- In a multi-institutional study published in Science Direct, researchers revealed that testing urine-based tumor DNA (utDNA) can help predict which bladder cancer patients are at higher risk for recurrence after treatment.
- Hospital is state’s first to approve use of new FDA-approved analgesic Showing its leadership in addressing the opioid crisis, the UT Health San Antonio Multispecialty and Research Hospital is the state’s first to approve use of a new non-opioid medication for pain following orthopaedic and podiatric surgeries. The effort is part of UT Health […]
- Carolina Solis-Herrera, M.D., has been named founding director of the Center for Excellence in Diabetes, a new initiative at UT Health San Antonio. The center will focus on advancing the clinical care of type 2 diabetes through innovation, collaboration and research.The center is designed to be a hub for clinicians across disciplines to engage in cutting-edge clinical trials and develop forward-looking treatment strategies. It has already received significant philanthropic and community support.
- We’re proud to share that UT Health Hill Country has been nominated in four categories in The Boerne Star’s 2025 Best of the Best competition!Show your support and help us take the top spot in:Medical CareDermatologyPhysical TherapyWrite In- Orthopaedics/Radiology/Cardiology/NeurologyCast your vote today! Ballots are available in every edition of The Boerne Star and at UT Health Hill Country.Deadline to submit is Wednesday, June 18 by 4:00 p.m.
- In the past five years, UT Health San Antonio has conducted more than 600 clinical research projects with one goal in mind — making lives better for people in San Antonio, Texas and beyond through innovative solutions to today’s most challenging health problems.
- UT Health San Antonio Primary Care Center has once again been nationally recognized as a Patient-Centered Medical Home by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). This marks the ninth consecutive year that UT Health San Antonio has received this honor, which is awarded to primary care practices that consistently provide coordinated, personalized care with a strong focus on the patient experience.
- Plans are moving forward for a new outpatient care and elite research center at The Rock at La Cantera. Lincoln Property Company expects to break ground this summer on a new medical office building located on the Spurs performance campus. UT Health San Antonio will lease approximately 20,000 square feet within the building to provide advanced sports medicine, imaging services and human performance innovations.
- Photo of the three hosts: from left: Adriana Dyurich, PhD, LPC, Veena Prasad, PhD, MBA, LPC and Jon Courand, MD, are the hosts of the Ripples: Physician Well-being podcast produced by The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. This story was first published in the May issue of the Bexar County Medical […]
- Each year, National Nurses Week encourages nurses, other health care professionals, employers, community leaders and the public to recognize and promote the vast contributions and positive impact of America’s nurses. National Nurses Week begins on May 6 and ends on May 12, Florence Nightingale’s birthday. Nightingale was a British nurse, social reformer and statistician who […]
- Nina Murray admits she was “one of those people” who rarely went to the dentist. But going, when she did, might have saved her life. Last September, she detected what she first thought was an ulcer inside her right cheek, but it quickly turned into a hard lump and started hurting. “Something’s not right,” she […]
