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October 5, 2021
Dr. Ashley Garcia-Everett, Department of Medicine-Nephrology, was interviewed for Great Day SA on KENS 5, about her son’s battle with polycystic kidney disease (PKD). She and her husband learned after their son, CJ, was born that both of them were carriers for the rare form of PKD their son contracted. Dr. Garcia-Everett donated a kidney […]
September 29, 2021
Dr. Debbie Levine, Department of Medicine, is quoted in this story and explained that lung transplants have a higher rejection rate than any other organ. Watch story
September 24, 2021
This Pain Medicine News article highlights a groundbreaking paper authored by a team led by UT Health San Antonio that shows that a typical Western high-fat diet can increase the risk of painful disorders common in people with conditions such as diabetes or obesity. Read story page 1 Read story page 2 Read story page 3
September 22, 2021
Growing up in Sonora, Mexico, Carolina Solis-Herrera, MD, medical director of the Diabetes Clinic at UT Health Physicians’ Medical Arts & Research Center (MARC), knew from the age of 5 that she wanted to have a positive impact in helping people live healthier and therefore happier lives.
August 17, 2021
Dr. Kumar Sharma, Department of Medicine/Division of Nephrology/Center for Renal Precision Medicine, is quoted in this KENS 5 story about a study that aims to reduce the severity of acute kidney disease in patients with COVID-19 using a form of a vitamin. Watch story
August 3, 2021
Dr. Kumar Sharma, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Center for Renal Precision Medicine, and Dr. Subrata Debnath, Nephrology, are quoted in this news release disseminated on Yahoo.com about NIRVANA, a National Institutes of Health-funded pilot clinical study to treat acute kidney injury in COVID-19 patients. Read story