Watch as Brian Mealey, DDS, shares the importance of dental care, its impact on our overall health, and the connection between gum disease and diabetes. This KENS 5 Medical Minute is a collaboration between UT Health San Antonio and KENS 5. Stay on top of your dental health, schedule a dental appointment today .
UT Health Physicians maintained its spot as the largest physician group in San Antonio by strategically planning its growth to keep up with the area's population. According to Business Journal research, UT Health Physicians is the largest physicians group in San Antonio, with almost 1,000 local physicians on staff. The organization also has 349 physician assistants on staff and served 2.17…
Watch the Medical Minute Anton Fries, MD, PhD, reveals the causes of lymphedema, who is at risk and how a new surgery is treating chronic swelling. This KENS 5 Medical Minute is a collaboration between UT Health San Antonio and KENS 5.
Watch the KENS5 Medical Minute Maria Jose Cervantes Mendez, DDS, MS, explains why tooth decay is one of the most common chronic childhood diseases and how to maintain your child’s dental care routine throughout the year. This KENS 5 Medical Minute is a collaboration between UT Health San Antonio and KENS 5.
Read the article on MYSA The monkeypox virus outbreak is growing in the United States and elsewhere. As of Monday, August 8 Bexar County has 16 confirmed cases of monkeypox. The first detection was reported on Thursday, July 14. Read more about how monkeypox spreads, how to prevent it, what to do if you test positive and more. Read the article on MYSA
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Read the SA Report Article Scientists with the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, noted weight loss and decreased appetite in obese mice treated with a novel investigational therapy. The team reported findings in the high-impact journal Cell Metabolism this spring. The therapy slows liver enzyme activity, which leads to appetite…
Read article featured in SA Magazine 21 million. That’s the number, , of genetic variations in the human genome that researchers are sifting to identify patterns predisposing people to Alzheimer’s disease. Thanks to international collaboration being advanced by faculty of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also known as UT Health San Antonio, more genetic variations for Alzheimer’s disease are known today than ever before. The list of…, Large sample, Genomic data of half a million people were used in this latest IGAP study, including 30,000 people with confirmed Alzheimer’s disease and 47,000 people categorized as proxies. “In Alzheimer’s disease research you need many samples, because some of these variants are very rare, and if you want to detect them, you need to study many, many people,” said Zare, assistant professor of cell systems and…, Sea change, In 2009, the year of the first genome-wide association studies, researchers knew of one gene, called APOE, associated with late-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Before journal publication on April 4, 2022, researchers had a list of 40 such genes. This new paper confirmed 33 of them in a larger population sample and added 42 new genetic variants not described before., Diversity needed, The study published in Nature Genetics is confined to certain people groups, which makes it impossible to generalize the gene variations worldwide. “One of the challenges with this paper, as well, is it is largely in persons of European ancestry,” Seshadri said. “So, we hope to bring, over the next few years, a much larger sample of Hispanic and other minority populations to further improve gene…
Cassandra Olson Williams, DO, tells us how to recognize the different types of heat injuries, the signs and symptoms and the dangers of overheating. This KENS 5 Medical Minute is a collaboration between UT Health San Antonio and KENS 5.
Watch the KSAT12 interview Learn about the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the San Antonio area, how to take precautions against the BA.5 variant and who is eligible for vaccines and booster shots, from Ruth Berggren, MD.