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May 19, 2021
Contact: Will Sansom, (210) 567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (May 19, 2021) — Four months of multi-drug therapy that included rifapentine and moxifloxacin treated active tuberculosis (TB) as effectively as the standard six-month regimen in a multinational study, cutting treatment time by a third. Coauthors including Marc Weiner, MD, of The University of Texas Health Science […]
May 18, 2021
Physicians with the Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson, praised the May 18 move by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force to lower from 50 to 45 the recommended age to begin screening asymptomatic persons to prevent colorectal cancer. The goal is to identify and remove precancerous benign polyps. Physicians […]
May 10, 2021
UT Health San Antonio is transitioning COVID-19 vaccinations to its Medical Arts and Research Center, 8300 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78229, as well as to its clinics across Bexar County. Vaccines are also being administered across the city through a mobile unit. Both walk-in and scheduled vaccinations for the first dose are available. […]
May 4, 2021
Media contact: Will Sansom, (210) 567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu By Cliff Despres SAN ANTONIO (May 4, 2021) – Latinos with cancer face a tough survivorship journey. Many suffer advanced disease, poor quality of life, and stressful social and economic inequities. This is why a new, first-of-its-kind national cohort study will unpack the social, cultural, behavioral, psychosocial, […]
April 30, 2021
Detecting dementia earlier — and at much lower cost — is the goal of a San Antonio Medical Foundation grant awarded to The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio), The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and the South Texas Veterans Health Care System. The project’s impetus […]
April 29, 2021
May is National Stroke Awareness Month — the perfect time to remind us of the F-A-S-T way to detect a stroke: FACE drooping ARM weakness SPEECH difficulty TIME to call 911 Time lost is brain lost, so if you or a loved one think a stroke has occurred, seek help FAST. Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD, professor […]
