It is with profound sadness that The University of Texas of Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) announces that William L. Henrich, MD, MACP, president of UT Health San Antonio passed away this morning, March 14, 2024. There will be announcements about Dr. Henrich’s memorial services soon.
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Can laws and policies help establish health care equity in our communities? Keynote speaker Dayna Bowen Matthew, JD, PhD, leader in public health and civil rights law, believes so. The 21st Annual Frank Bryant Jr., MD, Memorial Distinguished Lecture is back this spring, providing yet another thoughtful discussion on ethics in health care. The free […]
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Research Road, the main thoroughfare through the Greehey campus, and portions of lots 16 and 23 to close March 16; some employees, patients and visitors to relocate to other lots As part of UT Health San Antonio’s continued growth and expansion, a construction project will begin March 16 to run chilled water lines from the […]
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Four months into their daughter’s life, Heather and Callum Riley found themselves at a crossroads. Harper Riley’s head shape was wide and short rather than symmetrical and oval, the likely result of her head being pressed against her mother’s pelvis before she was born. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, this occurs in […]
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The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (also called UT Health San Antonio) received $131.5 million in National Institutes of Health funding in federal fiscal year 2023, according to the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research. The university ranked No. 72 out of the 2,886 public and private institutions that received […]
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On March 2, the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases is hosting a free, educational event open to the community featuring an expert-led panel discussion moderated by Emmy award-winning producer for National Public Radio, Kitty Eisele.
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Doctors at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) are among the nation’s first to implant a newly approved sensing rechargeable deep brain stimulation device with a 15-year battery life allowing more continual treatment of patients with movement disorders. Deep brain stimulation, known as DBS, is the […]
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The UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry has opened a special-care dental clinic, the first of its kind in an academic setting in South Texas that will serve people of all ages with intellectual, developmental, cognitive or physical disabilities. With spacious, specially designed treatment rooms featuring adjustable sound and lighting and even a “Zen […]
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Locked-in state named Conrad Syndrome after San Antonio survivor It is a far cry from the traditionally thought-of “vegetative state” in which the mind is absent while the body lives on. Indeed, it is the opposite. Children with “locked-in syndrome,” unable to move or speak, are awake and fully aware of their surroundings. Researchers from […]
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More than one out of three people have pre-diabetes, characterized by abnormal blood sugar levels not yet in the diabetes range – and yet associated with significant increases in eye, kidney and neuropathic diseases, and risk of cardiovascular death.
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