How much is an “acceptable dose” of a pollutant? Are existing studies to measure safety adequate? A systematic literature review by UT Health San Antonio researchers suggests that the current system of chemical risk assessment is inadequate and contradictory. The result, say the authors, is an underestimation of the levels of flame retardants and other […]

Did you know that older Hispanic adults are estimated to be at 1.5 times greater risk of Alzheimer’s and other dementias than non-Hispanic whites? That fact alone makes research efforts in the area of brain health essential for improving the lives of South Texas residents. More genetic variations for Alzheimer’s disease are known today than […]

Black women die of breast cancer at rates nearly 40% higher than white women, despite having lower instances of the disease, because of racial disparities in care, according to a New England Journal of Medicine article by a UT Health San Antonio surgical oncologist and two American Cancer Society scientists. The authors, led by Ismail […]

Note: This article was produced and contributed by Joel Williams and Julie Collins. The first therapy to be developed specifically for post-traumatic headache significantly reduced related disability in veterans following a traumatic brain injury (TBI). It also reduced co-occurring symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) comparably to a gold-standard PTSD treatment. Moreover, the innovative treatment, […]

In December 2018, UT Health San Antonio received approval from its accrediting organization, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, to develop institutional infrastructure through which to advance interprofessional education (IPE) and collaboration across all five schools. The university’s accelerated progress in this domain has led to a national award from the […]