UT Health San Antonio, UTSA develop strategic partnership to advance health and wellness initiatives

April 7, 2021

Efforts include site of new medical care facility for San Antonians and comprehensive sports medicine program for UTSA student-athletes.   UT Health San Antonio contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu UTSA contact: Courtney Clevenger, 210-238-9370, courtney.clevenger@utsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, April 7, 2021 – The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (also known as UT […]

UT Health San Antonio to build major outpatient facility, expanding leading-edge care to fast-growing community

April 6, 2021

Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, April 6, 2021 – The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, known as UT Health San Antonio, will build a major community outpatient center on the Park West Campus of The University of Texas at San Antonio, bringing much-needed primary and specialty care, and surgical […]

UT Health San Antonio research team tackles childhood obesity with five-year, $1 million grant from Baptist Health Foundation

April 1, 2021

By Steven Lee A research team at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also known as UT Health San Antonio, seeks to prevent Hispanic childhood obesity with the help of a five-year, $1 million grant from Baptist Health Foundation of San Antonio. The potentially groundbreaking research led by principal investigator Lily […]

Dramatic increases seen in rates of insomnia, sleep apnea among U.S. military

March 25, 2021

Media contact: Will Sansom, sansom@uthscsa.edu, (210) 567-2579 SAN ANTONIO (March 25, 2021) — Insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea have increased dramatically among active-duty military members over a 14-year period, 2005 through 2019. Insomnia increased 45-fold and sleep apnea went up more than 30-fold, according to a study led by The University of Texas Health Science […]

Global health care worker burnout is high and ‘unsustainable’

March 23, 2021

More than half of all health care workers worldwide are experiencing burnout that, if not addressed, could cause many to leave their fields in favor of less-stressful occupations or choose early retirement. And the COVID-19 pandemic has only made it worse. That’s the warning of a surgeon from The University of Texas Health Science Center […]