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UT Health San Antonio opens spine center

  The Spine Center at UT Health San Antonio is now open. The comprehensive, multidisciplinary center offers complete spine care for adults and children from a team of neurosurgeons, orthopaedic surgeons and specialists in non-operative care for all spine issues. It is located on the fourth floor of the Medical Arts and Research Center and houses the region’s only EOSedge, an imaging system providing a full body scan in 20 seconds, with much less radiation exposure […]

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UT Health San Antonio becomes first civilian center in South Texas to launch FDA-approved radiotherapy treatment for advanced prostate cancer

Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 6, 2023 – The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) announces the successful launch of Pluvicto, a radiopharmaceutical used to treat patients with advanced metastatic prostate cancer. Approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in March of 2022, Pluvicto […]

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New research led by Mays Cancer Center reveals how mutations in BRCA1 affect cancer susceptibility in women

Contact: Steven Lee, (210) 450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 6, 2023 – Three decades after discoveries linking mutations in the BRCA1 gene to breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility, research led by Mays Cancer Center at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) has pinpointed the molecular mechanism by […]

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University community invited to President’s Forum Oct. 18

The campus community is invited to join President William L. Henrich, MD, MACP, for a President’s Forum during Spirit Week from 12–1 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 18, at the Pestana Lecture Hall on the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Campus. Attendees can learn about the university’s continued growth and significant initiatives underway that position UT […]

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UTSA football discounted tickets available for final four home games

Get discounted tickets to watch the final four home football games of The University of Texas at San Antonio’s inaugural season in the American Athletic Conference. For the third year, UT Health San Antonio serves as the of UTSA’s athletic programs, including football, basketball, baseball, volleyball and soccer. Ken O. Kenneth-Nwosa, MD, a UT Health […]

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UT Health San Antonio gears up to fight childhood cancer, thanks to Hyundai Hope on Wheels® grants

Contacts: Monica Taylor, 210-450-8970, taylorm1@uthscsa.edu, Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO – Children with cancer were joined by their families as they dipped their hands in finger paint and left their mark on a new Hyundai SUV at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio’s (UT Health San Antonio) Greehey Children’s Cancer Research […]

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news.com.au:‘ Exercise caution’ — Drinking diet soft drink during pregnancy linked to autism

Sharon Parten Fowler, PhD, MPH, adjunct assistant professor of medicine, was quoted in this story.   Read More

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KENS 5: UT Health study finds link between diet sodas, aspartame and autism

Raymond F. Palmer, PhD, professor, Family and Community Medicine, was quoted in this story.   Read More

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

Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Sept. 22, 2023) – 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 […]

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Myth or fact? Test your knowledge about good ear health

Brian Perry, MD, FACS, clinical professor, director of Otology/Neurotology, Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Ears play a vital role in our daily lives. These fascinating organs not only provide the capacity to hear, but also help us maintain our balance by keeping our eyes focused on a target. If not for the ears, our […]

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