VCU Health: VCU serves as a site for transformative study on Lewy body dementia

July 21, 2026

Jeremy Tanner, MD, assistant professor of neurology at the Biggs Institute, principal investigator, and UT Health San Antonio lead site investigator, is leading a new $2.5 million national, multi-site study to improve the early detection and diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies using advanced biomarker testing. The Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases at […]



Goodtaste with Tanji: Chemical Exposure and Parkinson’s What You Need To Know!

July 16, 2026

Okeanis Vaou, MD, FAAN, clinical associate professor and chief of the Movement Disorders Division of the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases at UT Health San Antonio, the academic health center of The University of Texas at San Antonio, was interviewed for this news segment.   Watch Now



UT Health San Antonio study links sleeping long hours with higher levels of an Alzheimer’s-related protein

July 16, 2026

Findings could signal early neurodegenerative processes at work Regularly sleeping long hours each night is associated with higher levels of an Alzheimer’s-related protein in the blood, even accounting for other health factors, suggests a new study from UT Health San Antonio, the academic health center of The University of Texas at San Antonio. Modeling across a sample […]