- UT Health San Antonio has announced a $5 million gift from longtime supporters Bill and Rebecca Reed to advance its Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases. The gift will address a pressing need to find critical solutions for individuals facing dementia, a prevalent disease facing many residents across South Texas.
- Voting for the 2026 YourSA San Antonio Express-News Readers’ Choice Awards begins Monday, Feb. 9. Voters can submit their votes once a day, every day through 11:59 p.m. CST Sunday, Feb. 22, to help UT Health San Antonio practices retain their top spots as the best in San Antonio. Each year, the YourSA San Antonio Express-News Readers’ […]
- Two researchers at UT Health San Antonio led the writing group for a new scientific statement focused on post-stroke spasticity for the American Heart Association. The statement urges a shift in how post-stroke spasticity is recognized and treated, emphasizing early diagnosis, timely intervention and innovative therapies to reduce long-term disability and improve recovery after stroke.
- A new support group at the UT Health San Antonio Center for Brain Health is giving patients with Parkinson’s disease a rare opportunity: to learn directly from other patients who have already undergone deep brain stimulation (DBS), a surgical treatment that can significantly improve quality of life but remains widely underused.
- Researchers at the new Center for Brain Health at UT Health San Antonio are studying midlife testing for early-onset dementia with blood-based biomarkers to see if they can detect disease activity up to 20 years before symptoms appear.
- The free art program — a collaboration between the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases at UT Health San Antonio and the San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) — brings people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and their caregivers and families together through meaningful conversation, shared memories and hands-on creative experiences.
- School of Dentistry clinician Vinaya Kundapur, BDS, MDS, explains the hidden connection between oral health and brain health and offers guidance for families caring for loved ones with dementia.
- New program at UT Health San Antonio delivers breakthrough care for limb loss patients
