. Dr. Seifi invented a straw-like device that a person suffering from hiccups can use to sip water through from a […]

Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO – Construction has begun on the UT Health San Antonio outpatient and surgery center at Kyle Seale Parkway, which will be a five-story, 108,000-square-foot community medical facility at the southeast corner of Loop 1604 and Kyle Seale Parkway in San Antonio. The $50 million project, expected to open […]

Region of protein can be therapy target in pediatric myelodysplastic syndrome. Contact: Will Sansom, (210) 567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Jan. 19, 2022) — Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio), reporting this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, identified a mechanism […]

Media contact: Will Sansom, (210) 567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Jan. 11, 2021) — A brief, five-session treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) called Written Exposure Therapy is as effective as a longer, gold-standard treatment for military service members, a new study shows. In their paper published today by JAMA Network Open, researchers say the treatment option potentially […]