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September 19, 2007
Jason H. T. Karlawish, M.D., a nationally known expert on assessing mental capacity in senior adults, will deliver the keynote address Friday, Sept. 28, at the “Medico-Legal Conference on Aging: Competence and Capacity” to be held in San Antonio.
August 17, 2007
Nicolas Musi, M.D., assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Diabetes at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, has won the prestigious Paul B. Beeson Career Development Award in Aging Research, co-sponsored by the National Institute on Aging and the American Federation for Aging Research.
July 31, 2007
Noted gerontologist Thomas T. Perls, M.D., M.P.H., associate professor of medicine and geriatrics at Boston University, will be the morning keynote speaker for an aging continuing education conference scheduled in August in San Antonio.
July 16, 2007
Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio will expand their studies of a protein mutated in the rapid-aging disorder Werner’s syndrome, thanks to a $1.5 million grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA).
May 16, 2007
The Health Science Center recently provided planning and technological assistance to help Morningside Ministries Retirement Community open a state-of-the-art training institute for those who care for the elderly.
June 27, 2006
As we age, our bodies increasingly lose the ability to repair errors that occur in our genetic blueprint, DNA.