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November 30, 2021
Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO – Mary Vermersch had to have all her upper and lower teeth removed, and partial dentures haven’t worked well for her since. She is among a slice of Texas nursing home residents unable to qualify for complete dentures under any governmental dental program, and private dental insurance either […]
November 29, 2021
Contact: Will Sansom, (210) 567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Nov. 29, 2021) — With U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval in November of a new medication for polycythemia vera (PV), the outlook brightened a bit for patients with that controllable, but chronic, form of blood cancer. Ruben A. Mesa, MD, FACP, executive director of the […]
November 23, 2021
Yoga improved physical and mental well-being and promoted a robust immune response in a randomized clinical trial of men with prostate cancer. Contact: Will Sansom, (210) 567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Nov. 23, 2021) — An estimated 1.4 million men were diagnosed with prostate cancer worldwide in 2020, according to the American Cancer Society and the […]
November 17, 2021
Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO – Antonio Flores admits he was “very curious” when told a robot would be used to operate on him. “But honestly,” he said, “everything I was thinking at that moment was to recover the quickest, so I could get back to work.” Surgeons at Mays Cancer Center, home […]
November 17, 2021
Health care option for substance use disorders increases access as COVID-19 exacerbates opioid epidemic in Texas. Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu Christi Mott, 210-663-0914, mottc@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 17, 2021 — In partnership with UT Health San Antonio, Be Well Texas, a new statewide addiction medicine treatment option, has launched virtual services for those seeking […]
November 10, 2021
UT Health San Antonio contact: Steve Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu Crosspoint Inc. contact: Chivis Alanis, 210-422-4196, develop@cpsatx.org SAN ANTONIO – The School of Nursing at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, and nonprofit Crosspoint Inc. today broke ground on the Women’s Wellness Campus, to expand care […]
