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COSTAR program funding renewed with perfect score

<p>The Craniofacial Oral-Biology Student Training in Academic Research (COSTAR) T32 program funded through the National Institutes of Health and National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research has been renewed, with a renewal score of a perfect ten.</p>

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Study results show immunotherapy before and after surgery for advanced melanoma lowers recurrence risk

<p>Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO – Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio melanoma expert Monte Shaheen, MD, was part of a team of investigators that conducted a phase II clinical trial funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to determine the efficacy and safety of administering the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab before [&hellip;]</p>

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UT Health San Antonio kicks off inaugural XFL season as San Antonio Brahmas’ exclusive sports medicine partner

<p>Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO  – UT Health San Antonio proudly announces it is the official sports medicine provider of the XFL’s San Antonio Brahmas. Led by UT Health San Antonio’s orthopaedic physicians Katherine Bartush, MD and Ken O. Kenneth-Nwosa, MD, the medical team includes Caitlyn Mooney, MD, Thomas DeBerardino, MD and Philip [&hellip;]</p>

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A cold room, not a warm bath, encourages sleep

<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; A cold room, not a warm bath, encourages sleep If the recent change to daylight saving time is making it difficult to sleep at a regular bedtime, Okeanis Vaou, MD, FAAN, a UT Health San Antonio neurologist with a specialty in sleep medicine, said a warm glass of milk or warm bath before [&hellip;]</p>

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School of Dentistry ranked first among Texas dental schools

<p>The UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry ascended to No. 7 in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding among 48 public and private dental schools, according to the Blue Ridge Institute for Biomedical Research.</p>

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Students learn compassionate care through street nursing

<p>A single event in 2010 changed the country of Haiti. The same event — a magnitude 7.0 earthquake — also changed the way a UT Health San Antonio nurse views homelessness. Like many health care professionals, Diana Cavazos, PhD, MSN, MHSA, RN, then a school nurse in Puerto Rico, felt compelled to join a nonprofit [&hellip;]</p>

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UT Health San Antonio teams up with San Antonio Brahmas to deliver game-day care

<p>&nbsp; UT Health San Antonio is the official sports medicine provider for the San Antonio Brahmas, the local XFL football team.     A sports medicine team provides medical care for the team&#8217;s athletes with comprehensive care on the field for home games, ensuring the health and safety of each player. Offering access to UT Health [&hellip;]</p>

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ACS grant to launch $4.1 million Latino Cancer Health Equity Research Center

<p>Written by Cliff Despres, Institute for Health Promotion Research Media contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Feb. 21, 2023) — Amelie G. Ramirez, DrPH, of UT Health San Antonio is launching the new &#8220;Avanzando Equidad de Salud: Latino Cancer Health Equity Research Center&#8221; thanks to a four-year, $4.08 million grant from the American Cancer [&hellip;]</p>

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5 ways to manage your stress

<p>&nbsp; By Ellen Shrouf, PhD, Family Medicine/Primary Care Everyone has stress. Your ability to recognize and manage it is key to fending off chronic stress and its related symptoms. A few of these symptoms include lack of sleep, shortness of breath, tightness in your chest, nausea, digestive upset and muscle tension. By taking a little [&hellip;]</p>

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School of Nursing to pilot learning strategies to build leadership, resilience

<p>The American Association of Colleges of Nursing has selected the School of Nursing at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) to participate in a national initiative to give new nurses strong skills in leadership, resilience, self-care and well-being. The School of Nursing is one of 10 nursing [&hellip;]</p>

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