Healthy diet for a healthy brain

November 16, 2023

Listen to Texas Public Radio’s Science & Medicine, a podcast that explains how scientific discovery at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio advances the way medicine is practiced around the world. Researchers have suspected that foods which cause inflammation speed up brain aging and cognitive decline, but UT Health San Antonio’s Debora Melo van Lent […]

Psychology professor, grad student to research cognitive impairment in cancer patients

November 15, 2023

The project, “Surviving is Not Enough: Enhancing Cognitive Function in Cancer Survivors through Movement and Introspection,” aims to measure and enhance the cognitive functioning of cancer survivors at the Mays Cancer Center and in Laredo, Texas.

Concentrated approach in chemotherapy comes to Mays Cancer Center, gives hope to patients with inoperable liver tumors

November 14, 2023

Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO – Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center, proudly announces the launch of a specialized chemotherapy delivery system called hepatic artery infusion, also known as HAI pump therapy, for colorectal cancer patients whose tumors are inoperable and have spread to the liver. Approved […]

Pediatrics professor’s research honored with citywide award

November 10, 2023

UT Health Science Center San Antonio pediatrics professor, Jannine Cody, PhD, received an SA Lights award at a gala held Nov. 9 for her important work researching Chromosome 18 disorders.

Mays Cancer Center partners with American Cancer Society to increase lung cancer screenings in South Texas

November 10, 2023

Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO – Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center, is partnering with the American Cancer Society to spread awareness and encourage more at-risk South Texans to screen for lung cancer. Early diagnosis in Texas ranks as one of the lowest in the country. […]

UT Health San Antonio skybridge nears completion, receives generous gift to name state-of-the-art walkway

November 9, 2023

  Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu, Monica Taylor, 210-450-8970, taylorm1@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO – The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) held a special dedication ceremony near the construction site of the UT Health Multispecialty and Research Hospital. The ceremony marked the official announcement of the naming of the soon-to-be […]