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October 28, 2021
Laredo Health Department, UT Education and Research Center to assist recruitment. Contact: Will Sansom, (210) 567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu LAREDO (Oct. 28, 2021) — The University of Texas Education and Research Center at Laredo will be a site for a nationwide study that seeks to understand why some people have prolonged symptoms (referred to as long COVID) […]
October 21, 2021
Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO – A recent study validates use of a brief questionnaire to screen patients for chemical intolerance, after a large national sampling, and the researchers conclude the condition likely affects one in five people. Previously, researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also known […]
October 20, 2021
Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Oct. 20, 2021) — Researchers nationwide, including a team from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, are embarking on a massive effort to learn the locations and roles of senescent “zombie” cells in humans. The health science center is part of a multi-institution group […]
October 20, 2021
Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu A program housed at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also known as UT Health San Antonio, is reaching out to rural communities grappling with limited health care access and worker shortages, among other barriers. “Telementoring,” or technology-enabled mentoring, uses telecommunication technology to deliver training, education […]
October 19, 2021
Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Oct. 19, 2021) — Cancer that spreads, or metastasizes, to another area of the body is not typically as treatable as the primary tumor from which it originated. Survival from metastatic disease is generally poor. What if a daily or weekly blood sample could monitor each patient’s risk […]
October 18, 2021
Written by Rosanne Fohn Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu The School of Dentistry at UT Health San Antonio has hired Associate Professor Micaela Gibbs, DDS, MHA, as its first chief dental officer (CDO). She is one of the first — if not the first — CDOs for an academic dental practice in the U.S. Dr. […]