New stent technology aids in stroke recovery
August 12, 2016
“Stent-retrieval” technology helps patients with the worst strokes to regain function, and this is available right here in San Antonio, thanks to UT Medicine and its clinical partners.
KENS 5: New procedure helps woman recover from stroke quickly
July 27, 2016
A woman who suffered a major stroke is able to walk and talk again 48 hours later after getting a new procedure done.
Health leaders welcome FDA action on e-cigarettes
May 6, 2016
Action by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) May 5 to regulate e-cigarettes and vaping in the same way as cigarettes and smokeless tobacco is “a welcome step toward reducing the nation’s cancer burden,” said Ian M. Thompson Jr., M.D., director of the Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CTRC) at the Health Science Center. […]
KENS 5: Real Men Wear Gowns: Stroke response
May 5, 2016
When someone has a stroke they need medical help quickly, because every second matters.
Anti-epilepsy drug preserves brain function after stroke
February 4, 2015
New approach stops nerve activity instead of breaking up clots.
Aerosol travels nerve from nose to brain to treat stroke in mice
December 17, 2009
UT Health Science Center San Antonio researchers, working in a mouse model of stroke, are delivering neuroprotective drugs to the brain by spraying them onto the lining of a nerve in the nose.