March 28 is Diabetes Alert Day and UT Health San Antonio wants you to understand the seriousness of diabetes and the importance of understanding your risk. Carolina Solis-Herrera, MD, Chief of the Endocrinology Division at UT Health San Antonio, joined several local news stations to discuss the issues affecting South Texans., Did you know? , - One in six San Antonians has Type 2 Diabetes, and a third of San Antonians are pre-diabetic. - Diabetes affects about 30.3 million Americans or about 9.4 percent of the U.S. population. - Nearly one in four adults living with diabetes, or 7.2 million Americans, are unaware that they have the disease. - Another 84 million Americans have prediabetes, a condition in which blood glucose levels are…, Watch the KSAT interview, Take the Diabetes Risk Test , Click here to learn more about diabetes or to make an appointment.
Dr. Timothy Wagner, a radiation oncologist, explains the innovative way Mays Cancer Center is treating breast cancer without damaging the heart. This radiation technology is known as C-RAD, and the therapy procedure is called "Deep Inspiration Breath Hold." This helps prevent long-term cardiac complications because of typical radiation treatments. Doctors have the patients take a deep breath to…
Ahmed Sabbah, DDS, with UT Health San Antonio Dentistry, reveals the main causes of teeth stains and how patients can receive treatment for a brighter and whiter smile in this KENS 5 Medical Minute, a collaboration between UT Health San Antonio and KENS 5., Watch the Medical Minute > , Request an appointment at UT Dentistry >,
Turns out good overall health can also help prevent a stroke. Justin Mascitelli, MD, a vascular neurosurgeon at UT Health Physicians says while strokes can be fatal, there are steps you can take to reduce the risk. Those lifestyle changes include seeing a physician annually, maintaining a healthy diet and not smoking. He also explains the importance of knowing the signs and symptoms and…, Did a stroke of luck save Belinda’s life?, March 22, 2021, is a day Belinda Trevino Scholz will never forget. “I was outside doing yard work and came inside,” she said. “Suddenly, I got this massive headache on my right side that went from my head to my toes.” She called a nurse friend who told her to rush to the hospital. Scholz and her husband, Jay, took action and arrived at the Northeast Baptist Hospital emergency room. “The last…, Types and treatment of stroke explained, Mascitelli, MD, FAANS , who treated Scholz, said only about one-third of patients who suffer a ruptured brain aneurysm survive and return to their normal life without impairments. Another third is disabled, while the rest don’t survive. Mascitelli said 70% of all strokes are ischemic, in which a blood clot blocks blood flow to the brain. He said 30% of strokes are hemorrhagic, where there is…, Sobering statistics and warning signs, According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, each year, close to 800,000 people have a stroke. Most are a first stroke. It is the fifth-leading cause of death and a leading cause of disability. Eighty percent of strokes are preventable, according to the American Stroke Association. Mascitelli said heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes and smoking are the…
UT Health Hill Country is nominated in four categories in the Boerne Star’s Best of the Best competition! Vote for UT Health Hill Country in the medical care, dermatology, physical therapy and write in categories to help us secure a top spot on the Best of the Best list! Ballots can be found inside each edition of The Boerne Star newspaper and at UT Health Hill Country . Ballots can be submitted…
Listen to the TPR interview "As waves of omicron and other extremely contagious subvariants burn through previously uninfected populations, it has become clear that people with mild or asymptomatic cases aren’t immune from long COVID." Texas Public Radio talked to Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD, professor and distinguished chair of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science…
Wednesday, Dec. 20, will mark the successful completion of a $28 million renovation project started more than two years ago at the Mays Cancer Center. The aim of the project was to provide expanded patient care for the new Multispecialty and Research Hospital. Beginning December 2024, the new hospital will provide biomedical research, patient care […]
The university community is among those invited to attend the inaugural Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, or ARP-H, Customer Experience Hub, for an opportunity to collaborate through the federal program’s $2.5 billion research and health innovation network initiative. The event, hosted by UT Health San Antonio and The University of Texas at San Antonio, will take […]
Dear UT Health San Antonio faculty and staff: Covered in many media outlets on Thursday, April 13, 2023, several Texas cities responded to a rash of hoax calls, called swatting, reporting bogus active shooters at area colleges and universities including San Antonio’s Galen College of Nursing located in the One Technology Building at 7411 John […]
Dr. Ken O. Kenneth-Nwosa, Sports Medicine, explains the importance of response in case of an emergency, and the benefits of knowing CPR. This KENS 5 Medical Minute is a collaboration between UT Health San Antonio and KENS 5. Watch here