UT Health San Antonio
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On World Brain Day, UT Health San Antonio provides a preview of its new Center for Brain Health

Transformational facility set to open in December Contact: Steven Lee, (210) 450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu Content by Claire Kowalick SAN ANTONIO, July 22, 2025 – The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio’s (UT Health San Antonio) new Center for Brain Health will be a transformational facility bringing clinical care, innovative research and caregiver support together […]

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UT Health San Antonio research team advances in global anti-aging competition

Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu Content provided by: Claire Kowalick SAN ANTONIO, July 18, 2025 – A team of researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies has been selected as one of the semifinalists in the […]

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UT Health San Antonio welcomes new class of medical students in annual White Coat Ceremony

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 17, 2025                              Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu MEDIA ADVISORY WHAT:         The White Coat Ceremony is a longstanding tradition at 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) since 1997. During the ceremony, a white […]

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Be Well Texas at UT Health San Antonio to lead major statewide expansion of opioid use disorder and recovery services

Treatment access, improvements will reach both rural and urban communities Contact: Steven Lee, (210) 450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, July 16, 2025 – The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has formally announced that Be Well Texas, an initiative of the Be Well Institute on Substance Use and Related Disorders at UT Health San Antonio, has […]

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New urine-based tumor DNA test may help personalize bladder cancer treatment

Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, June 27, 2025 – In a multi-institutional study published in Science Direct, researchers revealed that testing urine-based tumor DNA (utDNA) can help predict which bladder cancer patients are at higher risk for recurrence after treatment. This study analyzed utDNA from patients in the SWOG S1605 trial, who were […]

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Major discovery by UT Health San Antonio scientists sheds light on cancer drug resistance

Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu Content provided by Claire Kowalick SAN ANTONIO, June 18, 2025 – Approximately one in 300 Americans have a mutation in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene, which helps repair damaged DNA, putting them at a higher risk of developing certain cancers, especially breast, prostate and ovarian cancer. Many patients with these cancers […]

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CPRIT awards UT Health San Antonio $3.4 million to target drug-resistant cancers, raise HPV vaccination rates

Funds to develop transformative technologies not currently available in Texas Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu Content provided by Jane Alvarez-Hernandez SAN ANTONIO, June 18, 2025 – The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) is taking the lead in targeting hard-to-treat cancers and boosting vaccination rates for the human papillomavirus […]

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UT Health San Antonio Multispecialty and Research Hospital pioneers use of new non-opioid painkiller after surgery

Hospital is state’s first to approve use of new FDA-approved analgesic Contact: Steven Lee, (210) 450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, June 11, 2025 – Showing its leadership in addressing the opioid crisis, the UT Health San Antonio Multispecialty and Research Hospital is the state’s first to approve use of a new non-opioid medication for pain following […]

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Stress can lead to Alzheimer’s disease in women who are post-menopausal, UT Health San Antonio study finds

Contact: Steven Lee, (210) 450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, May 16, 2025 – Can stress lead to Alzheimer’s disease? It can in women who are post-menopausal, a study led by The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) shows. Analyzing data from 305 cognitively unimpaired participants in the Framingham Heart […]

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UT Health San Antonio graduates take center stage at spring commencement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 16, 2025 Contacts: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu, Monica Taylor, 210-450-8970, taylorm1@uthscsa.edu MEDIA ADVISORY WHAT:                   Graduates from the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, School of Nursing, School of Dentistry and School of Health Professions will walk the stage this Saturday. More than 1,100 students – […]

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