Laredo Morning Times: Opinion commentary: Center marks 5,000 life-saving transplants in San Antonio

February 1, 2021

Dr. Francisco Cigarroa’s opinion piece, celebrating 5,000 life-saving transplants at our University Transplant Center, was published in the Laredo Morning Times; while 2020 was a tragic year in which COVID-19 claimed the lives of so many, University Transplant Center pushed forward as generous organ donors made it possible to save lives through transplant surgery. Read […]



Medical Xpress: Strokes after TIAs have declined over time, study shows

January 27, 2021

This Medical Xpress story is about study findings released in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) about transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), which are harbingers of subsequent strokes. Sudha Seshadri, MD, Neurology/Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases, is senior author of the study. Read the story.


Strokes after TIAs have declined over time, study shows

January 26, 2021

But patients should be monitored for extended period after transient ischemic attacks. SAN ANTONIO and BOSTON – Study findings released Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) hold both good news and bad news about transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), which are harbingers of subsequent strokes. Sudha Seshadri, MD, professor of neurology at […]

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Stroke bleeds in the brain not decreasing, study finds

June 8, 2020

Brain bleeds called intracerebral hemorrhages remained stable in incidence among all age groups over the past 30 years, but they increased in people 75 and older, according to a new analysis of the Framingham Heart Study. The findings are in JAMA Neurology. Use of anticoagulants also increased in senior adults threefold over the period, but authors cautioned against […]

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