‘Reasons for Hope’ in the fight against dementia

February 28, 2020

Hundreds of community members listened to several of the world’s leading experts discuss reasons to be hopeful in the fight against dementia at the South Texas Alzheimer’s Conference public event.

South Texas dementia public event


‘Reasons for Hope’ summarizes dementia advances, encourages 300

February 28, 2020

                  “No matter how long it takes, no matter how much it costs, UT Health and I are in this fight until we win. This disease motivates us to expend our maximum energy at every moment, because there is so much at stake and there are so […]

South Texas dementia public event


Biggs Institute joins NIH network studying post-stroke dementia

February 21, 2020

UT Health San Antonio is part of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) stroke research network announced Feb. 19 at the International Stroke Conference in Los Angeles. Sudha Seshadri, M.D., professor of neurology and founding director of the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases, is serving on the Steering Committee as co-leader of […]

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South Texas Alzheimer’s Conference convenes Feb. 23-25 in San Antonio

February 18, 2020

Health care professionals, scientists and students interested in collaboration and discussion on transformational care, research and therapeutics in Alzheimer’s disease are invited to the Second Annual South Texas Alzheimer’s Conference Feb. 23-25 in San Antonio. To register and for a complete agenda, visit BiggsInstitute.org. The conference is presented by the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s […]

Alzheimer's Disease


Texas Public Radio: Alzheimer’s Disease And Latinos

February 18, 2020

Faculty from the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases at UT Health San Antonio were guests on “The Source” to talk about how Alzheimer’s impacts the Latino community.