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April 26, 2022
Article by Kate Hunger, UT Health San Antonio SAN ANTONIO (April 26, 2022) — The news of actor Bruce Willis’ aphasia diagnosis is drawing attention to a condition that is fairly common but not well understood by the general public. Aphasia is a condition that affects a person’s ability to communicate. People with aphasia can […]
December 13, 2021
Patients who have already had some degree of permanent loss of function in the brain due to stroke may benefit from reestablishing blood flow through a lifesaving procedure called mechanical thrombectomy, a recent study found.
December 10, 2021
Study reviewed data from thousands of patients who had mechanical thrombectomy. Contact: Will Sansom, (210) 567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Dec. 10, 2021) — A study of 2,345 stroke patients, all of whom underwent mechanical thrombectomy to remove blood clots from the brain causing stroke symptoms, found that re-establishing blood flow through this lifesaving procedure may […]
October 14, 2021
Dr. Sudha Seshadri, Neurology, Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases, was a guest on Texas Public Radio’s “The Source” and discussed how UT Health San Antonio and The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley will work together to address the disproportionate impact of Alzheimer’s in Latinos at a new nationally designated Alzheimer’s Disease […]
October 8, 2021
Research that began at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 15 years ago is nearing a significant milestone: human testing of an intravenous (IV) drug to treat brain injuries such as concussion and stroke.
October 4, 2021
UT Health Science Center San Antonio spinoff company gains funding for trial in people. Contact: Will Sansom, (210) 567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Oct. 4, 2021) — Research that began at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 15 years ago is nearing a significant milestone: human testing of an intravenous (IV) drug […]