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.

Stroke survivor extols Lions Low Vision Center at Health Science Center

June 6, 2006

Richard Harris says losing your vision is “very scary, not something anyone plans on,” and he should know.

Report: Health Science Center-led studies prevent 15,000 strokes a year

May 9, 2006

The Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation (SPAF) Trials, a series of nationwide studies conceived at and led by the Health Science Center, prompted treatment changes that are preventing nearly 15,000 strokes a year in the U.S. and will save the country more than $1.2 billion in health care costs over a decade, according to a report published April 22 in the British medical journal The Lancet.

Good fitness before a stroke could reduce brain damage

March 28, 2006

Here’s reason No. 101 to do those jumping jacks in the morning: The brain housed in a well-conditioned body is far more able to respond to the challenge of a stroke than the brain housed in an out-of-shape body, new research out of the Health Science Center suggests.

First stroke study of its kind expands to Mexico, Europe and South America

July 12, 2005

Researchers at the Health Science Center are another step closer to ending stroke for those most at risk.

Identification of receptor could lead to new stroke medications

December 28, 2004

Chances are when we think of calcium, we think of vitamin D, milk and strong bones.