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September 22, 2020
175 area residents with a diagnosis of prediabetes are encouraged to enroll in a clinical trial offered by UT Health San Antonio and University Health System. The study, conducted at the Texas Diabetes Institute (TDI), is comparing four medications to see which will best prevent conversion to Type 2 diabetes. “People with prediabetes are at […]
September 11, 2020
Carolina Solis-Herrera, MD, assistant professor in the Joe. R and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, explains that research is underway about why diabetes makes fighting COVID-19 more difficult. Read and watch the story.
August 24, 2020
A team of doctors from UT Health San Antonio and the University Health System are looking at several medications to see which one will best prevent people from developing Type 2 diabetes. Read and watch the story.
July 8, 2020
For some of the most medically vulnerable residents, precautions will always remain in place, even after a COVID-19 vaccine is developed.
July 8, 2020
First we flattened the curve. Now we’ve had a prolonged spike in infections. For some of the most medically vulnerable residents of San Antonio, precautions will always remain in place, even after a COVID-19 vaccine is developed. Diabetes impacts one in every seven people in San Antonio (14%) compared to one in every nine in […]
July 3, 2020
Dr. Carolina Solis-Herrera, an endocrinologist and diabetes specialist, and a patient were interviewed about more severe complications developing in patients with diabetes who get COVID-19. Read and watch the full story.