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Mays Cancer Center’s latest radiation therapy reduces treatment times, increases favorable outcomes for prostate cancer

Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center, introduces the newest technology in treating prostate cancer. This innovative method is called stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), a minimally invasive therapy using high amounts of radiation with millimeter precision to destroy tumors in the prostate. Stereotactic body radiation therapy is a […]

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UT Health San Antonio awarded five-year, $5 million federal grant to expand access to Long COVID care

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, announced a five-year, $5 million grant to The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) to expand access to care for persons with Long COVID. The grant is one of nine totaling $45 […]

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UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing maintains top 5% national ranking among undergraduate programs

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) maintained its ranking in the top 5% of undergraduate nursing programs nationally in U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-2024 Best Colleges rankings just released, and first in South Texas. The university’s School of Nursing is tied at No. 31 nationally in […]

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Drinking diet sodas and aspartame-sweetened beverages daily during pregnancy linked to autism in male offspring

  A new published study led by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) has found an association between autism diagnosis in boys and daily consumption of either diet soda or a comparable amount of aspartame by their mothers during pregnancy or breastfeeding. In this case-control […]

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Community invited to 2023 IIMS Community Engagement Symposium

Abstract submissions are now being accepted The community is invited to the 2023 Institute for Integration of Medicine & Science (IIMS) Community Engagement Symposium for a day filled with insightful discussions, networking opportunities and community building. The event will take place Saturday, Dec. 2, at the Neighborhood Place located at 3014 Rivas St., San Antonio, […]

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UT Health San Antonio Primary Care Center executive director appointed to National Committee on Primary Care

Ramon S. Cancino, MD, MBA, MS, FAAFP, executive director of the UT Health San Antonio Primary Care Center and senior medical director of medical management, has recently been appointed to The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s (NASEM) Standing Committee on Primary Care. The committee consists of primary care, research and policy experts, whose […]

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2023 San Antonio Combat PTSD Conference to examine 50 years of progress

Marking 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War, the 8th Annual San Antonio Combat PTSD Conference will look at how far we’ve come in caring for those who suffer from war’s psychological wounds and where we need to go from here. At the event, slated for Oct. 17–18, 2023, experts in the field […]

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Nation’s first dual degree in medicine and AI aims to prepare the next generation of health care providers

  The Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) and the University College at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) are officially launching the first known program in the United States to combine medicine and artificial […]

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UT Health San Antonio becomes official sports medicine partner for San Antonio Spurs

UT Health San Antonio has signed a 10-year, multifaceted deal with the San Antonio Spurs, becoming the basketball team’s official sports medicine partner.

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School of Dentistry launches Center for Global and Community Oral Health

  Members of the university and community are invited to join the School of Dentistry at UT Health San Antonio for a milestone occasion — the launch for its newly established research center, the Center for Global and Community Oral Health. The launch will take place from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 28 at the […]

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