BRCA1 and BRCA2 are genes that help protect the body by fixing damaged DNA and keeping cells healthy. When these genes have changes, or mutations, they don’t work the way they should. This can raise the risk of certain cancers, like breast, ovarian, prostate and pancreatic cancer. These inherited mutations affect about 1 in every 200 to 300 people — over a million in the U.S. alone.
This story is featured in the April 2025 Bexar County Medical Society’s San Antonio Medicine magazine About one in 10 Texans is living with Type 2 diabetes — one of the highest rates of the disease in the United States. In San Antonio, the rate is one in six people and another third of the […]
Among the San Antonio Business Journal‘s 2025 Health Care Hero Award winners are three accomplished health care champions from UT Health San Antonio: Patrick Nguyen, MD; Susannah Nicholson, MD; and Anoop Nambiar, MD.
Firefighting is classified as a known human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. Occupational cancer has become the leading cause of death among firefighters.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]