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.
Research nurse appointed to Statewide Stroke Task Force
January 14, 2004
Anne Leonard, R.N., M.P.H., research nurse in the division of neurology at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and at the Audie L. Murphy Division of the South Texas Veterans Health Care System, has been named to the Statewide Stroke Task Force for the American Heart Association (AHA) and American Stroke Association of Texas.