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Joseph Cantey, MD, MPH, Pediatrics, is quoted in this report.   Read More

  Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Aug. 17, 2022) — Kidney cancer is not always confined to the kidney. In advanced cases, this cancer invades the body’s biggest vein, the inferior vena cava (IVC), which carries blood out of the kidneys back to the heart. Via the IVC, cancer may infiltrate the liver […]

Dr. Frank Buttacavoli, UT Health Physicians, informs us about the costly risks of leaving injuries untreated and the benefits of seeking immediate care.  This KENS 5 Medical Minute is a collaboration between UT Health San Antonio and KENS 5. Watch here

In a study featured on the cover of the Journal of Urology (Official Journal of the American Urological Association), researchers from the Mays Cancer Center and Department of Urology show that robotically removing cancer from the inferior vena cava is a safe and effective alternative to the standard open surgery for kidney cancer.

Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD, Rehabilitation Medicine, is quoted in this report.   Read More

Jason Bowling, MD, Infectious Diseases, is quoted in this story.   Read More

Brian Fricke, MD, Rehabilitation Medicine/Mays Cancer Center, is quoted in this report.   Read More

This article features interviews with Karla Ramirez, LCSW, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and director of Be Well Texas, Joseph C. Blader, PhD, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and executive committee member of the Texas Child Health Access Through Telemedicine (TCHATT) program, and Reena Pardiwala, PA-C, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and a clinical director of TCHATT.   Read […]

Ruth Berggren, MD, Infectious Diseases and Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics, is quoted in this Q&A segment.   Read More

  UT Health San Antonio invests in state-of-the-art cryo-electron microscopy, adding a powerful new tool to solve disease riddles at the molecular level. Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Aug. 18, 2022) — When physicians observe or hear of symptoms in their patients, they order CT scans, MRIs or other types of imaging analysis […]